120 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Hosta japonica (Thunb.) Aschers. 

 Funkia lancifolia Spreng. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to roadsides : Montville 

 (Graves), Stafford (Bissell), July — Aug. Native of Japan. 



HEMEROCALLIS L. Day Lily. 

 Hemerocallis flava L. (yellow). 

 Yellow Day Lily. Lemon Lily. 



Rare, Escaped from cultivation to fields and roadsides : 

 Groton, near Poquonnock Lake (Graves, Harger, Bissell 

 et al.), Meriden (Bissell), Westport (Eames), Wilton (Miss 

 A. E. Carpenter). June. Adventive from Europe. 



Hemerocallis fulva L. (reddish-yellow). 

 Common Day Lily. 



Frequent. Escaped from cultivation to fields, roadsides 

 and waste places. Mid- June — Aug. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



Troublesome and difficult to eradicate in moist rich ground. 



LILIUM L. Lily. 

 Lilium philadelphicum L. 



Wild Orange-red Lily. Red or Wood Lily. 



Frequent. Dry or moist thickets, pastures and open woods. 

 Late June — ^July. 



Lilium superbum L. (superb). 



Turk's-cap Lily. Wild Tiger Lily. 



Marshes and low fields. Frequent near the coast in the 

 southeastern part of the state, becoming occasional or local 

 westward, reaching Stamford (W. H. Hoyt) ; not reported 

 far inland. July — Aug. 



Lilium canadense L. 



Wild Yellow Lily. Canada Lily. 



Frequent. Moist meadows, bogs and open swamps. July. 



Lilium tigrinum Ker (of tigers). 

 Tiger Lily. 



Rare or occasional. Escaped from gardens to fence-rows, 

 roadsides and waste places. Aug. Adventive from Asia. 

 In Japan and China the bulbs are eaten. 



