217 
1529. N. Ontentacis. Bot. Mag. 948, Intd. from Persia, &c. 
703. ALSTRGMERIA. L. Hexandria Monogynia. 
From Baron C. Aistroemer, a friend of Linnaeus: Gaert.1!. ¢. 13. Lam. 
Ell. ¢..231. 
1530. A, TricoLtor. Hooker. Intd. by N. 1838. 
This genus is remarkable forits resupinate leaves, and some species of it 
are cultivated in America for their edible tubers. 
ORDER 144. HEMEROCALLIDE. Loud. Hort. 
Brit. p. 538. 
Liniace®, THE Lity Tripe. Lind, Nat. Syst. p: 279. 
704. HEMEROCALLIS. L. Hexandria Monogynia. 
From hemera,—day —kallos,—beauty ; beautiful day-lily. Lam. Il. ¢. 234. 
Gaert. 2. 85, , 
1531. H. Furiva. Bot. Mag. 64. Rox. Flora. Ind, 2. p. 168. The fulvous 
Day-lily. In Gardens, [ntd. 
705. FUNKIA. Spr. Hexandria Monogynia. - 
In honor of H. Funk, a German Cryptogamist. 
1532. _ F. Corpata. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 168. Hemerocallis cordata. 
Thunb. Lilium cordifolium. Thunb, This species scarcely differs from Heme- 
rocallis Japonica, Bot. Mag. 1433. see also 894. Bot. Mag. for Funkia © 
caerulia, a congener. Intd,.by N. The flowers are large, pure white and 
fragrant, but the plant seldom blossoms here, unless watered with Icewater, 
by which its lost vigor seems to be restored, 
“The Lily fair atransient beauty wears; 
And the white snow soon weeps away in tears.” 
Idyll. 23. 
‘As the lily among thorns. 
So is my love among the daughters.” 
Sol. Song. 3. verse. 2. 
706. AGAPANTHUS. Herit. Hexandria Monogynia. 
From Agapa—love —anthos— flower; denoting lovely flower. 
1533. A. UmBELLatus. Bot. Mag. 500. 
African blue lily, Intd, by Mr. G. Noton. It had been previously introdu- 
ced by N. 
707. POLIANTHES. vw. Hexandria Monogynia. 
From Polis—a city--anthe—flower; derivation uncertain. Flos urbanus. 
Lam. Ill. ¢. 243. 
1534. P. Tuperosa. Bet. Mag. 1817. Amica socturna. Ruwph. Amb. 
5. t. 98, Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 166. Bot. Reg. ¢. 63. Red. Liliac. ¢. 147. Moris 
Histor, 2. ¢. 12, 
Gool-shubo or cheree—common in gardens. The double variety is rare. 
Its common English name of Tuberose seems to have been borrowed 
from Fulla pipa, pipe-flower, by which it isknown to the Portuguese at 
Cochin and other late Dutch settlements. 
_ 708. VELTHEIMIA. Gled. Hexandria Monogynia, 
Jn honor of Veltheim, a German Botanist, 
