Order 148.— LILIACE^E. fig 



than the leaves. Pig. about 2" long, fragrant. Tubo deep blue, limb white, 

 much smaller, f Eur. — Varies to white. (Botryanthus K.) 



p. plumatilis. Rac. changed (by cult.) to a diffuse, feathery, sterile panicle. 



2 M. botryoides L- Fls. inodorous, subglobous, nodding; Ivs. linear-kn- 

 ceolate, narrowed below, channeled, erect — Flowers nearly a month later than 

 the other, f Eur. — Varies with fls. azure, pale, white, roseate. (Botryanthus K.) 



3 M. moscliatum Willd. Fls. fragrant (musk-like), ovoid, subinflated, throat 

 constricted just below the short, spreading 6-lobed limb, and bearing a small 6- 

 lobed crown; tube persistent, bluish green or greenish violet, the limb j-ellowish; 

 lvs. fleshy, linear; rac. dense. — Gardens, f Asia. 



i3. ASPHOD'ELUS, L. Asphodel. (Gr. a, privative, <j<paXXu, to 

 surpass; a flower not surpassed in beauty-) Perianth G-partcd, spread- 

 ing; stamens 6, declinate and upcurved, their bases dilated into as 

 many valves covering the free ovary; capsule globular, 3-celled, cells 

 2-seeded. — % Rt, fasciculate. Lvs. radical, subulate. St scape-like, 

 erect 



1 A. lutetis L. Yellow Asphodel. Si. simple, leafy ; lvs. Z-cornered. — A 

 plant of easy culture and rapid increase. St. 3f high, thickly invested with 3-cor- 

 nered, hollow leaves. Fls. yellow, in a long spike, reaching from the top almost 

 to the base of the stem. Jn. f Sicily. 



2 A. ramosus L. "White Asphodel. SL naked, branched; ped. alternate, 

 longer than bract.; lvs. ensiform, carinate, smooth. — Gardens. Not so tall as the 

 preceding, but with larger, white fls. Jn. f S. Eur. 



14. HEMEROCAL'LIS, L Day Lily. (Gr. fjfiepa, a day, icaXXoe., 

 beauty.) Perianth funnel-shaped, regular, deciduous; limb 6-partecL, 

 veined, spreading; stamens 6, inserted in the throat, curved upwards; 

 ovary free; style slender, curved like the stamens and longer, stigma 

 •entire; capsule with 3 few-seeded cells. — 2£ Root fasciculate. St leafy, 

 erect. Lvs. linear, striate, keeled. Fls. large, xanthic, solitary or 

 raceraed. 



1 H. fulva L. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, carinate ; pet. obtuse, wavy; veins of sep. 

 branched. — Naturalized in some parts of this country. A well-known, showy, 

 border flower. Leaves very numerous, mostly radical, an inch wide and a foot or 

 more long. Scape round, thick, naked, smootli, branching, 3f high. Flowers 

 very large, liliaceous, of a tawny red. Style striate. July. •)• Levant 



2 H. Cava L. Lvs. broad-linear, carinate; segments flat, acvle ; veins of the 

 sepals undivided. — A foot high. Flowers a bright yellow, much smaller than those 

 of 1L fulva. Scape branching. Jl. f Siberia. 



i5. FUN'KIA, Spreng. White Day Lily. (For Henry Funk, a Ger- 

 man cryptogainist.) Perianth funnel-shaped, deciduous; stamens 6, 

 bypogynous, and with the style declinate-curved; capsule 3-celled, 

 elongated, 3-angled; seeds many, 2-rowcd, winged at end. — 21 Root 

 fasciculate. Lvs. all radical, ovate or oblong, petiolatc. Scape racemed 

 above. Fls.' large, cyanic. 



,1 F. ovata Spr. Lvs. broad-ovate, subcordate, acuminate; rac. many- flow- 

 ered; fls. funnel- form, soon nodding; bracts ovate, acuminate, twice longer than 

 the pedicel. — Gardens. Lvs. large, very smooth, veined, on long petioles. Scape 

 If high. Fls. white. Jn. f Japan. (Hemerccallis Japonica Thunh.) — Varies 

 with violet-colored flowers. 



2 F. subcordata Spr. Lvs. ovate-cordate, acuminate; rac. few-flowered; fls. 

 Codding, with a wry long tube; bracts much longer than the pedicel. — Gardena. 

 Fls. white, very fragrant, f Japan. 



3 F. albo-marginata Hook. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, elegantly margined with 

 white; rac short, with remote, declinate fls.; bracts ovate, all equal, twice longer 



