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CALOCHORTUS* macrocalpus. 



Long-fruited Calochortus. 



HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat 



CALOCHORTUS Vh.^ Calyx 3-phyllus, herbaceus. Petala 3, 

 colorata, majora, intils barbata, supra unguem canaliculatum pulvinata. 

 Ovarium superum, 3-Ioculare, polyspermum ; ovula disticha horizontalia; 

 stigmata petaloidea, coraplicata. Capsula aplce trivalvis, septicid5 de- 

 hiscens, nunc obtus^ trigona oblonga rostrata, nunc triquetra subrotunda. 



Semina plana, serie simplici inserta, testd membranacea. Herba) buU 



bos(B (Americse septentrionalis temperatee), foliis ensiformibiis, vaginantibus. 

 Caules simplices^ Floras umbellati v. racemosi^ purpurei albulive. 



C. macrocarpus ; caule 3-5-phyllo bifloro, petalis prseter fasciculum pilorum 

 glabris, capsulis erectis lineari-oblongis. Douglas in Hort. Trans, 

 vol. 7. p. 276. tab. 8. 



Bulbi elongatij tunicis atrobrunneis , separabilibus. Caules 2'Z-Jiori^ 

 l^-^-pedaleSf erectly versils Jasfigium Jlexuosi, striati, glauci. Folia 3-5, 

 ensiformiay convoluta^ basi vaginantia^ apice S(Epe sphacelataj striata^ 

 glaucttf caule breviora, Flores 2, terminaleSy basi bibracteati, bracteis 

 foliaceis. Pedunculi apice incrassatiy cum caule continui, nee articulati. 

 Perianthium campanulato-patenSj deciduum, cBstivatione convolutivd , Se- 

 pala triay ovato-lanceolata^ acuminatissima, apice sphacelata, margine 

 membranacea, petalis longiora, extils viridia, striata^ intiis am<Bnh pur- 

 purea, maculd ad basin ocellatd obscurd. Petala cuneato-ohovata, plana, 

 apiculata, amcBnh atro-puipurea, dorso extus strid viridi, intus versus 

 basin pallidiora, processubus luteis Jilamentosis barbata^ in medio quorum 

 areola adest cordata^ pulvinatay pilis brevibus albis apice purpureis den- 



sissim^ covfertis supertecta. Obs. Barba capillamentis constat tortuosis 



corrugatis, apice clavatis, scep^ bijidis luteis Jistulosis succo luteo repletis, 

 i cellulis constantibus minutissimis extiis gibbosis, unde superficies sub lente 

 videtur aspera. Stamina 6, hypogyna, petalis breviora : filamenta linearia, 

 plana, acuminata^ erecta, dimidium ovarii Igngitudinem paululum siipc- 

 rantia ; ^nihex^ erecto-patenteSyfilamentorum longitudiyie, lineares, innaia, 

 longitudinaliter d latere dehiscentes ; pollen fusco-purpureum, omnium 

 maximum^ oblo?igum, cohmrens, sub aqud sponte dehiscens, et fovillam satis 



Calochortus is derived from xaXo^, handsome, and xk'^*^^9 ^ ^^^^ ^^ 

 grass, in reference to tbe beautiful flowers borne by the grassy herbage of 

 the genus. Macrocarpus signifies literally long-fruited, from f^xK^c^, long, 

 and M^Th, fruit : the fruit o[ the other species is short, and roundish. 



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