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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
CALOCEPHALUS (from kalos, beautiful, and kephale, 
a head; alluding to the inflorescence). Including Leuco- 
phyta. Orv. Composite. A genus embracing about ten 
species of greenhouse, usually cottony or woolly, annual or 
perennial herbs, rarely sub-shrubs or small shrubs, natives 
of Australia. Flower-heads numerous and usually more or 
less stipitate on a small and branching. or globose or 
conical receptacle, in an ovoid or globular, dense cluster or 
compound head, without any inyolucre, or surrounded by a 
few bracts rarely exceeding the florets; partial heads two- 
or more-flowered; receptacle without scales; florets five- 
toothed. Leaves alternate or (in two species) opposite, 
entire. ©. Brownii is the only species grown in our 
gardens. It is much used in carpet-bedding arrangements, 
and thrives in almost any soil. Propagation may be 
effected by means of cuttings, inserted under a bell-glass, 
in a cool greenhouse or frame, and wintered in any light, 
dry structure, free from frost. 
C. Brownii (Brown’s). jl. in globular clusters four to six lines 
in diameter, surrounded by a few floral leaves. J. alternate, 
linear, obtuse, two lines or less in length. h. lft. A rigid, 
woolly-tomentose shrub. Syn. Leucophyta Brownit. 
CALOCHORTUS. Wild Tulip of California. Syn. 
Oyclobothra. Baker enumerates twenty-one, and S. Watson 
thirty-two, species of this genus, natives of North (mostly 
Western) America, extending as far as Mexico. To those 
described on p. 245, Vol. I., the following should be added : 
Cc. amoenus (pleasing). fl. dee rosy-pink or purple. July. 
Z. lanceolate, vigorous. ioe Siterncotaee in habit between 
C. albus and C. pulchellus. SYN. Cyclobothra amena. 
Cc. apiculatus (apiculate). fl. straw-coloured ; perianth broadly 
qunpel ahapet, erect, the si ents acute, eight to nine lines 
long. J. solitary, flat, linear, 6in. to 12in. long. Stem lft. to 14ft. 
high, one- to nine-headed. British Columbia. 
C. a. minor (lesser). ji. cream-coloured, fringed with yellow 
hairs in the centre. e 
C. Bonplandianus (Bonpland’s). The correct name of C. pur- 
pureus. 
C. citrinus’ (Citron-coloured). A synonym of C. Weedii. 
Cc. clavatus (club-shaped). jl. golden-yellow, tinged or lined 
with brown, large, widely expanded ; lower half of the perianth 
segments covered with strongly clavate hairs; anthers deep 
purple. Stems much branched.’ California, 1897. Allied to 
C. luteus. (B. M. 7606.) 
Cc. flavus (yellow). jl. yellow, upright; perianth segments 
rhombic-oblong, acute, the inner ones hairy and usually 
denticulate, curving outwards, gin. to lin. long. J. below the 
fork two or three, linear, long-acuminate, 9in. to 12in. Jong. 
Stem lft. to 2ft. long, slender, often deeply forked, with erecto- 
patent branches. Oaxaca, &c. Not quite hardy. (B. iv., t. 170.) 
SYNS. C. pallidus, Cyclobothra barbata (S. B. F. G. 273), Cyclo- 
bothra lutea (B. R. 1663). 
C. flexuosus (bending). jl. pure lilac; inner perianth segments 
paler below, slightly hairy or dotted around the brown or 
orange gland, lin. to ljin. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, 4in. 
to ljin. long. Stem stout, more or less flexuous, branching, 
not bulbiferous. Southern Utah. 
C. Greenei (Rev. E. L. Greene’s). jl. clear lilac, barred below 
with yellow and porele and loosely covered with long hairs; 
gland densely villous ; bracts elongated. June. J. lin. broad, 
laucous-green, acute. Stem stout, branching, two- to five- 
owered, l1ft.-or more in height. California. A handsome 
species. 
Cc. Gunnisoni Krelaagi (Krelaag’s). jl. yellow, white, green, 
and black. California, 1873. A garden variety. ue 
Cc. Howellii (Howell's). jl. creamy-white, very handsome, about 
lin. across; inner perianth segments having a dark brown 
beard on the lower half. Summer. J. long, shining. Oregon, 
1890. A showy species. 
Cc. Kennedyi (Kennedy’s). /. reddish-orange or bright scarlet, 
not ciliated or hairy, or only slightly so upon a broad, deep 
Panne spot surrounding the densely-hairy gland. July. 
. linear, Stem two- to four-flowered, usually stout. Southern 
California, 1892. (B. M. 7264.) 
Cc. longebarbatus (long-bearded). fl. one to three, pale purple- 
lilac, 14in. across, with a dark purple stripe across the base of 
each Wain and a beard lin. long. above it. July. Stems 
lft. high. Oregon and Washington, 1890. 
C. luteus citrinus (Citron-yellow). ji. wholly of a rich lemon- 
yellow, with a central, circular or tranverse, brownish-purple 
blotch. (Gn. 1884, p. 437.) Syn. C. venustus citrinus. 
C. 1. concolor (self-coloured). fl. of a rich yellow, slightl 
marked with chestnut-red at the base of the segments. 1898, 
Calochortus—continued. 
A variety of sturdy growth, much branched, and many-flowered. 
(Gn, 1895, xlviii., t. 1043.) 
C. 1. Weedii (Weed’s). This is regarded by S. Watson as a 
distinct species. 
C. Loni (Lyon’s). jl. pale lilac when opening, but shading to 
almost white, with dark velvety-brown blotches at the base, 
large and numerous. Probably California, 1895. One of the 
earliest-flowering species. 
Cc. madrensis (Sierra Madre). fl. bright orange-yellow, with 
a band of deep orange hairs at the base of* each segment, 
several in a loose head to each stem. August and September. 
Stem Yin. high at the utmost. North America, 1890. (G. C. 1890, 
viii., p. 391, f. 78.) 
C. Maweanus major (greater). A large-flowered variety. 
C. nitidus (shining). . white or cream-coloured, open-cam- 
anulate ; outer perianth segments ljin. to 14in. long ; inner ones 
having a lilac or indigo spot in the centre, nena tation below. 
August. J. two or three, narrow-linear, acuminate, ascending, 
6in. to Yin. long, three lines broad at base. Stem umbellately 
one- to three-flowered, lift. to 2ft. high, shortly bracteate in the 
middle. Oregon, 1826. 
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Fia. 197. 
CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS 
C. obispoensis (San Luis Obispo). /., outer perianth segments 
orange and purple on a greenish-yellow ground; inner ones 
lemon-yellow, orange towards the base, tipped with reddish- 
brown, covered with long, dark hairs, usually cleft at_ the 
summit; anthers orange. 2. narrow, acute, convolute. Stem 
sparingly branched, lft. to 2ft. high. California, 1889. A 
distinct species. (G. & F. 1889, p. 160, f. 101.) 
C. pallidus (pale). A synonym of C. flavus. 
C. Palmeri (Palmer’s). ji., outer perianth segments spotted, 
recurved at tip; inner ones white (or yellowish below),-with a 
brownish claw and with scattered hairs round the broad, densely 
hairy gland. Stem very slender, lax and flexuous, lft. to 2ft. 
high, one- to seven-flowered, bulbiferous near the base. 
California. 
C. Plummerz (Mrs. Plummer’s). jl. of a very delicate shade of 
lilac with a satin-like sheen, as much as 4in. across, the inner 
perianth segments clothed at the base with yellow hairs. 
i, about 2ff. long, broad. Stem strong, branching, many- 
flowered. California, 1894. A near ally, and possibly a variety, 
of C. venustus. (G. C. 1894, xvi, p. 133, f. 21.) 
Cc. P. aurea (golden). jl. golden-yellow, with an irregular, 
scarlet marking across the eo and crimson and scarlet 
dots among the golden hairs. 1897. 
C. pulchellus ateerice (small-flowered). A variety with 
smaller flowers than in the typical Golden Star Tulip. 1875. 
