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Lilium auratum, Lindl. Golden-rayed Lily. Golden-Rayed Lily. Queen Of Lilies. Bulb spherical or nearly globular, 3-5 in. diam., with broad, thick scales, white or pale yellow, sometimes tinged red or purple: st. 3-6 ft. high, smooth, glaucous-green often tinged purple, bare of leaves for 6-9 in. above the surface: leaves 20-50, horizontal, 3-6 in. long, 1/2 - 1 in. wide: flowers 1-15, 6-10 in. diam., deliciously fragrant, white spotted crimson, with a yellow band or midrib extending the whole length of each segm. ; anthers red. Blooms late July, Aug. Japan. — Rather capricious under colt., often disappearing in a year or two. but so gorgeously beautiful that it should be generally grown, frequent renewal is necessary. One of the best lilies for pots. Var. platyphyllum, Hort. (var. macranthum, Hort.), is superior to the type, being a larger, stronger grower, sometimes 8-10 ft. high, with flowers a foot or more across, of the same color, but only slightly spotted. Var. rubro-vittatum, Hort., has a wide crimson band through each segm. and numerous crimson spots; it is thought by some to be a hybrid between L. auratum and L. speciosum, as it resembles the latter more in bulb and habit of growth. Var. cruentum, Hort., is quite similar. Var. rubro-pictum, Hort., produces white flowers spotted crimson, while the band through each segm. is yellow at its base and red at the end. Var. pictum, Hort., is similar, but the yellow portion of the band is absent. Var. virginale, Hort., resembles the type, except the spots are yellow; there is also an unspotted form, known as virginale album, Hort. Var. Wittei, Hort. (L. Wittei, Suring.), produces flowers of the same color as the latter, but the segms. are shorter and broader than those of any other variety, and, unlike all others, they are smooth, not papillose, inside. Var. Tashiroi, Hort., is described as a dwarf, large-fld. form of the type.

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