278 An Account of the Species of Calochortus. 



scattered, white hairs. Filaments slender. Anthers white, 

 oblong, and pointed. Stigma nearly sessile, yellow. Capsule 

 elliptic, 3-angular. Seeds obliquely cuneate. 



I found this in July and August 1825 in mountain vallies ; 

 it is seldom or ever seen on low grounds. On the chain of the 

 Blue Mountains, and mountainous district of the Columbia, 

 from the confluence of the Spokan River upwards, it is by no 

 means rare. In beauty it rivals the former. 



3. C. elegans : caule unifolio 3-5-floro, petalis interioribus praeter pilorum fas- 

 ciculum sparse lanalis, floribus cernuis, capsulis reflexis ovalibus. 



Root bulbous, solid, sub-globose. Stem simple, smooth, 

 round, 2 to 8 inches high, with 3 to 5 flowers. Leaf longer 

 than the scape, smooth, convolute, and nerved. Bracteae 

 ovate-acuminate, shorter than the pedicels, which are slender. 

 Flowers drooping, white. Outer petals lanceolate ; inner ovate, 

 pilose, or hairy on the inner side ; tuft of hairs black. An- 

 thers white. Stigma deeply cleft. Segments linear, yellow. 



Capsule oval. Seeds 



J Found on the sub-alpine regions of the dividing ridge of 

 the Continent at the same season as the others. It is a 

 variable little plant ; in the vallies four to eight inches high, 

 and on the mountains, near the verge of perpetual snow, not 

 exceeding one or two inches. I had no opportunity of seeing 

 perfect seeds. 



In the hope of future botanists visiting its country, it may 

 not be improper to state, that a fourth species, a magnificent 

 plant, may be gleaned on the dry grounds around the Priests 

 Rapid on the Columbia and upwards, to the confluence of 

 Oakenagen River. In spring it forms an article of food of 



