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diameter in the lower part, and gi'adually^ tapered upwards. The leaves have a 
cordate ovate blade 12 in. to 18 in. long, with a rounded sinus at the base, and 
' an acute or acuminate apex ; they are deep green, coriaceous, copiously net-veined, 
the lower ones on channeled stalks a foot long; the upper ones smaller, and with 
gradually decreasing stalks, the uppermost of which are under an inch in length. 
The flowers grow from six to twelve together, in a raceme 12 in. to 20 in. long, 
the lower ones drooping; they have a funnel-shaped perianth 5 in. to 6 in. long, 
white, streaked with blood-red in the throat, the segments oblanceolate bluntish, 
spreading at the top, the inner ones broadest, without hairs or papillse on the 
claws. In the fruiting state the pedicels are all erect. 
Lilium giganteum. 
This plant is stated by Major Madden to be common in the damp thick forests 
of the Himalaya, growing in rich black mould, the bulb close to the surface, at 
from 7,500 ft. to 9,000 ft. above the level of the sea, where it is covered with 
snow from November to April, or thereabouts. It is a grand Lily, the general 
aspect of which is well shown in our small engraving. There is a fine figure of 
this plant in Wallich’s noble work, Tentamen Florce Nepalensis, tt. 12-13. 
6. Lilium oordifolium. —This is sometimes regarded by botanists as not 
being specifically distinct from L. giganteum^ but without entering into this 
scientific question, we may regard the two plants as sufficiently distinct for 
garden purposes, though having a general resemblance in aspect. The present 
plant grows from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and has broadly ovate leaves, which are deeply 
cordate at the base, the angle of the sinus being described as cuneate-truncate, 
acute at the apex, and petiolate. The flowers vary from two or three up to 
eight on a stem, the perianth being from 4 in. to 6 in. long, with the segments con¬ 
siderably narrower than in Z. giganteum. It is said to differ further in having 
the valves of the capsule three-keeled. 
