( 3588 ) 
CALLIPRORA LUTEA. Yettow CALuiprora. 
eke aiealesieclooleskookeskeakeokeakealeslesteote 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriaA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AspnopEtex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium subcampanulatum, cum pedicello contin- 
uum, 6-partitum. Stamina 6, omnia fertilia, fauce exserta, 
verticillata, quorum 3 breviora ; filamenta petaloidea, bi- 
loba, antheris inter lobos sessilibus. Squame hypogyne o. 
Ovarium stipitatum, 3-angulare, 3-loculare, polyspermum. 
Stylus simplex. Stigma trilobum. Capsula membranacea, 
triptera—Herba Allii facie. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Synonym. 
Catuprora * lutea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1590. 
es 
An exceedingly pretty bulbous Genus, discovered in 
Northern California by the late Mr. Dovetas, and first dis- 
tinguished as such by Professor Linptey in the work just 
quoted, by the name of Catuirrora. That author reckons 
ita hardy plant, as it flourished well in an open, but shaded 
peat border in the garden of the Horticultural Society at 
Chiswick ; but with us in Scotland, it is yet too rare and 
valuable a plant to run any risks by exposing it to the in- 
clement summer of our climate, and it is kept in a pot in the 
frame, where it expands its exceedingly pretty flowers in 
July. It differs, asa Genus, from Broprza and Trirecesa, 
and Leucocoryne (all from the same country) not only in 
the different structure of the stamens, as marked by Dr. 
INDLEY ; but also in the yellow colour of the flowers. 
Descr. 
* xadrrmpopa, pretty face, in allusion to its beauty. 
