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CALOSTEMMA luteum. 
Yellow-flowered Calostemma. 
: Se : 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDE®. Brown prod. 1. 296. Sect. I. Radix 
bulbosa. Flores spathacei, umbellati, raro solitarii. , 
CALOSTEMMA. Corolla supera, infundibuliformis, limbo sexpartito. 
Corona faucis tubulosa, ore 12-dentato, dentibus alternis subulatis, anthe- 
riferis. Anthere versatiles. Germen uniloculare, 2-3-spermum. . Stylus 
filiformis. Stigma obtusum. Bacca spherica, 1-2-sperma. PancrArio 
quam maximé affine, diversum, precipué structura germinis et pericarpii. 
Flores parvi (uncid breviores), Semina in baccis germinantia. Brown loc. 
-C. luteum, foliis scapo florido contemporaneis, lorato-linearibus; sinubus 
senis interstamineis coronz edentato-excisis; antheris. subeequantibus 
filamenta: limbo patente, laciniis oblongo-obovatis. 
Calostemma luteum. Curtis's magaz. 2101. 
Bulbus tunicatus: folia narcissina, succulenta, carnosula, obsolet® carinata, 
estriata. .Scapus bipedalis, strictim erectus, angulato-compressus, diametro 
digiti minoris vel circitér.. Umbella multiflora: spatha acuminata, sphacelato- 
membranacea, subequalis pedunculis ve brevior. Flores unciam longi vel 
pauld magis, lutei: limbo corolle subdistantér patente ; corona maculis senis 
puniceis interstamineis ad basin notata; cetera ut in purpureo, infra | 
No. 422 videndo. ; 
The present is, we believe, the first season that the 
flowers of any of the genus have been seen in our gardens. 
From outward appearance, the two species we have seen, 
would be without hesitation ascribed to Pancratium; yet 
dissection displays in their one-celled fruit a neater and 
better defined distinction than has been yet obtained for any 
other group of this order. This circumstance was first ob- 
served by Mr. Brown, and has been made the foundation 
of Carosremma. The difference induced in habit is slight, 
but still manifest; the corolla is smaller than in Pancra- 
TiuM, the segments of the limb converge campanulately, — 
and do not extend themselves radiately as there; these are 
likewise obversely oblong, not tapered upwards as in most — 
Pancratiums, and approach in this respect nearer to those 
of Narcissus. The coronal web is narrower between the 
stamens than it generally is in. Pancratium. 
