PLATE VI. 



HEMEROCALLIS CtERULEA. 



Blue Day Lily. 



CLASS VI. ORDER I. 

 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Nullus. 

 Corolla, fexpartita, infundibuli-campanulata. 



Stamina. Filamenta fex, fubulata, longitudine 

 corollae, declinata; fuperiora breviora. An- 

 therae oblongae, incumbentes, affurgentes. 



Pistillum. Germen fulcatum, fuperum. Stylus 

 filiformis, longitudine et fitu ltaminium. 

 Stigma obtufe-trigonum, affurgens. 



Pekicarpium. Capfula trigona, trilocularis, tri- 



valvis. 

 Semina plurima, fubrotunda. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. None. 



Blossom, has fix l'tgments, of a funnel bell- 

 fhape.' 



Chives. Six awl-fliaped threads, the length of 

 the bloffom, bent downwards; the upper 

 ones the (horteft. Tips oblong, fixed by their 

 fides, and turned up at the ends. 



Pointal. Seed-bud furrowed, and above. 

 Shaft thread-fhaped, of the length and po- 

 fition of the chives. Summit bluntly three- 

 cornered, turned up at the point. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule three-fided, three cells, 

 three valves. 



Seeds many, nearly round. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 Hemerocallis, foliis cordatis, petiolatis; corollis n Day Lily, with leaves that are heart-fhaped, 

 caeruleis. || and, have foot-ftalks; the bloiToms blue. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Chives, and Pointal, as placed in the BlofTom. 



2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit. 



3. A Seed of the fhape and fize when ripe. 



The variety of charafter exhibited in this new fpecies of Hemerocallis, fo different from its con- 

 geners, in foliage, flower, and feed; would almoft induce us to think like Gartner, a generic divifion 

 neceflary; if we were not withheld, by that ftrong rule of Linnaeus, (from which, it will be a leading- 

 feature of this work, not to fwerve) not to increafe the number of genera, but where abfolutely 

 necefTary. This fpecies, as well as a white variety, which has been figured by Kaempferj and con- 

 tinued fince him by Welldenow, in his new Species Pkmtarum, under its prefent denomination; is 

 a native of China, and introduced to our gardens from thence by G. Hibbert. Efq. of Clapham, from 

 whole moft extenlive and beautiful collection this fpecimen was taken. It is as vet cultivated as a 

 hothoufe plant, where it flowers in the fpring months, perfecting its feeds: perhaps when better 

 known, it may be found, like many Chinefe plants, to bear our climate. It is propagated as well by 

 parting its roots, as from the feeds. 



