LILIACE^ 299 



H. orieiitd,lis, Linn. Common hi/acinfh. Fig. 174. Early spring, tlie 

 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. dlbulus, Baker. Moman hyacinth. Flowers fewer and usually 

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

 shorter. France. Much cultivated. 



'). MUSCARI. Gkape Hyacinth. 



Low herbs, with very narrow, somewhat fleshy leaves and sm vU flowers 

 in a raceme: perianth deep blue or white, the tube ventricose or urn-shaped, 

 with () short l)lunt teeth. 



M. botryoides, Mill. Gmpe hynciuth. Flowers faintly odorous, nod- 

 ding, deep blue: scape 4-10 in. : leaves linear, obtuse, erect, becoming longer 

 than scapes. In grass about gardens and lawns in very early spring; also 

 escaped in some places to meadows and along roadsides. Asia. 



6. ORNITHOGALUM. Star of Bethlehem. 



Stemless low herbs, with narrow linear, fleshy, channelled leaves: 

 flowers in terminal clusters, usually with conspicuous bracts: perianth 

 of G parts, white, spreading, veined: stamens G, hypogynous: filaments 

 flattened, subulate: ovary sessile, 3-celled: capsule roundish, 3 angled: 

 seeds few, black. 



0. umbellatum, Linn. Scape 4-10 in.; flowers 5-8, on long spreading 

 pedicels: sepals white, each with green band outside. Common about 

 gardens. Introduced from Europe. Early spring. 



7. 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. Olil World, but common in gardens, 



H. fulva, 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. fiava. Linn. Yellotv day-lily. Plant somewhat 

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

 lew, inner divisions acute. 



8. FUNKIA. White and Blue Day-lily. 



Medium-sized plants, producing dense clumps of broad- 

 bladed leaves from rootstocks: flowers blue or white, in 

 racemes on scapes, each flower sheathed at the base by 1 432. Funkia sud- 

 or 2 bracts, the perianth-tube long and the limb sometimes eordata. 



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. 



