Tab. 5862. 

 CALOCHORTUS Leichtlinii, 



Max Leicldlins Calochortus. 



Nat. Ord. Liliace.e. — Hexandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5804.) 



Calochortus Leichtlinii ; humilis, foliis gramineis | poll, latis longe vagi- 

 nantibus dorso rotundatis facie concavis anguste acuminatis glauco- 

 viridibus, marginibus incurvis, scapo gracili foliis paulo longiore 2-3- 

 floro, spathis foliis consimilibus, fioribus 2| poll. diam. late campanu- 

 latis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis recurvis dorso medio fuscis, petalis 

 demum reflexis latissime obovato-cuneatis apiculatis marginibus vix 

 erosis albis plaga parva purpurea supra fbveam nectariferam \ circu- 

 larem, basin versus extus gibbosis intus pauci-ciliatis, antheris flavis 

 obtusis, ovario lineari-oblongo, stylo brevi, stigmatibus 3 brevibus 

 recurvis. 



The beautiful genus Calochortus was first brought to notice 

 in England by the late David Douglas, who, during his ex- 

 ploration of the north-west districts of North America, trans- 

 mitted bulbs of various species, both of this and of its close 

 ally, Cyclobotkria, to the Horticultural Gardens, some of which 

 were figured in the early numbers of the Botanical Register, 

 and in the " Transactions of the Horticultural Society" (v. vii., 

 t. 8 and 9, v. viii. t. 14 and 15, &c), and in a few other works. 

 These all, however, very soon disappeared from cultivation, no 

 doubt owing to neglect during their long dormant, or flower- 

 less, season. Now, however, after a lapse of nearly forty 

 years, they are again coming into cultivation, and will, 1 

 hope, prove to be permanently established favourites. The 

 species here figured differs from any of the twelve or more 

 that have been described, or are preserved, in our Herbaria, 

 and far exceeds in showiness the graceful little plant figured in 

 our last year's volume as C. unijlorus (Tab. 5804) ; it was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Eoezl in the Sierra Nevada of California, and 



OCTOBER 1st, 1870. 



