dy peat 



From the 



of its flowering, it is not 

 hope it will form offsets in 



likely to produce seeds ; let us 



sufficient abundance to enable the" Horticultural Society to 

 distribute it as extensively as it is desirable that so beautiful 

 a species should be. 



We refer Calochortus to Liliaceae on account of its ap- 

 parent affinity to Fritillaria ; it nevertheless differs in a very 

 remarkable manner in having its sepals distinctly leafy, in 

 which particular it approaches Commelineae. Probably it 

 is a transition genus connecting Liliaceae with the tripe- 



taloideous orders of Monocotyledons. 



J. L. 





