By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 335 



quoted for it, though he makes no mention of it whatever. I 

 believe it was not introduced till 1734, when Dr. Richard- 

 son, of North Bierly, raised seeds of it, sent to him from 

 Russia, and presented a plant to Mr. Philip Miller. It 

 may be forced into blossom very early by being kept per- 

 fectly dry for two months before it is removed into heat. 



Niobe Co rdi folia. MSS. Hemerocallis Japonica. Ker 

 in Bot.Mag. n. 1433. cum Ic. Hemerocallis alba. Kenn. in 

 Bot. Rep. n. 194. cum Ic. 



I dare not quote Thunberg's Hemerocallis japonica for 

 this plant, as he describes the tube very short, " unguicularis." 

 It was introduced in 1790 from China, by George Hib- 

 bert, Esq., and though quite hardy, the flowers appear so 

 late, as to be often cut off by our autumnal frosts, if it be 

 not planted in a very warm situation. It probably grows 

 wild in moist places, for I have seen it represented, on a 

 Chinese paper, close to the edge of a pond. 



Bryocles Ventricosa. MSS. Hemerocallis caerulea. 

 Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 894. cum Ic — Vent. Hort. Malm. n. 18. 

 cum Ic. — Kenn. in Bot. Rep. n. 194. cum Ic. 



A very hardy plant, introduced with the preceding from 

 China, by George Hibbert, Esq. flowering here all sum- 

 mer, and ripening seeds abundantly. It diners too much 

 from Niobe in the insertion of its filaments, besides other 

 characters, to be joined to that genus ; and they both differ 

 exceedingly from Hemerocallis, in their seeds, as well as inflo- 

 rescence. 



Blandforpia Nobilis. BrownProdr. p. 296'.— Smith Ex. 

 Bot. v. 1. p. 5. t. 4. 



