CALOCHORTUS ACUMINATUS n. Sp.
Stem about 2 dm high, with a secondary bulb in the axis of the first leaf; leaves 3-5 cm. long, very narrow and involute from a broader sheathing base ; sepals narrowly lanceolate, scarious-mar gined, acuminate, equalling, or more often, exceeding the petals ; petals white, rhombic, obovate or oval, acuminate, hairy at the base around the oval-oblong gland ; filaments a little dilated, espec ially below ; anthers linear, with slightly sagittate base, tapering a little upward, but not acute ; stigma rather large and thick. (Plate
301.) Dry Mountains, near Lima, P. A. Rydberg, no. 2600, Aug. 5, 1895.
It is apparently nearest related to C. Nutta/Ili, from which it differs by the longer sepals, longer and tapering anthers and the acuminate petals.