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5. CVCLOBOTHUA MONOPHYLLA.* 



Brouglit home by Mr. Hartweg in June, 1848, and said to 

 liave been collected upon the Sacramento Mountains, 

 where it is very scarce. 



A bulbous plant, Avith a long" coarse membranous neck, ex- 

 tending 3 or 4 inches under ground. Stem 3 or 4 inclies high, 

 slender, bearing a single linear-lanceolate leaf, glaucous on the 

 under side, and about three times its own length. The flowers 

 are from two to three in a corymb, with curved peduncles, 

 longer than the very narrow bracts ; they are smaller than is 

 usual in the genus, and of a uniform bright yellow. The sepals 

 are ovate, and A'ery sharp pointed ; the p.^tals are of a similar 

 figure, but not so acute, and are covered with coarse hairs. 



It is a hardy little bulb, which requires the same kind of 

 treatment as Calochortuses. It should be grown in a light soil, 

 composed of sandy peat, loam, and leaf-mould, with plenty of 

 sand. It is increased by offsets from the old bulb. The proper 

 place for it is an American border, where it should be left 

 undisturbed. g^^f^ 10, 1848. 



6. Abronia umbellata. Lamarck, Illustrations, i. 469, 



t. 105. 



Raised from seeds, received from Mr. Hartweg in January, 

 1848, and said to have been collected on the sands 

 near the sea-shore, Monterey, California. 

 This plant, like the rest of the genus, grows naturally in 



* C. monophylla ; folio soUtario Ihieari sublanceolato acuminato subtus 

 glaucescenti scapo subtrilioro ebulbi triple lougiore, pedunculis bractea 

 linear! acumiuata longioribus, sepalis acutis calvis petalisque undique 

 barbatis apice recurvis. — J. L. 



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