CALOCHOR'TUS FLA'VUS. 
YELLOW CALOCHORTUS. — - 
ENDOGENA;, OR MONOCOTYLEDONEA. 
A MH i ft Natural division 
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iN ANY 4 7 i this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, TULIPACE. 
HYPOGYNOSE, iY Artificial divisions HEXANDRIA, 
Ai to which MONANDRIA, 
LINDLEY, ee this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No. 170. 
GE , Catocuortts. Purse. Periconium corollinum, deciduum, hexa- 
phyllum ; foliola sessilia vel subunguiculata, interiora supra basim fovea necta- 
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talia, anatropa. Sriemata tria, subsessilia, libera vel basi coalita, a 
canaliculata, Carsuxta oblonga vel subglobosa, trigona, trilocularis, septicido 
trivalvis, valvis demum bi fidis. Ss. Semina i in loculis plurima, uni-vel at ervinte: 
horizontalia, compressiuscula, laxiuscula hine rhaphe 
3 MBRyYo rectus, teres. Herspa Americx borealis occidental is, bul- 
bose. Foxia ensiformia, —— Fores speciosi, umbellati, racemosi 
vel subsolitarii. Enpzic : Genera Plantarum, p. 
SPECIES. Carocuortvs raves (Sc#uxrTes) caule subsimplici subbifloro, 
foliis caulinis bracteisque lineari-lanceolatis subulato-acuminatis, floribus pen- 
dulis, perigonii patentis foliolis i oat ovatis obtusé “fae 66 infra 
arbatis, interioribus obovato-rhomboideo medio barbat 
CHARACTER OF THE Genus, CaLocuortTus. PERIGON of the 
nature of a corolla, deciduous, six-leaved; leaves sessile or shortly 
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 it, bearded inside or not. STAMENS six, adhering 
to the base of the leaves of the perigon. Ovary three-celled. OvuLES 
in each cell several, in two rows, horizontal, anatropous. STiemas 
three, nearly sessile, free or joined at the base, reflexed, canaliculate. 
Capsute oblong, three-angled, three-celled, splitting into three valves 
along the dissepiments, the valves at length bifid. pene ae in 
each cell, usually in one or two rows, horizontal, t 
testa brown, membranaceous, rather loose, with the raphis fl 
along it on one side. Emsryo straight, cylindrical. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, CALOCHORTUS FLAVUS. BULB 
tunicated, the tunic composed of woody fibres. Stem erect, flexuose, 
simple or slightly branched, perfectly smooth, as well as the rest of the 
plant, about a foot and a half high, nearly simple or slightly branched. 
ae but scarcely sheathing at the base, “* apis 
