168 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Hemerocallis. — 
of India. Be that as it may, it is now common every — 
where, In Bengal the plants blossom in May and June, — a 
when from ten to fifteen years old, and are then from 
twenty to thirty feet high. 7 a, 
HEMEROCALLIS. Schreb. gen. n. 58 
Calyx none. Corol aie page tube cylindric. «Sta. — 
mina declinate. 
1. H. fulva. Willd. 2. 197. 
Leaves bifarious, linear, acute, keeled, smooth, Scape — 
twice the length of the leaves. Stamina ascending, the — : 
length of the revolute divisions of the corol. 
It is only, as far as I know, found in our gardens; it 
may not therefore be a native of India, though known to _ 
the native gardeners by the Hindoo name Gool nurgus — 
(Narcissus ). It was introduced by Dr. W. Carey into the 
Botanic Garden at Calcutta from Dinagpoor, where ifnot 
indigenous, it may have been carried thither from China, _ 
its native country through Bootan, ; 
2. H. cordata, Thunb. 
Leaves round-ovate-cordate, many-nerved, acuminate; 
petioles deeply channelled, with winged margins. 
From China this elegant plant has been introduced by 
Mr. W. Kerr, into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta; 
where it thrives luxuriantly, and blossoms during the 
latter part of the rains. The leaves are about eight in-— 
ches long by six broad ; the petioles rather longer than _ 
the leaves. The racemes about two feet high, bearing 
about twenty, alternate, large, six inches long, pure 
white, fragrant flowers, which expends about sun set, - 
droop i in the morning, 
. wae 
