280 An Account of the Species of Calochortus. 



seed the natural size. 9. The same magnified. 10. A 

 portion of the testa much magnified. 1 1 . The nucleus 

 shewing the chalaza. 12. The embryo. 13. A lon- 

 gitudinal section of the same, shewing the plumule 

 and radicle. 



Plate 9. A. Calochortus nitidus. 



1. A petal, shewing the beard. 2. A ripe capsule. 

 3. Seeds, the natural size. 4. A seed magnified. 



Plate 9. B. Calochortus elegans. 



1. A petal, shewing the beard. 2. A stamen. 3. An ova- 

 rium, after the petals have fallen. 4. A section of the 

 same, exhibiting the three cells, and the insertion of 

 the ovula at that stage of its growth. 5. An unripe 

 capsule. All slightly magnified. 



