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CALOCHOR'TUS AL'BUS. 
WHITE CALOCHORTUS. 
ENDOGENZA, OR MONOCOTYLEDONE2. 
es division 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
Artificial divisions HEXANDRIA, 
to which MONOGYNIA, 
a OF LINNEUS, 
this Plant belongs 
GENUS. Carocnortus. Pursy. Peritcontvum corollinum, deciduum, hex- 
— sees seunilin es ee interiora supra basim fovea nec- 
evlata ve 
HYPOGYNOSE, 
7) FOF 
LINDLEY. 
No. 98. 
aeahara subplana, nuda vel intus 
parbata. Sramra sex, perigonii foliis se gee ntia. Ovantum triloculare. 
A in loculis plurima, biseriata, horizontalia, anatr Sricmata tria, 
subsessilia, lib el basi coalita, reflexa, canalicu - Capsvra oblonga vel 
subglobosa, trigona, trilocularis, septicido-trivalvis, valvis de is EM- 
in loculis plurima, uni-vel ata horizontalia, compressiuscula, testa 
fusca membranacea laxiuscula hine raphe percursa. Em ryo rectus, teres. 
Fores veered a ati, racemosi vel subsolitarii, purpurei vel albiai. 
Enpticuer: Genera Plantarum, p. 140. E 
SPECIES. ve ALOCHORTUS ALBUS. eerie Frorrevs pendulis ovoideo- 
inflatis, perigon loi exter ubealycinis ovali-oblongis imberbibus, 
foveolatis, sniteborl bint o lo noni petaloideis margine nudiusculis in- 
tus barbatis, fovea “te Bi ae 
CuaracTer or THe GeENus, CaLocnortus. PERIGONE of the 
nature me a corolla, deciduous, six-leaved, leaves sessile or sho ortly 
stalked, the inner ones marked above the base on the inside with a 
nectariferous pit, and bearded on the inside; the outer ones smaller, 
with the pit, or without, bearded inside or nat: STAMENS six, adhering 
to the hase of the leaves of the perigon. Ovary three-celled. OvuLes © 
in each cell several, in two rows, horizontal, anatropous. GMAS 
three, nearly sessile, free or joined at the base, reflexed, canaliculate. 
.CapsuLe oblong, three-angled, three-celled, splitting into three valves 
along the dissepiments, the valves at length bifid. Serens several in 
each cell, usually in one or two rows, horizontal, somewhat compressed, 
testa brown, membranous, rather loose, with the raphis running along 
it on one side. Embryo a le aes , 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, CALOCHORTUS ALB Bu 
small, tunicated. Stem erect, ea slightly bra tied” ipentactly 
mooth as well as the rest of the plant, about a foot to a foot and a 
half high. Leaves sheathing at the base, sword-shaped, rather broad 
and longer than*the peduncles. PepuNcues axillary, one-flowered, 
