1567 







CALOCHORTUS* luteus. 



Yellow Calochortus. 



HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Ljliaceje Juss. - {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 279.) 



CALOCHORTUS.— SuprA, vol. 14. /of. 1152. 



\ 



C. luteus ; caule subtriflovo, foliis convolutis acuminatis pedunculis gracilibus 

 brevioribus, sepalis apice recurvis, petalis cuneatis apice rotundatis medio 

 transversa barbatis. 



C. luteus. Douglas. 



Caulis pedalis v. citrii, teres, foliosus. 



perioribus pedunculis brevioribus. 



Folia convoluta acuminata ; su- 



Flores 2, v. 3, terminates. Sepala 

 viridia, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, petalis subcequalia. Petala apice lutea, 

 medio viridia, sanguineo punctata, fascid pilorum luteorum ; basi viridia, 

 glabra. Ovarium linear e 9 triquetrum, petalis fere 3-plb brevius. Anthene 

 flavce. 



9 



Several species of this charming genus have now been 

 discovered, besides the fine purple sort figured at fol. 1 152 

 of this work, and the two others described by Mr. Douglas 

 in the seventh volume of the Transactions of the Horticul- 

 tural Society. Of these, the subject of the present notice 

 is among the most interesting. 



It was discovered by Mr. Douglas in California ; and a 

 few roots of it were received from him by the Horticultural 

 Society in 1831. Cultivated in their Garden at Chiswick, 

 proves hardy, flowering in the months of September and 



October. Its blossoms 



fug 



but 



the 



trary, remain without fading for a week or ten days, 

 the more interesting, as we have nothing at the same 

 which resembles it at all in character. 



It 



It appears to succeed perfectly in a north border in 



* See fol. 1152. 



