164 HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



fannosa. i. A. flowers pedicellate, oblong, tubular; the de- 

 caying corolla nearly smooth. — Sp. PI. 

 A. alba, Mich, and Pursh. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 437. f. 2. Bot. Mag. 1418. 



Star-grass. Colic-root. 



Leaves radical, adpressed ; of a dry texture and a very yel- 

 lowish-green colour, often white in old plants. Scape two or 

 three feet long 1 , with a spike of white flowers, appearing to be 

 covered with a farinaceous powder. It is said to be medicinal. 

 In woods and on lulls, very common. Perennial. June, July.- 



164. HEMEROCALLIS. L. (Narcissi.) 



Corolla campanulate ; tube cylindric. Stami- 

 na decimate. Stigma rather small, simple, 

 and partly villous. — JWtt. 



fuiva. 1. H. leaves broad, linear, carinate, petals flat and 



acute, nerves of the petals undivided. — Willd. 



Copper -Jlowered Day Lily. Brown Lily. 



An introduced plant, which is becoming naturalized in many 

 parts of the United States. On the Schuylkill near Lemon- 

 hill it is common, close to the waters' edge. And in a seclud- 

 ed thicket en the same river, nearly in a right line from Bel- 

 mont, growing with Hydrangia frutescens. In both of these 

 sites it has every appearance of growing wild. Flowers of an 

 orange-brown colour. Perennial. July. 



165. ORNITHOGALUM. Gen pi. 566. (Asphodeli.) 



Corolla of 6 petals, erect, persistent, above 

 the middle, spreading. Filaments dilated 

 at the base or subulate. Capsule superior, 

 roundish, 3-celled. Seeds roundish, naked. 



—Nutt. 



umbeiiatum. 1. O. corymb few-flowered, peduncles longer than 

 the bractes, filaments subulate.— Willd* 

 Icon. Jacq. austr. 4. t. 343. 



