Tab. 7606. 

 CALOCHOB/TUS clavatus. 



Native of California. 



Nat. Ord. Llliace.m. — Tribe Tulips.*:. 

 Genus Calochortcs, Pursh. ; (Benth. & Houk.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 220.) 



Caiochortus (Mariposa) clavatus ; bulbo ovoideo parvo tunicis exterioribua 

 pallidis, caule erecto gracili siuiplici vel furcato, foliis linearibus vel subu- 

 latis, sepalis ovatis acuminatia dorso viridibus facie luteis obscure macu- 

 latis, petalis latis cuneatis aurantiacis supra medium nudis, ungue lato 

 pilis copiosis luteis apice clavatis vestito supra basin foveola orbiculari 

 prajdito, antheris linearibus obtusis purpureis filamentis aequilongis, 

 ovario cylindrico-trigono. 



C. clavatus, & Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. xiv. p. 265 ; Bot. Calif, vol. ii. 

 p. 176. 



This species, for garden purposes, is one of the finest of 

 all the Galochorti. It belongs to the section Mariposa, 

 which is marked by its large, erect, butterfly-like flowers, 

 which are white, lilac, or yellow, and often beautifully 

 variegated towards the base with spots or bands. Its 

 nearest allies are 0. luteus, Dougl. (Bot. Reg. t. 1567), and 

 G. Weedii, Wood (G. citrinus, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6200), 

 from which it is best distinguished by the club-shaped tips 

 of the hairs that covet the claw, to which the name refers. 

 It was first collected in 1878, by Mr. J. G, Lemmon, near 

 San Luis Obispono, and soon afterwards by Mrs. Elwood 

 Cooper at Santa Barbara. It has only lately been intro- 

 duced into cultivation by Mr. Carl Purdy, of Ukiah, who 

 makes a specialty of Frythronia and Galochorti, and it has 

 not been previously figured. Our drawing was made from 

 a plant that flowered in an open border on the south side 

 of the Orchid House at Kew, in June, 1897. 



Descr. — Bulb small, ovoid ; outer tunics membranous, 

 pale. Stem erect, slender, a foot or a foot and a half long, 

 simple or forked, distantly leafy. Leaves linear or subu- 

 late, reaching a length of three or four inches. Flowers 

 solitary, erect. Sepals ovate, acute, about an inch long, 

 green on the outside, yellow, and obscurely spotted near 

 the base on the inside. Petals cuneate, bright yellow, an 

 July 1st, 1898. 



