Tas. 7264, 
CALOCHORTUS Kennepvt. 
Native of California and Arizona. 
Nat. Ord. Littackeam.—Tribe Turirea. 
Genus Catocuortus, Pursh, ; (Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol, iii. p. 820.) 
Carocnortus (Mariposa) Kennedyi; bulbo ovoideo, caule gracili 1-4-floro 
recto vel flexuoso, foliis linearibus, pedunculis brevibus vel elongatis, 
sepalis lineari-oblongis intus pallide citrinis basi maculA castaneo-atra 
preeditis, petalis cuneatis splendide coccineo-luteis ungue nigro-castaneo 
foveola centrali dense hispida praedito, staminibus petalis 2-3-plo breviori- 
bus, ovario cylindrico-trigono stigmatibus falcatis. 
C. Kennedyi, Porter tz Coulter Bot. Gaz. vol. ii. p- 79; S. Wats. in Prog, 
Amer, Acad, vol, xiv. p. 265; Bot. Calif. vol. ii. p. 171. 
The genus Calochortus is distinguished from all the 
other Liliacew by its distinctly dichlamydeous perianth. 
Whilst Tulipa is entirely restricted to the Old World, 
Calochortus belongs exclusively to America, being confined 
to Mexico, Arizona, California, British Columbia and the 
Rocky Mountains. Since I monographed the genus in 1875 
in the fourteenth volume of the “ Journal of the Linnean 
Society,” a large number of new species have been dis- 
covered. Of these the present plant is the most showy. 
It entirely agrees in structure, foliage, and general habit 
with C. luteus, splendens, and venustus, but the petals are 
brilliant scarlet with a dash of yellow in it, with a dark 
claw and a very distinct, very hispid, nearly basal nectary. 
It has been found in Arizona and several places in 
Southern California. Our drawing was made from a 
plant that flowered in Kew Gardens last June. The bulbs 
were sent to Kew by Mr. Charles R. Orcutt, of San Diego, 
the editor of the ‘West American Scientist.” At 
Kew it flowered freely in an open border, and appears 
to be as hardy as the other species of the section Mariposa. 
Descr. Bulb small, ovoid, producing the new one close to 
itself. Stem slender, terete, straight or flexuose, simple or 
branched. Leaves linear, produced in a tuft from the fork 
if the stem is branched. lowers one to four; peduncles 
NovemBer Ist, 1892. 
