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perianth pale lavender, 1-2 in. long, the slender tube, less than 

 one half the length of the perianth, narrowed into a broad limb, 

 the segments 8-10 lines long and 4-5 lines' wide, acute; capsule 

 i-i/i in. long, pendulous and appressed to the scape. 



A native of Japan. There is a variegated form in cultivation 

 known as variety alhornarginata {Funkia alhomarginata Hook.), 

 which has the leaves margined with a narrow band of white. 

 There is another form which is quite distinct, the variety tardi- 

 flora, in which the pedicels are longer, the lower ones 5-6 lines 

 long. It also flowers a little .later, so that while the one is in 

 ripe fruit, this variety is still in flower. It is also more resistant 

 to frost. 



3. NiOBE UNDULATA (Otto & Dietr.) Nash. Wavy-margined 



Day-lily 



Funkia undnlata Otto & Dietr. 



A tall showy plant, with long-])etioled broad leaves, and numer- 

 ous pale lavender flowers in a long raceme. Stems up to 5 ft. 

 tall, bearing 3-5 long-petioled leaves which gradually decrease in 

 size, passing into the bracts of the inflorescence ; basal leaves 

 numerous ; petioles often more than twice as long as the blades, 

 deeply concave, thin-margined, up to i^ ft. long; blades usually 

 6-8 in. long, up to 5 in. wide, undulate on the margins, broadly 

 ovate, acute at the apex, abruptly narrowed into the margined 

 petiole, with 6-10 nerves on each side, the nerves depressed above, 

 very prominent beneath, the upper surface dull, the lower shining; 

 raceme up to 20 in. long; flowers numerous, nodding, on recurved 

 pedicels less than 5 lines ; perianth 2-2^ in. long, funnel-form, 

 pale lavender, the narrowly ovate acute segments about one half 

 as long as the tube, the stamens and style recurved at the apex, 

 the former exserted. 



A native of Japan. There is a plant, much lower than this, 

 with smaller more strongly undulate leaf-blades, which are 

 marked with large masses of white in the center, and a fewer- 

 flowered raceme. I venture to consider this a variegated form 

 under the name Niobe undnlata variegata. It is perhaps the most 

 commonly cultivated of all the day-lilies, and is frequently used 

 as an edging for paths. Its flowers are identical with those of 

 the above in color, form and size, and they appear at about the 

 same time. The stem is also leafy as in that plant. This is some- 

 times considered a form of Niohc japonica, but that flowers con- 



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