HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla campanulata; tubo cylindrico.

Stamina declinata.

Blossom bell-shaped; tube cylindrical.

Chives declining.

See Hemerocallis cærulea, Pl. VI. Vol. I.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Hemerocallis foliis linearibus, carinatis, gramineis; petalis tribus interioribus majoribus undulatis, exterioribus minoribus, extus bruneis.

Hemerocallis with linear leaves, keeled and grassy; the three inner petals larger, waved, the outer smaller, brown on the outside.