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1590 



CALLIPRORA* liitea. 



Yellow Pretty-face. 





HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodele^ Juss. 

 Botany, p. 273.) 



system of 



CALLIPRORA.— Perianthium subcampanulatum, cum pedicello con- 

 tinuum, 6-partitum. Stamina 6, omnia fertilia, fauce exorta, verticillata, 

 quorum 3 breviora ; Jilamenta petaloidea, biloba, antheris inter lobos ses- 

 silibus. Squamee hypogynce 0. Ovarium stipitatum, 3-angulare, 3-loculare, 

 polyspermum. Stylus simplex. Stigma trilobum. Capsula membranacea, 

 3-ptera. Herba Allii facie. 



C. lutea. 



iformia, acuminata, canalkulata, late viridia, debilia, 



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scapo longiora. Scapus erectus, teres. Flores umbellati, lutei, Uprntu 

 medio ex tus fusco-purpureis . Bracteae spathaceae ovata, scariosa, pedicellis 



multb breviores. Lobi flamentorum 





Received from Mr. Douglas as " a new genus allied to 

 Brodieea :" it was found in Northern California, but in what 

 situations we are not informed. 



It proves to be a hardy, very handsome, bulbous plant, 

 growing freely in a shaded peat border, and flowering in 

 July. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



At figure l is a magnified view of the inside of the tube 

 of the flower, cut open so as to shew the origin of the 

 stamens, the form of the petal-like filaments, and the pis- 

 tillum. From this, its distinguishing characters will be at 

 once perceived. From Brodicea it differs in the want ot 

 scales at the base of the pistillum, and in its stamens being 

 all fertile and in the same whorl ; from Leucocoryne in the 



From x«*x t '*M«, pretty-face ; in allusion to its beauty 



