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12. Lilium nepalense ( PL Asiat. Ear. iii., 67, t. 291).—This Indian Lily 
has more numerous leaves than L. japonicum., and shorter funnel-shaped flowers. 
The stems are erect, slender, glabrous, from 1^ ft. to 3 ft. high. The leaves are 
scattered and numerous (30-50), linear-lanceolate, the lower ones 4 in. to 5 in. 
long, comparatively thin in texture, and distinctly five-nerved. The flowers are 
solitary, or in few-flowered umbels, or loose racemes of five or six in number, sub¬ 
tended by rather large linear, leafy bracts. The flowers are broadly funnel-shaped, 
4 in. to 5 in. long, white or ochroleucous, suffused more or less freely towards the 
base with purple, the segments being oblanceolate, and considerably reflexed 
when fully developed. The anthers are linear-oblong, half an inch long, and 
furnished with yellow pollen. 
This well-marked species appears to have been introduced to England in 
1855, but to have been since lost. It is found in the temperate regions of the Western 
and Central Himalayas, at an elevation of 7,000 ft. to 9,000 ft., and should prove 
amenable to culture. Mr. Baker suggests that its affinities are with L. japonicum 
on the one hand, and L. candidum on the other. 
13. Lilium Krameri (Bot. Mag., t. 6058 ; Florist and Pomologist, 1874, 13, 
with tab.)—This splendid Lily flowered last year for the first time in this country, 
three forms having been observed, namely,—that figured in the Florist, which 
was the finest, having rosy-blush flowers with very broad bluntish segments; that 
figured in the Botanical Magazine, which was very pale blush, with the perianth 
segments wavy and much acuminated; and another almost white. The stems 
are from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high, erect, smooth, and comparatively slender, glaucous- 
green, spotted with purple. The leaves are scattered, distant (15-16), linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, five-nerved, and from 8 in. to 10 in. long. The flowers are 
very fragrant, white or blush, horizontal, solitary; the segments obovate-oblong, 
bluntish, or considerably acuminated, the inner ones nearly or quite 2 in. broad, 
spreading at the tip, or in some forms recurved in the upper third, and forming 
a broadly funnel-shaped perianth 6 in. to 7 in. long. The anthers are linear- 
oblong, three-quarters of an inch long, on filaments half the length of the 
perianth, the pollen being bright chocolate-red. The flowers are produced in July. 
Lilium Krameri was introduced from Japan, but whether it was there 
obtained from-wild habitats or from gardens is not quite certain. Messrs. Teutschel, 
through whom it was introduced, state that it was sent to them by Mr. Kramer, 
after whom it is named, as “ a new Lily, obtained a long distance from Yokohama, 
in the interior of Japan and Mr. Kramer, moreover, who speaks of it as a form 
of L. auratum, mentions that his collector sends three different forms, and adds, 
“ there are many startling varieties.” Mr. Baker, whose opinion, as having well 
studied the genus Lilium, deserves full consideration, regards it as a hybrid 
between L. speciosum and L. japonicum, with the leaves of the former, and the 
perianth and anthers of the latter. We cannot detect in it any.sufficiently close 
resemblance to L. speciosum; and if it be not a mere selection from L. auratum 
itself—a plant which is most varied in form and colouring—we think that it has 
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