Volume I Part 6 (1/2)

~Hemerocallis Flava. Yellow Day-lily.~

_Cla.s.s and Order._

~Hexandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ campanulata, tubus cylindraceus.

_Stamina_ declinata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

HEMEROCALLIS _flava_ foliis lineari-subulatis carinatis, corollis flavis. _Linn. Syst. Veg. ed._ 14. _p._ 339.

LILIUM luteum, asphodeli radice. _Bauh. Pin._ 80.

The Yellow Day-Lily. _Parkins. Parad. p._ 148.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 19]

This Genus has been called _Hemerocallis_, in English, _Day-Lily_, from the short duration of its blossoms, but these are not quite so fugacious in this species as in the _fulva_.

It very rarely happens that Linnaeus, in his specific character of a plant, has recourse to colour, he has however in this instance; but this seems to arise from his considering them rather as varieties, than species. To us they appear to be perfectly distinct, and in addition to several other characters, the flava is distinguished by the fragrance of its blossoms.

This species is an inhabitant of Hungary and Siberia, and consequently bears our climate exceedingly well; it requires a moist soil, and a situation somewhat shady, and is easily propagated by parting its roots in autumn.

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~Geranium Peltatum. Ivy-Leaved Geranium.~

_Cla.s.s and Order._

~Monadelphia Decandria.~

_Generic Character._

Monogyna. _Stigmata_ quinque. _Fructus_ rostratus. 5-coccus.

_Specific Character._

GERANIUM _peltatum_ calycibus monophyllis, foliis quinquelobis integerrimis glabris subpeltatis, caule fruticoso. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab.

ed._ 14. _p._ 613.

GERANIUM africanum, foliis inferioribus asari, superioribus staphidisagriae maculatis splendentibus et acetosae sapore. _Comm. Prael._ 52. _t._ 2.