Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

TAB. 6475.
CALOCHORTUS BBNTHAMI.
Native of California.
Nat. Ord. LiLiACEiE.•Tribe TULIPES.
Genus CALOCHORTUS, Pursk. (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 302.
CALOCHORTUS (Macrodenus) Benthami ; bulbo ovoideo, tunicis extorioribus firm is
brunneis supra collum productis, folio proprio único linean supra caulis basin
inserto infloresceutiam eminente, floribus 3-6 laxe corymbosis, pedicellis elon-
gatis basi foliis reductis bracteatis floriferis ascendentibus fructiferis cernuis,
perianthii lutei segmentis exterioribus pallidioribus oblongis acutis glabris,
ínterioribus obovatis vel orbicularibus aurantiacis basi cuneatis facie ubique pilis
glauduliferÍ9 vestitis supra basin conspicue foveolatis, antheris linearibus apicu-
latis filamento asquilongis, ovario oblongo, stigmatibns sessilibus faleatis,
capsulis oblongis lobis tribus profundis acutis angustis.
C. Bentbami, BaJcer in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 304 ; S. Wats, in Proc.
Amer. Acad. vol. xiv. p. 262.
Cyclobotbra elegans var. lutea, Benth. PL LLartweg. p. 338.
Calochortus nitidus, Wood in Proc. Acad. Philad. 1868, p. 169, non Dough
This little Calochortus is a close ally of C. elegans, which
is pretty well known in English gardens, but differs by its
yellow flowers. For garden purposes the species of this
Macrodenus section are not so effective as the larger more
open-flowered Mariposas, such as venustus, luteus, citrinus,
and splendens, but the flowers are less fugitive. The present
species is an inhabitant of the Sierra Nevada chain of
mountains in California. It was first gathered by Hartweg
in the year 1848, and has since been distributed by Fremont,
Lobb, and other collectors. We first received it alive from
Mr. Elwes in 1877. The drawing was made from a plant
that flowered with Dr. Wallace at Colchester in June, 1879.
DESCB. Bulb ovoid, about an inch in diameter, with firm
brown outer tunics produced some distance above its neck.
Stem, including inflorescence, rising half a foot to a foot
above the surface of the soil. Leaf single, linear, glabrous,
FCBBCAEY l8T, 1880.