168 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNiA. HemerocalUs. 



of India. Be that as it may, it is now common every 

 where. In Bengal the plants blossom in May and June, 

 when from ten to fifteen years old, and are then from 

 twenty to thirty feet high. 



HEMEROCALLIS. Schreb. gen. n. 58 

 Calyx none. Corol campanulate ; tube cylindric. Sta-i 

 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 if not 

 indigenous, it may have been carried thither from China, 

 its native country through Bootan. 



2. H. cordaia. Thunh. 



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 expand about sun set, and 

 droop in the morning. 



