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* CALOCHORTUS vemistus. 



Spotted Calochortus. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Liliaceje, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 279.) 



CALOCHORTUS Pursb. Flores erecti, explanatl, patentes. Sepala gla- 

 bra, convoluto-acuminata. Petala majora, rotundata, plana, medio barbata, basi 

 maculata, glabra. Stylus o. Stigmata 3. Capsula triangularis, coriacea. Semina 

 serie simplici afRxa, plana, testa suberosa. — Bulbi tunicati (Californici), foliis 

 convoluto-acuminatis rigidis. 



C. venustus ; caule paucifolio subbifloro sepalis erectis, petalis pra?ter fasciculiim 

 pilorum glabris basi rubris et versus apicem macula rubra notatis. Bentham 

 in Hort. Trans, vol. 1, n. s. p. 412, t. 15, Jig. 3. 



Cax\\\8Solidus,fiexuosus,erectus, sub-bipedalis,striatus, apicem versus 

 subramosus. Folia liriearia, acuminata, siccatione convoluta, basi amplexi- 

 caulia. Pedunculi circiter 4 pollices longi, rigidi, unijiori. Sepala ovato- 

 lanceolata, acuminata, recta, herbacea, petalorum longitudine. Petala cune- 

 ato-subrotunda, margins crispata, versus basin pulvillo pilorum longorum 

 pilisq. quibiisdam spai^sis barbata, basi ipsa glabra ; alba, basi lutescentia, 

 vittd cuneiformi basilari coccined apice lutescente, tunc macula subrotunda 

 interruptd castaned luteo-limbatd, denique cis apicem maculd pallida san- 

 guinolentd notata. 



A very remarkable and beautiful bulbous plant, sent 

 from California by Mr. Douglas to the Horticultural Society, 

 in the last part of whose transactions it has been published 

 by Mr. Bentham. Like the Cydobothras, lately figured in 

 this Avork, it flowers at Midsummer, at which season it con- 

 tributes, with some other species, to give quite a new feature 

 to the flower garden. 



It appears to be cultivated without difficulty, but to be 

 less hardy than the species of Cyclobothra ; hitherto it has 

 been planted in the open border in the summer only ; its 

 bulbs have been taken up as soon as the leaves were 



* Supra, fol. 1152. 

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