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than the leaves. Fls. about 2" long, fragrant. Tube deep blue, limb white, 

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



/3. PLUMATILIS. Rac. changed (by cult.) to a diffuse, feathery, sterile panicle. 



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

 ceolate, narrowed belo\v, channeled, erect. Flowers nearly a month later thaa 

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



3 M. moschatum 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 yellowish; 

 Ivs. fleshy, linear; rac. dense. Gardens, f Asia. 



13. ASPHOD'ELUS, L. ASPHODEL. (Gr. a, privative, <70aAAo>, to 

 surpass ; a flower not surpassed in beauty.) Perianth 6-parted, spread- 

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

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

 2-seeded. 2 Kt fasciculate. Lvs. radical, subulate. St. scape-like, 

 erect. 



1 A. Ifttens L. YELLOW ASPHODEL. St. simple, leafy; Ivs. ^-cornered. A 

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

 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. St. naked, branched ; ped. alternate, 

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

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



14. HEMEROCAL'LIS, L. DAY LILY. (Gr. fjuepa, a day, na^o^ 

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

 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 Hoot fasciculate. St. leafy, 

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

 racemed. 



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, smooth, branching, 3f high. Flowers 

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



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

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

 of H. fulva. Scape branching. JL f Siberia. 



15. FUN'KIA, Sprcng. WHITE DAY LILY. (For Henry Funk, a Ger- 

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

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

 elongated, 3-angled ; seeds many, 2-rowed, winged at end. 2 Root 

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

 above. Fls. large, cyanic. 



1 P. 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. (Hemerocallis Japonica Thunb.) Varies 

 with violet-colored flowers. 



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

 nodding, with a very long tube ; bracts much longer than the pedicel. Gardens. 

 Fls. white, very fragrant, f Japan. 



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

 white; rac. short, with remote, declinate fls. ; bracts ovate, ah 1 equal, twice longer 



