Hesperocallis
(from hesperos, Western, and kallos, beauty; in allusion to the habitat of the plant, Hemerocallis, to which the present genus bears some resemblance, being an Eastern one). ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse or half-hardy plant, with a short, woody caudex, allied to Hemerocallis. For culture, see Yucca, on p. 227. H. undulata (waved). fl. whitish, sweet-scented, large, shortly pedicellate, in a simple raceme; perianth funnel-shaped, the tube cylindrical, the lobes oblong-spathulate, longer than the tube, erecto-patent; stamens six; bracts under the pedicels scariose, sometimes a few leafy ones below the inflorescence; scape erect, simple. February and March. l. radical, linear, elongated, undulated, rather thick, broadly edged with white. California, 1882.