Lilium L. Lilium martagon, L.

24. Lilium L. View in CoL 1

Bulbous perennials. Bulbs of overlapping scales, without a tunic. Leaves numerous, verticillate or scattered, usually decreasing in size up the stem. Flowers solitary or in a raceme, erect or nodding. Perianth-segments 6, free, petaloid, erect to strongly recurved, caducous. Nectary-furrows present. Anthers dorsifixed, versatile; filaments filiform, often slightly flattened. Style long; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit an obovoid capsule, more or less 6- angled. Seeds numerous, flat.

Literature: H. J. Elwes, A Monograph of the Genus Lilium . London. 1877-1880. A. Grove & A. D. Cotton, A Supplement to Elwes’ Monograph of the Genus Lilium . London. 1934-1940. H. B. D. Woodcock «feW. T. Stearn, Lilies ofthe World. London. 1950.

1 Flowers with erect or patent, never strongly recurved perianthsegments 2 Flowers orange to bright red 3. bulbiferum 2 Flowers white ’ 2. candidimi 1 Flowers with ± strongly recurved perianth-segments 3 Flowerspink or purplish, rarely white; leaves usually verticillate 1. martagon 3 Flowers yellow, orange or scarlet; leaves not verticillate 4 Perianth-segments 8-12 cm 5 Perianth-segments orange; stem-bulbils present 10. lancifolium 5 Perianth-segments yellow; stem-bulbils absent 6 Perianth-segments unspotted; anthers red 8. rhodopaeum 6 Perianth-segments spotted; anthers dark yellow 9. monadelphum 4 Perianth-segments 3-7 cm 7 Leaves changing abruptly in aspect from patent below to appressed above 7. chalcedonicum 7 Leaves changing gradually in aspect up the stem 8 Flowers bright red or orange 9 Leaves pubescent onthe veins beneath 6. camiolicum 9 Leaves glabrouson the veins beneath 10 Leaves up to 1 cm wide; flowers bright red 5. pomponium 10 Leaves up to 2 cm wide; flowers orange-red 4. pyrenaicum 8 Flowers yellow 11 Leaves pubescent on the veins beneath, sometimes intermittently so 6. carniolicum

11 Leaves glabrous on the veins beneath

12 Perianth-segments c. 3 cm, unspotted 6. carniolicum 12 Perianth-segments 5-6-5 cm, spotted 4. pyrenaicum

1. L. martagon L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 303 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Stem 90- 180cm. Leaves up to 16 x 6-5 cm, usually in whorls, oblanceolate, 7- to 9-veined, glabrous or pubescent on the veins beneath. Flowers 5-10(-40), ebracteolate; pedicels recurved. Perianth-segments up to 3-5 cm, recurved, pink to dark purplish-red (rarelywhite), often spotted. Filaments pinkish; anthers orange-yellow or reddish-purple. 2/z= 24 + 0-2B. Woods and scrub. From N.E. France, Estonia and C. Ural southwards to C. Spain and C. Greece. Al Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, E) Tu [Be *Br Da Fe Ho No Su].

Variable, especially in colour of flowers and hairiness of stem and flowers, but the variants are worth no more than varietal status.