CALOCHOETUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



CALOCHOETUS 



species 9 to 18 ins. high, with a long 

 glossy leaf, and large creamy-white 

 flowers. 



C. Kennedy!.— This is a striking 

 and beautiful species about 18 ins. 

 high, freely producing in early summer 

 its large bright orange-red or 

 scarlet flowers, the black spots near 

 the base being surrounded with 

 bristles {Bot. Mag. t. 7264). 



0. lllacinus (C. umhellatus ; C. wni- 

 florus). — A fine species with four to 

 ten flowers of a pale pink, purple, or 

 lilac, borne on a stem 6 to 8 ins. high. 

 One bulb often 'throws up a dozen 

 spikes of blossom. {Bot. Mag. t. 

 5804.) 



O. longibarbatus.^A native of 

 Oregon and Washington Territory; 

 about 1 ft. high, with pale purple-lilac 

 flowers, having a darker purple band 

 across the base of each inner seg- 

 ment. 



C. luteus. — A fine species 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, having cup-shaped flowers about 

 3 ins. across, appearing in July, and 

 varying in colour from light to deep 

 yellow and orange ; the inner seg- 

 ments being usually bordered with 

 purple hairs, and tinged with reddish- 

 brown at the base {Bot. Reg. t. 

 1567). The variety octdatus has 

 bright yellow flowers with a con- 

 spicuous dark purple eye-like blotch 

 at the base of the inner segments; 

 concolor, clear, buttercup - yellow, 

 tinged with brown at the base 

 {Gard. 1895, t. 1043). 



O. Lyoni. — Flowers in June, pure 

 white to rose, with a blackish spot 

 at the base of the inner segments 

 {Gard. 1895, xvii. 426). 



C. macrocarpus. — Flowers in July, 

 about 4 ins. across, usually one on 

 a stem about 18 ins. high, and deli- 

 cately tinted with purple-lilac, with 

 a greenish line down the centre of 

 the segments {Bot. Reg. t. 1152). 



C. madrensis. — A Mexican plant 



12 to 18 ins. high, having bright 

 orange-yellow flowers as late as 

 August and September. 



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Fig. 87. — Calochortus nitidus. 



O. Maweanus. — Flowers in June 

 and July, on stems 6 to 10 ins. high ; 



