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l. all, except the uppermost, distinctly stalked; the lower ones 6in. apart, with broad channelled petioles 1ft. or more long, clasping the stem broadly at the base; the blade broad cordate-ovate, reaching 1ft. or even 1 1/2ft. in length; upper leaves growing gradually smaller and closer till those beneath the raceme are not more than 3in. to 4in. long. Stem straight, erect, terete, 4ft. to 10ft. high, 1in. to 2in. in diameter in the lower part. Bulb as large as an apple, of fleshy, ovate, sub-patulous scales. Himalayas, 1852. A splendid species, hardy only in favoured spots in the South of England, &C.B. M. 4673.) L. Hansoni (Hanson's).* fl. four to ten, disposed in a loose raceme, or in a crowded umbel, on erecto-patent pedicels, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long; perianth fine reddish-orange, 1 1/4in. to 1 1/2in. long, with thick, lanceolate, profoundly falcate-revolute, purple-dotted segments. l. oblanceolate, acute, tender, glabrous, often eight to twelve in one whorl at the middle of the stem, 4in. to 5in. long, 2/3in. to 1in. broad. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, slender, glabrous, terete. Japan, 1865.
L. Harrisii (Harris's). A synonym of L. longiflorum eximium. L. Hookeri (Hooker's). This is the correct name of the plant described in this work as Fritillaria Hookeri.
L. Humboldtii (Humboldt's). fl. often six to ten, sometimes thirty or forty, disposed in a broad deltoid panicle; perianth of a splendid reddish-orange colour, greenish outside at base; segments copiously purple-veined, acute, closely reflexed. l. usually regularly verticillate, in ten to fifteen-foliate whorls, oblanceolate; lower ones 4in. to 5in. long, nearly 1in. broad. Stem terete, robust, 4ft. to 5ft. high, glabrous or puberulous, reddish-spotted. Bulb 2in. to 4in. thick. California, &c., 1872. SYN. L. Bloomerianum. (F. d. S. 1973-4; R. G. 724.) The variety ocellatum has a yellow perianth, conspicuously dotted with purple.
L. isabellinum (Isabel-coloured). A synonym of L. testaceum. L. japonicum (Japanese).* fl. pure white within, but more or less tinged with purple on the outside, 5in. to 6in. long, more or less ascending, usually solitary in the wild plant, and not more than in twos or threes in the cultivated one; perianth broader round the neck than in L. longiflorum.