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and marked on the lower side by from five to seven distinct nerves. The flowers are 
ascending or horizontal, from one to three in number, with a narrowly funnel- 
shaped perianth, 6 in. to 8 in. in length, and the limb spreading out to about 
6 in. in breadth. They are very fragrant, and are said to be white, but Lemaire 
describes and figures them as of a honey-yellow. The anthers are long, with 
pollen of a deep yellow colour. 
The plant was introduced to English gardens in 1862 by Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons, having been gathered by Mr. Lobb on the Mysore territory; and it has also 
been met with at Ootacamund, at an elevation of 8,000 ft. It is somewhat variable 
in character, as will appear from its having been represented by three several 
figures in Dr. Wight’s work above quoted, the plant figured at t. 2033-4 under 
the name of L. tuhijlorum^ and that at 2035 under that of L. Wallicliiamm (not 
the true Wallichianum) being regarded as identical with the L. neilgherrense of 
the previous figure; to which also Mr. Baker, no doubt correctly, adds the L. 
neilgherricum of Lemaire (Illiist. Hort., t. 253) and the L, Metzii of Steudel. 
9. Lilium Wallichianum (Schultes Jll.; Bot. Mag.^ t. 4561).—This species 
is described by Mr. Baker as “ the prince of the forms of the longijlorum series.” 
It grows from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, with a stem half an inch thick at the* base, and 
clothed with numerous (30-40) narrow linear ascending leaves, the lower ones 
8 in. to 9 in. long, broadest below the middle, gradually narrowed to an acuminate 
point, and marked beneath with from three to five nerves. The flowers are usually 
solitary, sometimes two or three on a stem, ascending or horizontal; the perianth 
7 in. to 9 in. long, with a long narrow tube, and spreading limb, of a delicate 
creamy white, the external parts of the sepaline divisions tinged with yellow and 
green. The anthers are an inch and a quarter long, with yellow pollen. The 
flowers are delightfully fragrant, and from their size and beauty they render 
this a most desirable species for general cultivation. 
This plant is found in Nepal and Kumaon, at elevations of from 3,000 ft. to 
4,000 ft. above the sea. In Nepal its vernacular name is Batisua. Like the 
preceding, it has been misunderstood, and Wallich published a good figure and 
description of it under the name of L, longijlorim in his Tentamen FI. Nepotensis 
(t. 29). The figure above quoted from the Botanical Magazine has been copied 
inio Jardin Fleuriste (t. 105-6), and the Flore des Sevres (i. 612). The 
present is the only Himalayan form of the longiflorum type, L, neilgherrense 
being confined to Southern India. 
10. Lilium philippinense (Balcer, Gard. Chron. 1873, 1141, fig. 243).— 
This is the most distinct and remarkable of the narrow funnel-shaped Lilies, 
having flowers longer and narrower than in any other known species. It grows 
from 1-|- ft. to 2 ft. in height, the stem being very slender, terete, and glabrous, 
with the numerous (30-40) leaves scattered along its whole length to within 
a short distance of the flower, and being nearly uniform in size; these leaves are 
narrow, linear, falcately spreading, and tapered to a point, 3 in. to 4 in. long, 
bright green, and glabrous. The flowers are pure white, solitary in the specimens 
