I90 THE NEW FLORA AND SILVA 



the name H. aurantiaca major have smaller flowers than the 

 type and are evidently incorrectly named. 



The description of H. aurantiaca major given by Dr. 

 L. H. Bailey ( Gentes Herbarium^ vol. 2, p. 153, 1 9 3 o) is of a 

 fulvous Day Lily with flowers of only medium size that is 

 frequent in gardens and hence evidently hardy in New 

 York. This description and the accompanying figure 84 

 are certainly not of the H. aurantiaca major but for the clon 

 of H. aurantiaca. Possibly Dr. Bailey has not known the 

 large-flowered H. aurantiaca major. 



The clons of H. aurantiaca and the H. aurantiaca major 

 are very similar in habits of growth and in the "evergreen" 

 character of the foliage, and in these respects the two are 

 somewhat distinct from all other of the known species of 

 Day Lilies. 



The name H. aurantiaca was applied by the Japanese 

 botanist Makino in the 3rd edition of the Somoku-Dzusetsu 

 (vol. 6, plate 13, 19 10) to a type of Day Lily mentioned 

 and illustrated by a drawing in earlier editions under the 

 name H. Jlava and it is stated that this plant is rather 

 rare but grows wild in the region about Mt. Ibuki. 

 But the descriptions and the comparisons are not critical 

 and the writer can make no definite conclusions from 

 the literature now available regarding the identity of 

 the plant or its possible relationship to the H. aurantiaca 

 described by Baker. The pen drawing of the flower is more 

 like the flower of H. aurantiaca major. Plants said to be of 

 wild stock collected at Mt. Ibuki have been obtained at 

 the New York Botanical Garden through the courtesy of 

 Mr. T. Suzuki of the Yokahama Nursery Company but 

 these have not yet flowered. Various fulvous Day Lilies 

 obtained from several sources in Japan closely approach the 

 H. aurantiaca in the shape, size and colouring of flowers, 

 but they are taller, the foliage is not evergreen and the 

 capsules are different. 



The botanical status of the plant named H. aurantiaca 



