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than the leaves. FIs. about 2" long, fragrant. Tube deep blue, limb white 

 much smaller, f Bur.— Varies to whito. (Botryanthus K.) 

 /3. plumXtilis. Rac. olianged (by cult.) to a diffuse, feathery, sterile panicle. 



2 M. botryoidesL. FIs. inodorous, subglobous, nodding; Ivs. linear-lan- 

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

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



3 M. moBchatum Willd. Fls. fragrant (musk-like), ovoid, subinflated, throat 

 constricted ]ust below the short, spreading, 6-lobed limb, and bearing a small 6- 

 lobed crown; tube persistent, bluish green or greenish violet, the limb yellowish; 

 Ivs. fleshy, linear; rao. dense.— Gardens, f Asia. 



13. ASPHOD'ELUS, L. Asphodel. (Gr. a, privative, a^aXXu, to 

 surpass ; a flower not surpassed in beauty.) Periantli 6-parted, spread- 

 ing; stamens 6, declinate and upcurved, tlieir bases dilated into as 

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

 3-seeded. — 2C Rt. fasciculate. Lvs. radical, subulate. St. scape-like, 

 erect. 



1 A. luteus L. Yellow Asphodel. St. simple, leafy; lvs. 3-cornerecl.—A 

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

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

 to the base of the stem. Ju. f Sicily. 



2 A. ram6su3 L. White Asphodel. St. naked, branched; ped. alternate, 

 longer than bract; lvs. ensiforra, carinate, smooth. — Gardens. Not so tall as the 

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



14. HEfflEROCAL'LIS, L. Day Lily. (Gr. ^iiepa, a day, tcaXXog, 

 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. fulva L. Lvs. ]inea3:-la,-aoeolate, cmnate ; pet. oUuse, wavy ; veins of sep. 

 branched. — ^Naturalized in some parts of this country. A well-known, 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. \ Levant. 



2 H. Cava L. Lvs. broad-linear, carinate ; segments flat, acute ; veins of the 

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

 of H. fulva. Scape branching. Jl. f Siberia. 



15. FUN'KIA, Spreng. White Day Lily. (For Jlennj 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. — If Root 

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

 above. Fls. large, cyanic. 



1 F. ovata Spr. Lvs. broad-ovate, subcordate, 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. (HemerocaUis Japonica Thuub.)— Varies 

 with violet-colored flowers. 



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

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

 Fls. white, very fragrant, f Japan. 



3 F. albo-marginata Hook. Los. ovate-lanceolate, elegantly margined with 

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



