216 FLORA HISTORJCA. 



YELLOW DAY LILY. HemerocaUis Flam. 



Natural Order Liliacecc and Coronarice. Narcissi and 

 Asphodelece^ Juss : a Genus of the Hexandria Mono^ 

 gynia Class. 



" Aux feux dont I'alr etincelle 

 S'ouvre la belle de jour ; 

 Zephir la flatte de I'aile ; 

 La friponne encore appelle 

 Les papillons d'alentour. 



Coquettes, c'est votre embleme : 

 Le grand jour, le bruit vous plait, 

 Brill er est votre art supreme ; 

 Sans eclat, le plaisir meme 

 Devient pour vous sans attrait." 



Philippon 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 ^Hr^l^o^, a day, and KaXXo^, beauty, and 

 hence the French name it Belle d'unjour, Tour- 

 nefort called it Lis- Aspho dele, because the plant 

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

 Lily. 



This species of HemerocaUis is a native of 



