to amend the name by which this has hitherto been Known ; 
a name which would be untenable, even if Fritillaria bar- 
bata were the same plant, because it is egually applicable 
to every species of the genus. 
Among Mr. Douglas's unpublished Californian plants are 
three related to Cyclobothra, a short account of which may 
not be unacceptable to our botanical friends; they are all 
Fritillaries, and of remarkable appearance. The first has 
very much the aspect of F. verticillata, but the leaves are 
not cirrhose, and the flowers are greenish purple, spotted like 
F. Meleagris, growing in long racemes; this may be called 
F. mutica. The second, F. liliacea, is closely allied to F: 
alba of Nuttall, from which it differs in its broader leaves, 
and differently shaped capsule; it is a most remarkable 
plant, with the habit of a Lily; its flowers are apparently 
pale yellow, narrow at the base, and not unlike those of 
Lilium pudicum. The third, which may be called F. bi- 
flora, resembles F. tulipifolia in habit, but differs in its two- 
flowered stem, and numerous leaves which are either alter- 
nate or verticillate. The two first of these would be great 
additions to our gardens, if they could be procured; the 
last is a mere botanical curiosity, and chiefly interesting as 
shewing, along with F. mutica, how nearly the Flora of 
North West America, even in so low a latitude as Cali- 
fornia, approaches in some respects to that of Northern and 
Temperate Asia. 
The distinctive characters of the three species may be 
expressed in technical language, as follows :— 
Fritillaria mutica ; caule basi longê nudo apice racemoso 
multifloro, foliis inferioribus verticillatis a lata basi longê 
angustatis ecirrhosis, floribus secundis tessellatis nutantibus 
basi obtusis bracteis triplo brevioribus, pedunculis brevissimis 
recurvis. In California, cum 2 sequentibus legit Douglas. 
Fritillaria liliacea ; caule stricto apice racemoso basi foli- 
oso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis inferioribus verticillatis superi- 
oribus alternis, floribus secundis concoloribus cernuis basi 
angustatis, pedunculis erectis bracteis longioribus, capsula 
oblonga apice rotundata basi mutica. 
Fritillaria biflora; caule basi nudo apice bifloro, foliis 
verticillatis alternisve oblongo-lanceolatis versus apicem 
caulis deficientibus, floribus pendulis subcylindraceis con- 
coloribus, pedunculis bracteis brevioribus. 
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