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was new and somewhat distinct from the old H. fulva of Lin- 

 naeus. 



It is a strange coincidence that David Don in 1825 (Prod. 

 Florae Nepalensis) lists under the name Hemerocallis disticha a 

 daylily which he reports to be growing wild in Nepal. Don had 

 seen a mere reference to the H. disticha of James Donn, but evi- 

 dently did not know of the description and colored plate published 

 by Sweet. Since Don describes his plant as having yellow flowers 

 it seems certain that he did not have a fulvous daylily. 



It may be noted that frequently references to the fulvous day- 

 lily H. disticha of Donn and of Sweet are, by omission of the 

 final " n," credited to " Don." 



The Hemerocallis longituba of Miquel 

 In 1867 the Dutch botanist Miquel described certain dried her- 

 barium specimens as a new species, Hemerocallis longituba. He 

 was not certain whether the plants had been collected as wild or 

 as cultivated in Japan or elsewhere. The color of the flowers 

 was supposed to have been pale fulvous. The most characteristic 

 feature of the flowers is the length of the perianth tube, said to be 

 1 to i^4 inches long. Miquel makes no mention of the H. disticha 

 of Donn and of Sweet, the perianth-tube of which is equally as 

 long. 



The Hemerocallis fulva angustifolia of Baker 

 The next type of daylily that was considered to belong with the 

 species H. fulva was described under the varietal name angusti- 

 folia in 1871 by Baker (Jour. Linn. Soc. 11: $^i). Baker de- 

 scribes his plants as very small, with scapes scarcely a foot tall, 

 and with leaves only 12 to 18 inches long and only 2 to 4 lines 

 wide. The segments of the flowers are described as narrow and 

 acute; but there is no mention of color. 



Baker based the description on dried specimens which lie states 

 came from (1) Khasia, India (in the Hooker Herbarium), and 

 (2) Guriev and Karabagh, collected by Fischer. Guriev is near 

 the extreme northwestern side of the Caspian Sea, and Karabagh 

 is further south and in Caucasia. 



In a volume on Japanese plants by Matsumura (Nippon Shoku- 

 butsumeii. 1884), //. fulva var. angustifolia Baker is listed and 



