* CYCLOBOTHRA pulchella. 



Deep-yellow Cyclobothra. 



HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Liliace^. Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 279.) 



CYCLOBOTHRA. Suprd, foL 1661. 



C. pulchella ; umbellis 2-3-floris, pedunculis bracteis brevioribus, floribus glo- 

 bosis, petalis ovatis obtusis serrulato-fimbriatis fovea valde excavata extus 

 callosa, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis vix brevioribus. Bentham in 

 Hart. Tram. n.s. vol. \,p. 415, tab. 14, Jig. 1. 

 Calocbortus pulchellus. Douglas in lilt. 



Caulis erectus, teres, glaber, subcorymbosus, apice magis ramosus quam 

 inprcBcedente, et humilior. FoVia. plana, acuminata, minus glauca ; sujjerioribus 

 brevioribus. Pedunculi bracteis foliaceis breviores, bini ternive. Ylores globosi, 

 minores quam in prcecedente, lutei. Sepala virescentia, viridi-striata, pe- 

 talis paululum breviora, acutissima. Petala ovata, barbata,Jimbriata, basi 

 glabra : fovea nectariferu pilis absconditd. 



We doubt whether this plant likes the climate of England 

 so well as the last ; for although it grew with apparently 

 perfect health, flowered freely, and ripened its seeds under 

 the same circumstances as Cyclohothra alba., yet the speci- 

 mens which were produced could not be compared with the 

 wild ones sent home by Mr. Douglas for beauty. The latter 

 consist of many-flow^ered and rather dense corymbs of 

 flowers ; but the cultivated plant hardly exceeded C. alba 

 in the number of its blossoms. 



Speaking of C. alba, we adverted to the nature of the dif- 

 ferences that exist between Cyclobothra and Calochortus. 

 Let us use the present opportunity as a means of explaining 

 the affinity which the two genera bear to other plants. 



* See folio 1661. 



