CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS. 
GRACEFUL CALOCHORTUS. 
ENDOGENZ, : _ MONOCOTYLEDONER. 
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this Plant ae 
NATURAL ORDER, LILIACEZ. 
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No. 30. 
HEXANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
HYPOGYNOS, 
OF 
LINDLEY. 
NUS. Caxzocuortus. Pursx. Catyx 3-sepalus, herbaceus. Psrtata 
3, colorata, majora, intus barbata, supra unquem caniculatum pulvinata. 
Ovarium superum, 3-loculare rmum. Ovota d disticha horizontalia. 
Srremarta petaloidea, éomplicata. 7 SULA 
nunc obtuse trigona oblonga rave wore triquetra subrotunda. SeMIna 
-plana, serie simplici inserta, testa ranacea. 
SPECIES. Ca.ocnortus ves Doverass. Cavtx paucifolio, a 
bifloro, sepalis erectis, sms i eel faacicaton pilorum egret’ basi rubris 
versus apicem macula rubra tis 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, CaLocHorTus. Catyx herbaceous, 
of three sepals. Prrats 3, coloured, larger than the sepals, bearded 
within, resting upon a channelled claw. Ovary superior, three-celled, 
many-seeded, the ovules in two horizontal rows. Stiemata petaloid, 
involved. CapsuLe three-yalved, at the apex, dehiscing with a septi- 
cidal dehiscence, sometimes obtusely three-angled, oblong and beaked, 
at other times three-cornered and roundish. S£eEps flat, arranged in 
a single row, testa membranaceous. : 
DEscrIPTION OF THE Species, CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS. STEM 
bulbous, part bearing the flowers long, slender, having towards the 
middle two lanceolate leaves. FLOWERS, rarely exceeding two, on 
long peduncles. SEpats 3, green, lanceolate. PErTALs 3, ovato-ob- 
long, white, having towards the base a pencil of hairs, at which part 
are streaks of deep red on a yellow ground ; another red spot is seen 
nearer the margin of each petal. Stamens 6. FrLaMENTs short. 
ANTHERS nearly twice as long. Ovary oblong, crowned by three 
petaloid stigmas. 
PopuLAR AND i ene reepagt The present species bears 
considerable l to Calocl 1 Calochortus 
splendens : from the last it differs by the straight ‘petals marked with 
a dark spot at their base, while it differs from Calochortus macrocar- 
