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lower leaves being 4 in. to 6 in. long, the upper shorter and broader, often an inch in 
breadth. The flowers, which are very sweet-scented, are usually solitary on the 
wild plant, but the garden plants sometimes bear two or three, the perianth being 
4 in. to 6 in. long, more or less ascending, very gradually widening into a funnel- 
shaped form, white internally, and on the outer side more or less flushed or mottled 
with purple, the segments being obversely lanceolate, often as much as 2 in. 
broad, and moderately recurved at the tip. The anthers are thick, oblong, with 
reddish-chocolate pollen. 
This species, as its name indicates, is a native of Japan, and was introduced 
to this country through the East India Company in 1804. It has subsequently 
been gathered by Maximowicz in Japan, and by Oldham in the Korea. It was 
LILIUM JJIPONIOUM. 
figured by Planchon in the Flore des Serves (t. 876-7), with the name of 
Lilium, odorum^ imder the impression that the true L. japonicum of Thunberg 
was a scentless plant, with linear-oblong anthers, and yellow pollen, but more 
recent writers have not adopted M. Planchon’s views. 
L. JAPONIOUM Beownii (Bury^ Hexand.^ t. 2), the L. Broivnii of Meillez, is 
a taller plant, the stems of which grow 3 ft. high, or upwards, and are marked 
with purple spots and lines near the base; the leaves (lower) are also 8 in. to 9 in. 
long, linear-lanceolate, and more numerous (25-30), while the flowers, sometimes 
three or four in number, are 7 in. to 8 in. long, more drooping, white, more heavily 
stained with purple on the outer side. M. Leichtlin and M. Duchartre state that 
it is a native of China, and probably of Japan also. It is a magnificent Lily, 
differing from L. japonicum^ according to Messrs. Teutschel, by the form of the 
bulbs and the colour of the scales, as well as in the foliage and habit, and in the 
appearance of the bud, the fully expanded flowers having a closer resemblance 
to those of L, japonicum^ like which it blooms in July. 
