512 Liliaceae — Hemcrocalt?s. 
1. H. fltwa. Yellow Day Lity.—This differs from the fol- 
lowing mainly in the colour of the fragrant flowers, and flat 
_veinless perianth-leaves. Svuth of France and other parts of 
Europe. 
2, H. filva (fig. 251). Tawny Day Lily.—This has copper or 
tawny coloured inodorous flowers, rather larger than the vre- 
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Tig, 251. Hemerocallis fulva. (About } nat, size.) 
ceding, with the perianth-leaves venous and wavy. H. Nwdnso 
is a large garden form with double flowers. H. disticha and 
H. crécea are slight varieties. 
H. minor, syn. H. graninea, H. Dumortiéri and H. Mid- 
dendorfii are smaller-growing species, natives of Siberia, China, 
and Japan. All of them have the three interior perianth-seg- 
ments membranous at the margin. The first has very narrow 
leaves, long pedicels and perianth-tube ; the second has leaves 
about six lines broad and a very short perianth-tube; and the 
third has leaves from 8 to 12 lines broad and a distinct perianth- 
tube about 4 lines long. All have yellow fragrant flowers. 
