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H. orientalis, Linn. Common hyacinth. Fig. 174. Early s|.riiiL r . the 

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

 oblong-spatulate lobes as long as tin- tube. Greece to A.sia Minor. 



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

 smaller, white or nearlj -<>. the perianth-tnbe Bcarcely swollen and the lobes 

 shorter. France. Much cultivated. 



5. HEMEROCALLIS. Fellow Dw-i.n.v. 



Strong-growing plants from tuberous roots, producing clumps "f long 

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

 clusters "r panicles "n a tall, branching scape, the divisions widely spread- 

 ing at the top. i hl World, but common in gardens. 



H. ftilva, Linn. Orang* day-lily. Flowers tawny 

 orange, produced in early summer, the inner perianth <li- 

 visiona nearly or quite obtuse. The commonest Bpecies, 

 and often escaped along roadsides. 



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

 smaller, early-blooming: flowers fragrant, pure lei i yel- 

 low, inner divisions acute. 



FUNKIA. White and Bli e Day-lilt. 

 Medium-sized plants, producing dense clumps "t" broad- 

 bladed leaves from rootstocks : flowers blue or white. In 

 racemes on scapes, each flower Bbeathed at the base by 1 



Funkia Bub- 



I it a. 



or 2 bracts, the perianth-tube long and the limb boi 



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times irregular. China and Japan ; 

 planted by houses and along walks. 



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



432. Leave- broadb rdate-ovate : flowers large 



and white, in a Bhort raceme, not drooping. 



F. ovata, Spreng. > /'. cariilea, Sweet B 

 lift ii i il y . Pig. 133 I dly ovate: fl< 



deep bine, In a 1"hl' raceme, nodding. 



7. TRILLIUM. Wake BOBIN. 



I.,, w herbs from deep seated conn-like tubers: 

 leaves ': In a whorl, broad and netted reined: flowi 

 single, of 3 colored petals and 3 green sepals, the latter i" rsiatent until the 

 angled, many seeded berrj ripens: ntl ille. Plants of earl 1 



est spring, grow Ing In rich wood 



a. / in tht / ^f whorl. 



T. sessile, Linn. Flowers dull purple, the part* narrow, pointed 

 1 1, ;uh erect: leaven - il--. < n blotched with purph Pa, w anil S 



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T. Kramliflorum, Linn. 

 Flower- large and white, ih 



[r -robin i 



pi .inn. i, taml the 



