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Lilium polyphyllum D.Don in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mount. 388. 1840. Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:176. 1882, Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 351.1892, Woodcock & Stearn, l. c. 312, R. R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. Kashm. 55. 1972, Wendelbo l. c. 59. (Fig. 27, A-C).
S.I. Ali
Bulb narrow, fleshy scales long narrow, subequal. Stem 60-120 cm erect, slender. Leaves alternate, lower whorled, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5-8(-13) x 0.5-1 (-1.5) cm, acute, margin hairy. Raceme 4-10 flowered, bracts whorled. Flowers pendulous, fragrant; pedicel 4-10 cm long, slightly drooping. Tepals dull yellow or greenish outside, white within with purple streaks, 3-4 cm long, oblanceolate. Stamens exserted, anthers 1.3 cm long. Style very declinate.
Fl. Per.: June-July.
Type: ‘Hab. Taranda, in Kunawur’.
Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan (Chitral, Kurram valley, Swat, Hazara, Murree) Kashmir, India (Kumaon).
2n = 24 (Mehra, P. N. & Pandita, T. K. in Taxon 27: 387. 1978)
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