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the speeds, and is well figured in the “Trans. Hort. Soc.” vii., 
2V8 t. 9, fig. B . It grows taller than the last, and has broadish 
rather glaucous leaves; perianth campanulate, erect, greenish 
white and purplish red at the base of the divisions inside; the 
inner divisions are not ciliated, but there is a fringe of hairs 
rising from the gland upwards extremely pretty in appearance. 
It is a "very plentiful species in its native haunts, occurring in 
Oregon and Idaho and on the Sierra Nevada, and it thrives as 
well as any species in the open border, but I think is better in 
pots. 
C. venustus, Benth.—This is an extremely handsome species. 
It grows from to 2 feet high with large flowers; the outer 
divisions are whitish tinged with lilac, the inner one white or 
pale lilac, with a large reddish spot near the top and a brown 
spot in the centre with a zone of yellow, while the base is 
brownish; the gland is large and densely clothed with hairs, and 
more or less heavy round about it. This forms a beautiful 
contrast to the luteus series, and should certainly be much 
more abundant in our gardens, as it thrives as well as any. 
I remember this used to flower well near the old hei-baceous 
ground wall at Kew, where it first engaged my attention. The 
woodcut (fig. 99) gives a good idea of the form of the flower. 
The following names are often met with in lists, and I have 
bulbs which came to me as such but have not yet flowered, but I 
quite expect some of them are synonyms, while others may have 
an equal claim to specific rank to any of those described above. 
These are Greenii, llexuosa, Nuttallii, Leichtlinii, and Lyalli. 
C. luteus, Dough—This beautiful species is free from synonyms 
as far as I know, and is well figured in the “ Botanical Register,” 
t. 1567. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high, with slender stems 
requiring support, with very narrow leaves shorter than the 
stems; perianth open, broadly bell-shaped; the outer divisions 
narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, pale yeliow shaded with purple, 
with a brown spot at the base; the inner divisions are much 
broader, deep yellow lined with brownish purple, and slightly 
hairy about the middle, while the broad gland is densely clothed 
with yellow ascending hairs with others scattered round it. 
There is a beautiful variety of this named oculatus by Watson; 
the perianth divisions vary in colour, but the inner ones are 
most frequently white, with a dark brown-pivrple spot at the 
base, usually bordered with yellow, while the gland is clothed 
with yellowish hairs. It is very striking, and I believe scarce 
under cultivation. The normal form is abundant from San 
Diego to Mendocino Counties, and on the basal hills of the 
Sierra Nevada, while the variety oculatus and other marked 
forms are occasionally met with. 
C. macrocarpus, Dougl.— This is rather a strong-growing 
species, with stoutish stems 1^ to 2 feet high, but not often 
bearing more than one flower, which is open, bell-shaped, and 
nearly or quite 3 inches across ; the outer divisions white 
tinged with lilac, while the inner ones are purple-lilac with 
a greenish medial line; the gland is large and densely hairy, 
the hairs ascending about one-third of the way up. It is a 
showy species, and a good figure of it occurs in the “ Botanical 
Register,” t. 1152. It is rather plentiful on the banks of the 
Little Shasta River, extending northwards to Washington 
Territory. 
C. Maweanus, Leichtlin.—This is the Cyclobothra elegans of 
Torrey, and is figured in the “ Botanical Magazine,” t. 5976, 
under the name of Calochortus elegans, Pursh having previously 
named the true C. elegans. It grows from 5 to 9 inches high, 
branching at the top of the stem, and carrying from three to 
six flowers, which are bell shaped and about ll? inch across; the 
outer divisions purplish, rather smaller than the inner, which are 
white tinged with purple, especially at the base, the inner surface 
more or less thickly clothed with erect purplish hairs and the 
margins ciliated. It is a charming little species, rather scarce 
under cultivation, although according to collectors’ statements 
it appears to be fairly plentiful m its native habitats, occurring 
from San Francisco northwards to Humboldt County and in 
Butte County, and I believe first flowered with Herr Max 
Leichtlin. 
C. lilacimis, Kellogg.—This is not so showy as most of the 
other species, but is nevertheless well worth growing. It was 
figured under the name of C. uniflorus in the “ Botanical 
Magazine,” t. 5804, most likely through a weak bulb only 
producing a solitary flow T er; it also exists under the name of 
C. umbellatus. The stems grow from 4 to 9 inches high, 
carrying from one to several flowers more or less bell-shaped; 
the divisions nearly or quite an inch long, pa’e lilac, purplish 
at the base, the inner ones free from hairs on the margins, but 
hairy below the middle, and the gland is margined with a 
narrow ring of hairs. Found on hillsides about £an Francisco 
Bay. 
C. nudus, Watson.—Mi\ Bentham makes this a variety of 
Cyclobothra elegans, while Mr. Baker calls it (L. C., 305) 
Calochortus elegans var. subclavatus; but I like Watson’s name, 
as the plant is entirely destitute of hairs, and I think is the 
only species. It grows from 6 to 10 inches high, producing 
in a simple umbel from one to six flowers, which are from 
1 to inch across; the outer divisions white or slightly tinged 
with lilac; the inner ones pale lilac, fan-shaped. Plentiful in 
the Sierra Nevada, rather widely distribute !. It is not so showy 
as most of the others, but is well worth having. 
C. pallidus. — This pretty species is now known ns 
C. flavus, under which name it is described by Mr. Baker. 
A pretty, bulbous-rooted, half-hardy perennial. It produces 
a tuft of grass-like channelled leaves, and from among them 
a flowering stem 6 inches or 8 inches high, supporting three or 
four blossoms, each on a slender peduncle; these peduncles 
grow in an umbellate manner from the base of two or three 
small leaves, which are produced at the top of the common 
stem. The flowers are hexapetaloid, the three outer divisions 
small, ovate oblong, obtuse; the three inner much larger, 
obovate, rounded at the apex, and attenuated at the base ; they 
are pale yellowish buff colour, with a broad angular blotch of 
dark reddish brown in the centre. From Mexico; introduced to 
Belgium about 1844. Flowers in the latter part of summer. It 
