+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+-----------------+ | | | Name of Variety. |Shape of| Shape and | | leaves.| colour of ray. | Colour of spots. | | | +-----------------------------+--------+----------------+-----------------+ | | | Type | Linear |{ Golden, | Reddish brown | |{ ½ in. wide | (numerous) | | | _Virginale_ | Linear |{ Golden, | Golden yellow | |{ ½ in. wide | (numerous) | | | _Wittei_ | Linear |{ Golden, }| Spots absent | |{ ¾ in. wide }| | | | _Pictum_ | Linear |{ Gold-green, }| Blood red | |{ tips red, }| (numerous) | |{ ¾ in. wide }| | | | _Rubro-Vittatum_ | Linear |{ Blood red, | Blood red | |{ ¾ in. wide | (numerous) | | | _Cruentum_ | Linear |{ Blood red, | Blood red | |{ 1 in. wide | (numerous) | | | _Platyphyllum_ |Palmate |{ Golden, | Brown | |{ ½ in. wide | (few) | | | _Macranthum_ |Palmate |{ Golden, | Golden | |{ ¾ in. wide | (few) | | | _Alexandrae_ (hybrid between | Linear | Absent | Absent _L. Auratum_ and | | | _L. Longiflorum_) | | | | | | _Parkmanni_ (hybrid between | Linear |{ Reddish, | Red _L. Auratum_ and | |{ Indistinct | (numerous) _L. Speciosum_) | | | | | | +-----------------------------+--------+----------------+-----------------+ As we have said before, the flowers of _L. Auratum_ are sometimes extremely numerous. We saw one plant last summer (we believe at the Royal Gardens, Kew) of one of the varieties of this species which bore thirty-seven well-developed blossoms.