Tas. 5804. 
CALOCHORTUS ovuntrtorus. 
Single-flowered Calochortus. 
Nat. Ord. Lit1acea.—HEeExanpriA Monoeyrnia. 
Gen. Char.—Perigonium corollinum, deciduum, hexaphyllum ; foliola ses- 
silia v. subunguiculata, supra basim fovea nectarifera; exteriora minora, 
omnia vy. interiora tantum intus barbata. Stamina 6, perigonii foliolis basi 
adherentia, Ovarium triloculare; stigmata 3, subsessilia, libera v. basi 
coalita, reflexa, canaliculata; ovula in loculis plurima, biseriata, horizontalia, 
anatropa. Capsula subgloboso-trigona, trilocularis, septicido-trivalvis, valvi 
demum bifidis. Semina in loculis plurima, subuniseriata, horizontalia, com- 
pressiuscula; testa fusca, membranacea, laxiuscula, hine raphe percursa ; 
embryo rectus, teres, excentricus. Herbx im America boreali occidentali, et 
in terris mexicanis indigene, bulbose, simplices. Folia ensiformia vaginan- 
tia Flores speciosi solitarit umbellati v. racemosi, purpurei v. albidi. Endl. 
CaLocnortus uniflorus ; parvula, folio radicali anguste elongato-lanceolato 
marginibus recurvis, scapo gracili 1—3-floro, sepalis anguste oblongis acu- 
minatis, petalis late obovato-cuneatis apice obscure erosis basi barbatis 
et squama nectarifera transversa notatis, antheris ceruleis obtusis, stylo 
distincto. 
CaLocnortus uniflorus, Hook. and Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 398, tab. 94; Alphonso 
Wood in Proc. Soc. Nat. Sc. Philadelph. 1868, p. 168. 
CrcLopoTura uniflora, Kunth. Enum. v. iv. p. 669. 
For this most lovely little Liliaceous plant, the Royal 
Gardens are indebted to Dr. Bolander, of San Francisco, 
California, an eminent botanical explorer, who sent it under 
the unpublished name of C. dilacinus. It is a native of the 
high plains of Santa Cruz, according to Mr. A. Wood, who 
has monographed the Oregon and Californian Liliacee in the 
Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy ; and though called 
uniflorus, the flowers are usually more than two. It flowered 
in the Royal Gardens in June of the present year. 
Descr. Bulb small, ovoid, half an inch long. clothed with 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1869. 
