gure 7566. 
SCOLIOPUS Bicetovit. 
Native of California. 
Nat. Ord. Lintacza.—Tribe MepEoLes. 
Genus Scouiorus, Turcz.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 832.) 
Scotiorus Bigelovit; herba nana, fere acaulis, glaberrima, caule brevissimo 
basi radicibus fasciculatis crassis onusto, et vestigiis vaginarum stipato, 
foliis binis sessilibus late elliptico-ovatis basi vaginantibus post anthesin 
valde accrescentibus supra saturate viridibus nigro maculatis, subtus 
allidis striato-nervosis, pedunculis 3-12 unifloris erectis pallidis rubro 
irroratis post anthesin valde elongatis decurvis et tortis, floribus erectis, 
sepalis patente-recurvis ovato-lanceolatis purpureo striatis, petalis sepalis 
requilongis linearibus obtusis erectis purpureis, filamentis brevibus 
erectis, antheris oblongis extrorsum dehiscentibus, ovario sessili trigono 
in stylum brevem fructu persistentem attenuato, stigmatibus 3 elongatis 
patentibus apice glandulosis, capsula ellipsoidea triquetra membranacea 
irregulariter rapta polysperma, seminibus oblongis, testa granulosa, raphe 
alata. 
S. Bigelovii, Torr. in Pacif. Rail. Rep. (Whipple Exped.) vol. iv. p. 145, t. 22. 
S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. xiv. p. 272; Bot. Calif. vol. ii. p. 180. 
Regel Gartenfl. vol. xxiv. (1875) p. 227, t. 834. Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. i. 
p. 267, fig. 8. 
Of the singular genus Scoliopus, only two species are 
known, that here figured, which is a native of the coast 
ranges of California, from Humboldt County to Marin, and 
the imperfectly known S. Hallii, 8S. Wats. of Oregon. It 
clearly belongs to the tribe Medeolex of Liliacee, as deter- 
mined by Bentham, but is not very closely allied to any 
congener in that group, though the linear, erect petals 
recall those of Paris. The different aspects of the plant 
in its flowering and fruiting stages are, as shown in the 
plate, very striking, the leaves in the latter attaining 
fifteen inches in length, and the strict flowering peduncles 
lengthening to six inches, and becoming decurved and 
twisted (whence the generic name). The flowers emit a 
curious scent, like that of decaying seaweed. In the 
Gartenflora the leaves are represented as unspotted. 
Scoliopus Bigelovit was introduced into Europe by Messrs. 
Haage & Schmidt, of Erfurt, in 1879, The specimen here 
NovemsBeER Ist, 1897. 
