loam and sand as is found in a border for American plants; 
it appears to be perfectly hardy, and if allowed to remain 
undisturbed, it will propagate itself by offsets as well as by 
seeds. At the time when our drawing was made the plant 
was weak, in conseguence of having suffered from a long 
voyage round Cape Horn ; it has now become stronger ; 
and we write with a specimen before us bearing 20 flowers 
in an umbel. It blossoms in June and July. 
At fol. 1293 of this work we defined the genus Triteleia, 
describing briefly such species as we were then acquainted _ 
with. The discovery of this rendering it necessary to amend 
the characters of one of the species, we avail ourselves of 
Es present opportunity of doing so, and of publishing a 
th. 
T. grandiflora (Linpu. Supra, vol. 15, fol. 1993) ; foliis 
linearibus glaucis scapo erecto bipedali brevioribus, involucro 
pedicellis equali, pedicellis strictis perianthio infundibulari 
vix qualibus, ovario breviter stipitato, filamentis 3 decur- 
rentibus basi callosis, umbella pauciflora. North West 
America. Formerly cultivated in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society, but now lost. 
T. peduncularis; folis linearibus scapo erecto bipedali 
brevioribus, involuero pedicellis quater breviore, pedicellis 
strictis perianthio obconico quater longioribus, ovario breviter 
stipitato, limbo perianthii tubo longiore, umbella multi- 
flora.——California. Flowers apparently pale blue. Not 
yet introduced. i 
