C ymfft. ! J-ul^ ly 9. .A f,.' / if}2U J Jcjiri,
LILIUM spectabile.
S how y Siberian L ily .
N atur al Order. T ü l i P A C e í E . K u n th S yn o p s.l. p.2Sr2.
L IL IUM . Perianthium G-ph/lum, petaloideum, campanula
turn : foliolis rectis aut revolutis, basi conniventibus et sulco
longitudinali nectarifero, nudo aut cibato, exaratis. Stamina
6 stylo breviora. Capsula valvulis pilo cancellato connexis ;
semina plana. Radix tuberosa, basibus foliorum imbrícala;
caulis foliosus simpler ; foliis alternis aut verticillatis ; nores
spathacei, spicati aut subpaniculati, in pluribus cernui.
L. spectabile, foliis subternis sparsisve linearibus subtrinervus
superioribus margine subtomentosis, pedunculis tomentosis,
corollis erectis intus scabris. Link enum. 1. p- oJl-
Lilium pensylvanicum. K e r Bot. Mag. 872. non Pu^h.
Lilium dauricum. K e r Bot. Mag. 1210. in note. Hort. sub.
lond. p. 68.
6 7 m e r e c t, from I to 2 f e e t in h e ig h t. Leaves ternate,
or s c a tte r e d , lin e a r ly la n c e o la t e , a c u te , fa in tly 3 -n e r v ed ,
s t r ia t e ; low e r o n e s sm o o th and g lo s s y , u p p e r o n e s
s lig h t ly tom en to s e , p a r ticu la r ly th e m a rg in s, w h ic h are
fr in e ed w ith w o o l. Flowers te r im n a l, from 1 to 6 , m
our sp e c im en th e la tte r num b e r, um b e lla te , o f an o ra n g e
c o lo u r . Peduncles u n eq u a l in len g th , d e n s e ly
to s e o ften 1 -le a v ed . Perianthium 6 - le a v e d ; leaflets
b e tw e e n o v a te and la n c e o la te , g r a d u a lly a tten u a ted to
th e b a s e a n d po in t, in w h ich it differs from L . bulbiferum,
L . croceum, 8ic. in s id e r o u g h , w a r ted , a n d sp o t t e d
w ith b la c k or d a rk p u rp le . Stamens Q; filaments
sm o o th , p u rp le , a tta ch ed to th e b a s e o f th e p e n a n -
th ium , a n d jo in e d to th e b a c k o f th e anth er . Style