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NEW PLANTS, ETC., ITvOM THE SOCIETY'S GAllDEX. 



8. Brodi;ea californica.* 



Brought home by JMr. Ilartweg in June, 1848, and said 

 to have been collected upon the mountains and plains 

 of the Sacramento, where it is scarce. 



This bulb is very like the old B. grandiflora, from which it 

 differs in the following particulars : it is a much larger plant in 

 all respects ; its leaves are more fleshy ; the flowers, winch are 

 pale blue, witli darker streaks along the middle of the divisions, 

 have a tube which is slightly inflated, and much shorter than the 

 limb ; the flower stalks are also much longer in proportion to 

 the flowers. 



It is hardy, and requires a strong sandy loam, with the same 

 kind of treatment as Scillas. It is easily increased by offsets 

 from the old bulbs. The species is rather pretty, and flowers freely 

 from July to October, or even Christmas, if sheltered by a frame. 



Bee. 6, 1848. 



* B. californica; perianthii limbo tubo subventricoso longiore, foliis 

 carnosis canaliculatis scapi lougitudine. — J. L. 



