has seen the tips of the leaves were evidently removed by some 

 animal with the result that they appear to be shorter than the 

 scapes. In comparison with these, the plants of this species grown 

 in pots at The New York Botanical Garden (see Figure i) are 

 larger with longer and broader leaves that are not plicate. It is to 

 be expected that the plants which are grown in gardens or in pot 

 culture will be taller and more lush than those plants which grow 

 in the wild and especially when they are on poor soil in dry and 

 rocky habitats. 



This species somewhat resembles the H. Dumortierii in habits of 

 growth and character of the flowers, but is less robust, the bracts 

 are less conspicuous, and the scapes are, when more than one-flow- 

 ered, decidedly branched. 



Figure 2. At left : Photograph of an herbarium specimen evidently of 

 Hemerocallis nana collected in 1922 by J. F. Rock (No. 5231) on the east- 

 ern slope of the Likiang Snow Range, Yangtze watershed, Yunnan, China. 

 At right: Photograph of an herbarium specimen of H. nana collected by 

 George Forrest (No. 20424) in 191 1 in northeast Yunnan, China. 



