198 FLORA HISTORICA. 



YELLOW DAY LILY. HeinerocalUs Flam, 



Natural Order Liliacece and Corojiarice. Narcissi and 

 Asphodelete, Juss. A Genus of the Hexandria Mo- 

 no^ynia Class. 



Aux feux dont I'air etincelle 

 S'ouvre la belle de jour ; 

 Zephyr la flatte de Taile : 

 La friponne encore appelle 

 Les papillons d'aleiitour. 



Coquettes, c'est votre embleme : 

 Le grand jour, le bruit vous plait, 

 Briller est votre art supreme ; 

 Sans eclat, le plaisir meme 

 Devient pour vous sans attrait. 



Philippox de la Madeleine. 



This fragile beauty is made the emblem of co- 

 quetry, because its flower seldom lasts a second 

 day. The generic name is derived from the 

 Greek 'H/xe'/ja, a day, and Ka?.Xo5-5 beauty, and 

 hence the French name it Belle d'un jour. Tour- 

 nefort called it Lis-Asphode.lc, because the plant 

 has the root of an Asphodel, and the flower of a 

 Lily. 



This species of Hemcrocallis is a native of 



