CALOCHORTUS 



CALONYCTION 



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749. Calochortus 



Gunnisonii. 



darker claw and scattered long white hairs below the 

 middle. Coast Ranges, Monterey Co., Calif. 



Var. montanus, Purdy. More slender than the type, 

 often bulbiferous: lilac to salmon-pink, densely hairy 

 with short yellow hairs about the 

 gland. High mts., S. Calif. 



Var. rubra, Purdy. Large, with 

 deep-seated reddish bulb, 1-3 ft.: 

 fls. reddish lilac, pink or purple; 

 petals quite hairy, with short hairs 

 on the lower third. Lake Co., 

 Calif. 



29. flexudsus, Wats. Related 

 to C. splendens, but with sts. so 

 weak as almost to be said to creep. 

 The fls. are large and very bril- 

 liant, a dazzling purple, with a 

 darker purple eye, and yellow 

 hairs below. S. Utah. Intro, by 

 Purdy in 1897. 



30. Pdlmeri, Wats. St. 1-2 ft., very slender and 

 flexuous, 1-7-fld., bulb-bearing near the base: sepals 

 with long, narrow, recurved tips, spotted; petals 1 

 in. or less long, white (or yellowish below), with a 

 brownish claw and bearing scattered hairs about the 

 gland: caps, very narrow. S. Calif. The C. Palmeri 

 of dealers is sometimes C. splendens var. montanus. 



31. catalinae, Wats. (C. Lyonii, Wats.). Habit of C. 

 splendens: st. 1-2 ft., branching: fls. white to lilac, or 

 deep lilac, very large and handsome, a large round 

 black spot at base of each petal. A lovely species 

 between C. splendens and C. venustm. Remarkable for 

 blooming with the star tulip section, fully a month 

 before other mariposas. Native to Santa Catalina Isl., 

 off S. Calif.; also to Calif, coast. 



32. Nuttallii, Torr. & Gray. SEGO LILY. St. erect 

 and stiff, 1-2 ft., bulb-bearing at base, usually with only 

 1 cauline If., 1-5-fld.: sepals ovate-lanceolate, often 

 dark-spotted; petals 1-2 in. long, white tinged with 

 greenish yellow or lilac, with a purplish spot or band 

 above the yellow base and hairy about the gland; 

 anthers obtuse. Dak. and Neb. to Calif, and New Mex., 

 having the widest range of any calochortus. There 

 are no more exquisitely beautiful fls. than these sego 

 lilies (the Mormon name) of the Great Basin. Most of 

 them are plants of the sage-brush deserts. The Ivs. 

 are an ashy green, the foliage scant, but the great fls. 

 are wonderful in tintings. There are shades in blue, 

 pink, lilac, and yellowish; also white. The sego lily 

 is the State flower of Utah. 



33. Leichtlinii, Hook. f. Slender alpine species 

 (5-6 in. high), by some regarded as a form of C. Nuttal- 

 lii: fls. smoky white, banded with green and marked 

 with dark brown. Sierra Nevadas. B.M. 5862. F.S. 

 20:2116. 



34. Gunnisonii, Wats. Fig. 749. Much like C. 

 Nuttallii: anthers acuminate: fls. light blue or almost 

 white, delicate yellowish green below the middle, pur- 

 ple-banded at the base, and bearing a band of green 

 hairs across each petal. Rocky Mts., Wyo. to New 

 Mex. 



35. macrocarpus, Douglas. GREEN-BANDED MARI- 

 POSA LILY. St. stiff, the cauline Ivs. 3-5: fls. 1 or 2; 

 sepals acuminate, sometimes spotted; petals 2 in. or 

 less, acute, lilac with a greenish midvein, somewhat 

 hairy. B.R. 1152. N. Calif, to Wash, and Idaho 

 This fine species forms a group by itself. It has a very 

 large bulb, a stout almost leafless st.; and a large fl. 

 of an exquisite pale lavender, banded down the back 

 with green. Petals long, narrow and pointed. 



BBB. Caps, linear, not winged or prominently angled. 



36. flavus, Schult. f. (Cyclobdthra flava, Lindl.). 

 St. slender, 1-2 ft., forked: Ivs. 2 or 3 below the 



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fork, linear, long-acuminate: fls. yellow, upright; 

 petals and sepals acute, rhombic-oblong, with a darker 

 somewhat hairy gland, the petals hairy and usually 

 denticulate. Mex. 



37. Bonplandianus, Schult. f. (C. purpureus, Baker. 

 Cyclobdthra purpiirea, Sweet). Rather stout, 3 ft.: 

 st.-lvs. short, acuminate-lanceolate: fls. yellow and pur- 

 ple: the sepals with a purple pit and the petals purple 

 outside: gland naked. Mex. CARL PURDY 



L. H. B. 



CALODENDRUM (Greek, beautiful tree). Palladia, 

 Houtt, which is the older name. Rutacex. One of the 

 handsomest deciduous trees at the Cape of Good Hope; 

 cultivated in northern greenhouses, and outdoors in 

 southern California and southern Florida. 



The great panicles of white or flesh-colored fls. are 

 sometimes 7 in. across and 6 in. deep. It is a symmetri- 

 cal tree, with attractive evergreen foliage and many 

 interesting features. Called "wild chestnut" in Afr. 

 Prop, by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass in 

 heat. A monotypic genus. 



capensis, Thunb. CAPE CHESTNUT. Height in Afr. 

 70 ft. : branches opposite, or in 3's: Ivs. simple, decussate, 

 ovate, obtuse retuse or acute, parallel-nerved, 4-5 in. 

 long, studded with oil-cysts, which look like translucent 

 spots when held to the light: panicles terminal; peduncles 

 usually trichotomous; calyx deciduous; petals 5, linear- 

 oblong, 1 % in. long, 2 lines wide, sprinkled with purple 

 glands; stamens 10, 5 alternate, sterile, and petaloid: 

 seeds 2 in each cell, larger than a hazelnut, black and 

 shining. G.C. II. 19:217. Also written Calodendron 

 capense. 



CALONYCTION (Greek, referring to the beauty 

 of the flower, and the night-blooming habit). Con- 

 volvulacese. MOONFLOWER. Twining perennial herbs 

 with large night-blooming flowers. 



Flowers white or purple, fragrant, showy; sepals 5, 

 the outer ones with horn-like tips; corolla salver- 

 form, the limb more or less flat, the tube very long 

 and not dilated at the throat; stamens 5, exserted; 

 style capitate and obscurely 2-lobed; ovules 4: Ivs. 

 broadj alternate. Three species in Trop. Amer., two 

 of which are widely cult. By some, the genus is united 

 with Ipomcea, but it is well distinguished by the salver- 

 form rather than funnelform or bell-shaped corolla, by 

 the exserted stamens and style, and by the night- 

 blooming habit. 



aculeatum, House (C. specidsum, Choisy. Ipomaba 

 Bdna-ndx, Linn.). Mo9NFLOWER. Fig. 750. St. 10-20 

 ft. high, with milky juice: Ivs. 3-8 in. long, cordate to 

 hastate, angular or 3-lobed, acute, glabrous: peduncles 

 2-6 in. long, 1-7-fld., equaling the petioles; corolla 3-6 

 in. long, 3-^3 in. wide, trumpet-shaped, white, some- 

 times with greenish plaits; 

 fls.fragrant,usually closing 

 in the morning, sometimes 

 remaining open till noon. 

 Aug., Sept. B.M. 752. B.R. 

 11:889, 917 (as Ipomcea 

 latiflora). Gn. 21, p. 259; 

 27, p. 473. V. 10:359. 

 Known in gardens chiefly 

 as Ipomcea Bona-nox var. 

 grandiflora, Hort. (/. 

 grandiflora, Roxbg. and 

 Hort., not Lam.), which 

 does not differ materially 

 from the type. Most of 

 the large-fld. and very 

 fragrant forms in cult. 

 may be referred here. 

 Var. grandifldrum, Hort., 

 is sold under the following 

 names: Ipomoea Childsii, 



750. Moonflower Calonyctioa 

 aculeatum. 



