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H. orientalis, Linn. Common hyacinth. Fig. 174. Early spring, the 

 flowers of many colors and sometimes double, the perianth -tube swollen, the 

 oblong-spatulate lobes as long as the tube. Greece to Asia Minor. 



Var. albulus, Baker. Roman hyacinth. Flowers fewer and usually 

 smaller, white or nearly so, the perianth-tube scarcely swollen and the lobes 

 shorter. France. Much cultivated. 



5. HEMEROCALLIS. YELLOW DAY-LILY. 



Strong-growing plants from tuberous roots, producing clumps of long 

 sword-shaped leaves: flowers yellow or orange, erect, large and lily-like, in 

 clusters or panicles on a tall, branching scape, the divisions widely spread- 

 ing at the top. Old World, but common in gardens. 



H. fiilva, Linn. Orange day-lily. Flowers tawny 

 orange, produced in early summer, the inner perianth di- 

 visions nearly or quite obtuse. The commonest species, 

 and often escaped along roadsides. 



H. flava, Linn. Yellow day-lily. Plant somewhat 

 smaller, early-blooming: flowers fragrant, pure lemon-yel- 

 low, inner divisions acute. 



6. FUNKIA. WHITE and BLUE DAY-LILY. 



Medium-sized plants, producing dense clumps of broad- 

 bladed leaves from rootstocks : flowers blue or white, in 

 T. racemes on scapes, each flower sheathed at the base by 1 



cordata or ^ bracts, the perianth-tube long and the limb some- 



times irregular. China and Japan; 

 planted by houses and along walks. 



F. subcordata, Spreng. White day-lily. Fig. 

 432. Leaves broadly cordate-ovate : flowers large 

 and white, in a short raceme, not drooping. 



F. ovata, Spreng. (F. ccerulea, Sweet). Slue 

 day-lily. Fig. 433. Leaves broadly ovate: flowers 

 deep blue, in a long raceme, nodding. 



7. TRILLIUM. WAKE-ROBIN. 



Low herbs from deep-seated corm-like tubers : 

 leaves 3 in a whorl, broad and netted-veined : flower 433 ' Funkia ovata - 



single, of 3 colored petals and 3 green sepals, the latter persistent until the 

 angled, many-seeded berry ripens : stigmas 3, often sessile. Plants of earli- 

 est spring, growing in rich woods. 



a. Flower sessile in the leaf-whorl. 



T. s6ssile, Linn. Flowers dull purple, the parts narrow, pointed, and 

 nearly erect: leaves sessile, ovate, often blotched with purple. Pa.,W. and S. 



aa. Flower stalked in the leaf-whorl. 



T. grandifldrum, Linn. Common wake-robin, or birthroot. Fig. 221. 

 Flowers large and white, the peduncle standing erect or nearly so, the 



