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 equally applicable 

 to every species of the genus. 



Among Mr. Douglas's unpublished Californian plants are 

 three related to Cyelobothra, 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. UUacea, 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. hi- 

 fioi^a^ 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 longe nudo apice racemoso 

 multifloro, foliis inferioribus verticillatis a lata basi longe 

 angustatis ecirrhosis, floribus secundis tessellatis nutantibus 

 basi obtusis bracteis triplo brevioribus, pedunculis brevissimis 

 recurvis.- In California, cum 2 sequentibus legit Douglas. 



Fritillaria UUacea ; 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. 



