82 Orb. 1. Hemerocattpem. Cl. 5. Lorate. Lirtogame. 
Laciniz tubo paulo longiores, parum campanulate, late lanceolatze : 
decidua. Filamenta receptaculo inserta. Stigma 3-lobum. Cap- 
sula supera, anguste obconica, 3-gona, juxta apicem alveolis 3 
mellifera, axi dorsoque loculorum dehisce Semina fere undique 
cunis involutis, nervis para elis ; iA pereuntia. Flew. sordide 
violacei, intus vero letius, nutantes, inodori. Spica simplex, 9-15- 
- flora. Pedunculus crassitie calami Cygni, foliis multo longior, erectus, 
teres. Pico 80 a ad singulos Pedicellos brevissimos. 
ea Kenn 
Ni hay suas. Tr. Corolla Tubus cylindricus basi  ventricosulá : 
Lacini: tubo parum breviores, recuryo-patentes precipue superiores, 
lanceolate: decidua. Filamenta juxta basin tubi 2 seriebus vicinis 
: Sti 
a 
apice? poris 3 mellifera, axi dorsoque loc : 
apice valde alata ; ; Embryo l-rius, longitudine nune plus quam 3 
albuminis. Herba in Ins. Nipen, 1j-2-pedalis. Folia Bryoclis sed 
multo longior, erectus, teres, inter flores angulatus. Bractee 
singulos Pedicellos brevissimos et parum secundos. Nomen Poeticum. 
: e ` 
dibuliformis : “Lacinize multo Ingres, spa atulatze i : — 
magis approximate: decidua. Filamenta sub ore tubi 
serta. Stigma parum 3-lobum. spere cote argute 
3-loba, apice ni fallor poris 3 mellifera, axi dorsoque loculorum de- 
hiscens. Semina apice alata, sed in omnibus nostris imperfecta sine 
Embryone. Herba in Promontorio Bon: Spei, 2-3j-pedalis. Folia 
viridia, 2-faria, lorata, Leucoii ZEstivi L. sed majora, -— anno 
vegeta. Flores ecrulei, mutantes, in inodori. Panicula in 
coarctata, 30-70-flora. Pedunculus crassitie digiti vel dii s, foliis 
multo tegien: erectus, akedi nudus. Bractee 2 spathacee, 
preter ramentaceas ad mos Pedieellorum qui pies et 
cylindracei. Species 1. A. Takt Sor. 
Mr. R. Brown first separated Hemerocallidee as an Order in his 
Prodromus, where the little he says about them is a tissue of — 
Y; 
his character “ Narcissorum sectio 1 Juss. lm Gethyllide,” no 
giving us for another T e “wpa of qc a * Semina testá 
nee atrá nec crustaceá." On reading these two last paragraphs, I- 
