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yellow hairs, inargins a little undulate. Stamens 3, inserted
ill the tube, opposite to the outer segments: Jilaments smooth,
flat, tapering upwards, white, inserted in the base of the
anthers : anthers linear, sagittate at the base, white, bursting
on the under side ; pollen white, granular. Ovarmm sessile,
oblong, 6-channelled, sinooth, of a bright green colour.
Style acutely triangular. Stigmas 3, petal-like, spreading,
pale bright yellow, oblong, slightly attenuated to the base,
sharply keeled on the upper side, and concave or hollow
underneath, where they cover and hide the stamens, deeply
cleft into 2 segments; the segments spreading, ovate, attenuated
at the points, entire on the inner side, but deeply and
sharply serrated on the outer sides, entire below the segments.
Our drawing of this pretty species was taken in May last,
from a plant that flowered in the Apothecaries Company’s
Garden, at Chelsea. Mr. Anderson had received it under
the name of I. lutéscens, to which it is not in the least related,
that being a little dwarf plant, seldom exceeding four inches
m height, and the flower rising a little above the short leaves,
the plant therefore that is figured in Redoute’s Liliacese, witli
the leaves much longer than the flowers, we think can
scarcely be the same species; at any rate, we have never
seen it in so luxuriant a state as there represented ; the true
I. lutescens is cultivated by Mr. Anderson, where we have
frequently seen it in flower: the plant figured for I. lutéscens
in the Botanical Magazine, t. 2861. is without doubt the
I. sórdida of the Supplement to Willdenow’s Enumeratio, of
which Link supposes the present to be a larger variety; but
we have no doubt ourselves but they are distinct species, as
IS also the I. virescens of Redoute’s Liliacere, which we have
seen in flower at Mr. Dennis’s Nursery, at Chelsea.
It IS not precisely known, of what country the present
plant IS a native, but in Redoute’s Liliaceae it is stated to be
cultivated in the gardens of Paris; and if we are not much
mistaken, we have seen plants of it sent by Mr. Schleicher
from Switzerland; it thrives well in the common garden soil
and flmwers in May and the beginning of June, and is rea-’
dily increased by dividing at the root.
For the derivation of the generic name, see folio 11
series 2.
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