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| + | ''[[Lilium]] roseum'', Wall. (L. Thomsonianum, Lindl. Frtil- laria Thomsoniana, Royle). A peculiar plant, suggesting Hosta, Anthericum, Ornithogalum. and similar things: st. erect, about 1 1/2 ft.: leaves like a Hemerocallis, linear- acuminate and grassy, mostly crowded at the base of the st.: flowers as many as two dozen, pale mauve, about 1 1/2 in. long, and nearly as broad at the mouth, bell- shaped, the 6 segms. free to the base; anthers deep purple, oblong; stigma 3-lobed. W. China to N. India (Himalaya). (var. multiflorum. Leicht.).— Little cultured abroad; may be desirable in milder parts of this country. |
| − | Lilium roseum, Wall. (L. Thomsonianum, Lindl. Frtil- laria Thomsoniana, Royle). A peculiar plant, suggesting Hosta, Anthericum, Ornithogalum. and similar things: st. erect, about 1 1/2 ft.: leaves like a Hemerocallis, linear- acuminate and grassy, mostly crowded at the base of the st.: flowers as many as two dozen, pale mauve, about 1 1/2 in. long, and nearly as broad at the mouth, bell- shaped, the 6 segms. free to the base; anthers deep purple, oblong; stigma 3-lobed. W. China to N. India (Himalaya). (var. multiflorum. Leicht.).— Little cultured abroad; may be desirable in milder parts of this country. | |