half after, it notwithstanding showed symptoms of vitality, and 

 produced its beautiful flowers in great perfection in May of the 

 present year, in the Royal Gardens of Kew. It is now ascer- 

 tained to be a native of California, probably far in the interior 

 and on the high mountains ; but that is not stated by Dr. Kellog, 

 who has given an excellent figure of a white-flowered variety in 

 the Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 above quoted. 



Descr. Boot a thick woody (but internally subfarinaceous) 

 rootstock or rhizome, much eaten by the natives of North-western 

 America, and very generally kept dried in bags for the purpose : 

 the summit scarcely rises above the surface of the ground, and 

 is crowned with numerous terete, glabrous, and glaucous leaves, 

 two inches long, subacute. Scapes from the centre of the leaves 

 one to two inches long, single or two-flowered, jointed below the 

 calyx, and there bearing a circle of six to seven small, subulate 

 bracts. Calyx of six to seven imbricated unequal segments, of 

 which the two outer and smallest are opposite and bracteiform. 

 Corolla two and a half to three inches across, bright rose-colour, 

 of many spreading petals. Stamens, pistil, and capsules as de- 

 scribed in the generic character. 



Fig. 1. Peduncle, calyx, and pistil. 2. Pistil. 3. Transverse, and 4, ver- 

 tical section of the ovary, showing the receptacle of the seeds, ovules, and 

 podosperms : — magnified. 



