Lilium carniolicum, Bernh. ex Koch

6. L. carniolicum Bernh. ex Koch View in CoL , Syn. FI. Germ. 708 (1837).

Stem 25-80(-90) cm. Leaves up to 7- 5 x 2 cm, lanceolate, 3- to 9-veined, pubescent or not on the veins beneath, ciliate. Flowers 1-6, usually bracteolate; pedicels recurved. Perianth-segments

3-6- 5 cm, recurved, red, orange or yellow, often with brownishpurple spots and papillose inside. Filaments yellowish or light green; anthers orange or orange-red. 2n = 24. Mountain meadows and scrub. • S.E. Alps and Balkan peninsula, southwards to N. W. Greece; W. & C. Romania. Al Au Bu Gr It Ju Rm.

A very polymorphic species particularly in the Balkan peninsula, where constituent taxa of specific and infraspecific status have been recognized. The best-known segregates are: L. albanicum Griseb. , Spicil. FI. Rumel. 2: 385 (1846) (£. carniolicum subsp. albanicum (Griseb.) Hayek ), from Albania, N.W. Greece and S.W. Jugoslavia, a small plant up to 40 cm with yellow perianth-segments c. 3 cm, and with the leaves glabrous on the veins beneath; L. bosniacum (G. Beck) G. Beck ex Fritsch , Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steierm. 45: 163 (1909), from C. & S.W. Jugoslavia, with leaves irregularly pubescent beneath and yellow, spotted flowers; and L. jankae A. Kerner , Österr. Bot. Zeitsehr. 27: 402 (1877) (£. carniolicum subsp. jankae (A. Kerner) Hayek ), from E. Jugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania, with leaves evenly pubescent on the veins beneath and perianth-segments yellow, spotted sometimes. Typical L. carniolicum from the S.E. Alps and N.W. Jugoslavia has the perianth-segments 5-6-5 cm, light red or orange and with brownish-purple spots, and leaves densely pubescent on the veins beneath.

The variation is not fully understood but at present it seems sensible to treat the components of the complex as varieties of L. carniolicum .