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HEMEROCALLIDACEAE
(
G
)
Daylily (
Wi
)
hemera, = day, the light of day;
Hemera,** = the personification of the day.
calli-, = beautiful.
(
LS
,
PG
)
CAESIA
Blue Grass Lily (
Le
)
For Federico Cesi (Fridericus Caesius) (1585-1630),** Italian botanist, microscopist and supporter of Galileo, discovered that ferns have spores.
(
Ch
)