erect, an inch and a half to two inches long, without bracts. FLowrrs 
disposed, two to four together in the upper part of the stem or branches 
in loose racemes, almost shortened into umbels, each flower pendulous 
from the top of the peduncle, of an ovate-globose form, about an inch 
and a quarter long. OvTER LEAFLETS of the perigon ovate-oblong, 
greenish in the middle, membranous on the edges, ending in a short 
point, somewhat concave, but without any beard or nectariferous pit. 
INNER LEAFLETS double the length of the outer ones, petaloid, white, 
concave, connivent and blunt at the top, contracted into’a short stalk 
at the base, marked on the inside witha slightly impressed nectariferous 
pit covered with inflected hairs, glabrous below it, above it slightly 
covered with scattered hairs and almost naked at the border, where 
the few hairs that straggle so far are turned inwards and do not form 
a fringe. CapsuLe above an inch long, narrowed at both ends, sharply 
three-angled, each valve being keeled and somewhat winged on the 
back, entire and terminated in a long point. SxrEps numerous, in two 
rows, tuberculated, nae 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GRowN; Cutture. The. Calochortus 
albus was transmitted to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Douglas, 
and preserved from all tendency to ferment and rot during its season 
of rest. Flowers in June. It is usually potted in sandy peat. 
DERIVATION OF THE NaMeEs. 
Catocnortts from cadoc handsome, and yoproc grass. Argus, white. 
Synonyms. : 
Cycronorura arpa. Bentham: Transacti f the Horticultural Society, 2nd 
series, y. 1, p. 413, t. 14, fig.3. Botanical Register, t. 1660. 
