PLATE XXVIII. 



1. HEMEROCALLIS FULVA. 



TOWN LILY. 



This genus contains plants of the herbaceous flou'eiy perennial 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order llcxandria Moiiogijiiia, and ranks 

 in the natui'al order of Liliacca. 



The characters are: that there is no caly.x: the corolla is six- 

 parted, bell-funnel-forni: tube short: border eciual, sjireading, more 

 reflex at top: the stamina have six subulate filaments, the length ol" 

 the corolla, dechning; upper ones shorter : anthers oblong, incum- 

 bent, rising: the pistillum is a roundish germ, furrowed, superior: 

 style filiform, the length and situation of the stamens: stigma ob- 

 Insely-lhree-cornered, rising : the pericarpium is an ovate-tlnee- 

 lobed capsule, three-cornered, three-celled, three-valvcd: the seeds 

 very many, and roundish. 



The species are: X.JI.Jiava, Yellow Day-Lily; 2. H.fuha, Cop- 

 })er-coloured Day-Lily. 



The first has strong fibrous roots, to which hang knobs, or tubers, 

 like those of the Asphodel, from Avhicli come out leaves, two leel 

 long, with a rigid midrib, the two sides drawing inward, so as to 

 form a sort of gutter on the upper side: the flower-stalks rise two 

 feet and a half high, having two or three longitudinal furrows; these 

 are naked, and at the top divide into three or four short peduncles, 

 each sustaining one pretty large yellow flower shaped like a Lily, 

 having but one petal, with a short tube, spreading open at the brim, 

 Avherc it is divided into six parts ; these have an agreeable scent, 

 from which some have given them the title of Yellow Tuberose. It 

 is a nativeof Siberia, &c. flowering in June. 



