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HEMEROCALLIS C^RULEA. CHINESE 



Day-Lily. 

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Clafs and Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. bafi infundibuliformis, limbo campanulato, fexfido, apice 

 revoluto. Stam. declinata. Stigm. 3-gonum. Germen inferum. 

 Cap/. 3-gona, corolla tefta. 



Obs. Radices fafciculata, et flares in fcapo corymbofi aut raccmofi. Juss. 

 Vix Agapantho nifi habitu dijiinguenda. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



HEMEROCALLIS coerulea foliispetiolatis, acuminato-ovatis, 

 fubplicato-nervofis ; bracteis pedicellos 

 parum fuperantibus, fcariofo-membrana- 

 ceis ; racemo multifloro ; corollas tubo 

 fulcato-cylindrico limbum fubfemi fex- 

 partitum campanulatum vix aequante ; 

 ftaminibus apice involutis. G. 



HEMEROCALLIS carulea. Bot.Rep.tab.6. Liliac.aRedouth 

 106. t. 106. Venten. Malmaif. 18. /• 18. 



HEMEROCALLIS japonica (3. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 198. 



After the very detailed defcriptions in the works of Re- 

 doute and Ventenat (above cited) of this now not uncom- 

 mon plant, it would be fuperfluous to add any further defcription 

 to that contained in the fpecific character, which feems to 

 diftingiiifh it from Hemerocallis japonica, of which it has 

 been deemed a variety by Willd enow. 



A native of China ; thought to bloom belt in the ftove ; 

 but thrives very well in a greenhoufe ; and fome cultivators 

 allure us, that it fucceeds in the open ground better than with 

 any other treatment. 



Introduced by George Hibbert, Efq. Seeds freely, and 

 is eafily propagated by offsets. 



Our drawing was taken from a fmall few-flowered fpe- 

 cimcn. G. 



