276 An Account of the Species of Calochortus. 



not the case, will I hope be apparent from a comparison of 

 my descriptions, and the drawings that accompany them. 



The Genus to which Calochortus is most nearly related, is 

 Fritillaria, with which it agrees in the obtuse, reflected, 3-lobed 

 stigma ; the structure of the capsule ; the horizontal flat- 

 seeds, and having a solid bulb. It differs from it in the imbri- 

 cated distinct petals, in which respect it resembles Lilium, in 

 their filamentose appendages, in the shortness of the stamens, 

 and in the insertion of the seeds in a single row. 



Calochortus. 



Pursh Flora America septentrionalis, vol. l.page 240. 



Gen. Char. — Petals 6, spreading, erect or drooping, lying 

 over each other, the three inner larger, with a filamentose tuft 

 above the claw. Filaments 6, short, inserted at the base of 

 the claw ; anthers oblong, quadrangular, half the length of 

 the corolla. Ovarium superior, 3-angular ; style very short ; 

 stigma e3-lobed, reflexed. Capsule variable in form, linear, 

 or oval, 3-celled, many seeded, splitting at the apex into 

 3-valves, dehiscing through the dissepiments. Seeds nu- 

 merous, horizontal, flat, oval, semicircular, or angular, in one 

 row, with a membranous testa. 



Chak. Ess. — Petala 6, patentia : tribus interioribus majoribus supra unguem 

 pilis pulvinatis. Capsula 3-angularis, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, septicido dehiscens. 

 Semina plana serie simplici inserta. 



Species. 



I. C. macrocarpus; caule 3-5-phyllo bifloro, petalis interioribus praeter fasci- 

 culum pilorum glabris, capsulis erectis lineari-oblongis. 



Root bulbous, solid. Stem round, erect, smooth, 3- or 

 5-leaved, eighteen inches to two feet high. Leaves linear, 



