378 LILIACE3I. 



% FUNKIA, Gsert. Japan Day Lilies. 



Perianth funnel-bell-shaped, 6-parted. Stamens 6. 

 Filaments long, declined, the upper ones the shortest : 

 a-ntiiers oblong, fixed- by their sides, turned up at the ends. 

 Style long, declined, superior, furrowed : stigma obtusely 

 3-angled-. Capsule 3-sided; 3-celled,. 3-valved. Seeds 

 very numerous, flat. — Ornamental perennial herbs, from Ja- 

 pan, with somewhat heart-shaped long-petioled' leaves, and 

 white or bluish* flowers on bracted scapes. 



1. F. alba,. Gaert. White Day Lily. 



Leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate; perianth- funnel-form, with- a long tube. 

 Aug., Sept. Scape 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves smooth, on long radical petioles 3 to 5 

 inches wide. Flowers largo, white, very fragrant, 3 to 4 inches long-, somewhat 

 crowded, each axillary to a large bract. Anthers yellow. 



2. F. coerulia, Gsert. Blue Day Lily: 



Leaves heart-shaped, on petioles; perianth tubular-bell-shaped, swelled. July, 

 Aug. Scape 2 to 3 foot high. Bracts yellowish. Flowers bluish-purple, 2 to 3 

 inches long, the slender tube enclosing the ovary ;• border inflated, round-bell- 

 shaped. Anthers bluQ. 



3. F. Japonioa, G&rt. Japan Day Lily;. 



Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; perianth funnel- form, with somewha: 

 refiexed segments. July, Sept. Leaves 3 to 4 inches long, narrowed into a petiole 

 of 4 to 5 inches in length. Scape slender, 12 to 18 inches high. Flowers much- 

 smaller thanin.the preceding species, pale-purple, L to 2 inches long. 



8. ASPTTODELUS, Linn. King's Spear. 



€fr. a, privative, sp7iallo } to surpass ; a flower not surpassed in beauty. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, vfith G valves, covering 

 the ovary. Stamens 6, issuing. from .the valves. Capsule 

 globular,- many-seeded. — -Fine garden plants with showy 

 flowers* 



1. A. ltjteus, L. Khg r s Spear. Yellow Asphodel. 



Stem leafy ; leaves linear 3-nerved. A showy garden perennial from Sicily, of 

 the easiest culture and rapid increase. June. Stem, -2 to 3 f jet high, thickly in- 

 vested with- the long linear, hollow tapering striped leaves. Floivtrs yellow, in a 

 very long spike. 



2. A. RAMOSUs, L. Branching Asphodel. 



Stem naked, branched; leaves ensiform, keeled, sm ooth; peduncle as long as the 

 bract. Native of South Europe. June. Not so. tall, as the preceding, but with, 

 longer wliite flowers.. 



Sic. it. Bullous.. 



9. ORNITHOUALUM, Tourn. Star-of-Betiileiiem 



Gr, ornithos, a bird, and gala, milk; why so called ia not obvious. 



Perianth; deeply G-parted ; spreading above the middle : 



