CALOCHORTUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



CALOCHORTUS 



the outer segments purplish in colour, 

 the inner ones pure white with a 

 purple base (Bot. Mag. i. 5976). 



C. nitidus. A strong - growing 

 species, the stems of which bear five 

 to ten large white flowers in an 

 umbel in August. The three inner 

 segments have a large indigo blotch 

 in the centre. (Gard. 1896, ii.) 



O. Nuttalli (C. Leichtlini).The 

 large flowers, about 3 ins. across, ap- 

 pear in June, two to three on a stem ; 

 the narrow outer segments are green 

 striped with red, the larger inner 

 segments being pure or creamy- 

 white blotched with blackish purple 

 at the base (Bot. Mag. t. 5862). 



C. obispoensis. A rare and distinct 

 species with branched stems 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, having orange and purple outer 

 segments, and lemon-yellow inner 

 ones tipped with reddish-brown. 



C. Flummeree. A fine species with 

 broad leaves nearly 2 ft. long, and 

 branching spikes of soft lilac flowers 

 about 4 ins. across, in July ; the lower 

 half of the broader, inner segments 

 being covered with golden - yellow 

 hairs, and blotched with purple 

 (Gard. Feb. 2, 1895). 



C. pulchellus (Cydobothra pul- 

 chella).K charming species 9 to 

 12 ins. high, with glaucous stems and 

 leaves, producing in June and July 

 much-branched stems, each one end- 

 ing in a cluster of three to four 

 sweet-scented, bright orange-yellow, 

 drooping flowers (Bot. Reg. t. 1662 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6527). 



This is one of the hardiest species, 

 the proper name of which appears 

 to be C. amabilis. 



C. Purdyi. A graceful species 9 to 

 18 ins. high, bearing in June white 

 flowers H to 2 ins. across. The 

 narrow-pointed outer segments are 

 spotted with purple, the much larger 

 and roundish inner segments being 

 densely covered with long white hairs, 



and blotched and spotted with purple 

 near the base. (Gard. Chran. 1898, 

 xxiii. 394, f. 147.) 



Pio. 88 Calochortus Purdyi. ($.) ' 



O. splendens. A very old garden 

 plant, and still one of the best. It 

 produces its large pale lilac flowers 

 in August, the inner segments being 

 blotched with deep purple at the 

 base. The variety atroviolacea has 

 smaller purple flowers with a dark 

 red blotch at the base of each inner 

 segment; rubra is a fine new form. 

 (Bot. Reg. 1676; Fl. de Serr. ii. 104, 

 f. 2; Gard. 1884, 137.) 



C. venustus. A beautiful plant 

 about 18 ins. high, with large, white, 

 cup-shaped flowers nearly 3 ins. 

 across. The three outer segments 

 are small, narrow and tapering, 

 and reflexed, the three large inner 

 ones being yellow at the hairy base, 

 deeply stained with crimson, and 

 having a blotch of the same colour 

 near the centre. 



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