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than the leaves. PIb. about 2" long, fragrant. Tubo deep blue, limb white, 

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



j3. plumXtilis. Eac. changed (by cult.) to a diffuse, feathery, sterile panicle. 



2 M. botryoidea L. Fls. inodorous, subglobou."?, nodding; Ivs. linear-lMi- 

 ceolate, narrowed below, channeled, erect. — Flowers nearly a month later than 

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



3 M. moschdtum Willd. Fls. fragrant (m'jsk-like), ovoid, subinfiated, throat 

 constricted just below the short, spreading, 6-lobed limb, and lea/ring a smali 6- 

 Ic^sd crown; tube persistent, bluish green or greenish violet, the limb yellowish; 

 Ivs. fleshy, luaear ; rac. dense. — Gardens. -J- Asia. 



13. ASPHOD'ELUS, L. Asphodel. (Gr. a, privative, a<paXX(o, to 

 surpass ; a flower not surpassed in beauty.) Perianth 0-parted, spread- 

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

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

 2-Bceded. — li Rt. fasciculate. L^■s. radical, subulate. St. scape-like, 

 erect. 



X A. liiteus L. Tellow Asphodel. St. simple, kafy ; Ivs. 3-cornered. — A 

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

 nered, hollow leaves. Fls. yellow, in a long spike, reaching from the top almost 

 to the base of the stem^ Jn. -j- Sicily. 



2 A. ramosus L. 'White Asphodel. St. naked, branched; ped. alternate, 

 longer than bract ; Ivs. ensiform, cariuate, smooth. — Gardena Not so tall as the 

 preceding, but with larger, white fls. * Jn. f S. Eur. 



14. HEMEROCAL'LIS, L. Day Lily. (Gr. fjiiepa, a day, KaXXo^, 

 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. — 21 Root fasciculate. St. leafy, 

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

 racemed. 



1 H. fnlva L. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, carinate ; pet. obtuse, wavy ; veins of sep. 

 branched. — Naturalized in some parts of this country. A well-knovra, 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. flava L. Lvs. broad-linear, cariuate ; segments flat, acute ; veins of the 

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

 ofH. fulva. Scape branching. Jl. f Siberia. 



15. FUN'KIA, Spreng. White Day Lily. {¥ov Henry Funk, a Ger- 

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

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

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

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

 above. Fls. large, cyanic. 



1 P. ovata Spr. Lvs. broad-ovate, suboordate, 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 

 witli violet-colored flowers. 



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

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

 Pis. white, very fragrant. \ Japan. 



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

 white; rac. short, with remote, dedinate fls.; bracts ovate, all equal, twice longer 



