164 
HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
&rinosa. 
fulva. 
umbellatum. 
1. A. flowers pedicellate, oblong, tubular | the de- 
caying corolla nearly smooth. — Sp. PL 
A. alba, Mich, and Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 437. f. 2. Bot. Mag. 1418. 
Stay' -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, with a spike of white flowers, appearing to be 
covered with a farinaceous powder. It is said to be medicinal. 
In woods and on hills, very common. Perennial. June, July. 
164. HEMEROCALLIS. L. (J\^arcissi.) 
Corolla campanulate ; tube cylindric. Stami- 
na declinate. Stigma rather small, simple, 
and partly villous. — JSTutt. 
1. H. leaves broad, linear, carinate, petals flat and 
acute, nerves of the petals undivided . — Tf ’illd. 
Copper-Jiotvered Bay 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 on 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. ORNITHOGAI.UM. 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-celied. Seed$ roundish, naked, 
—JSTatt. 
1. O. corymb few-flowered, peduncles longer than 
the bractes, filaments subulate.— -IFiiWd. 
Icon. Jacq. austr. 4. t. 343. 
