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L iliacea: Calochortus. 



1. G.Leichtlinii. A recent introduction from California. It is 

 a dwarf plant with narrow glaucous incurved leaves and slender 

 scapes 4 to 7 inches high, bearing large white flowers 2J inches 

 across, with a purple blotch on each of the inner segments. 



G. venustus, lilac, G. elegans, white, and G. nitidus, purple, 

 from the same region, are all splendid plants. 



4. CYCLOBOTHRA. 



Allied to Galochortus, but all the peri- 

 anth-segments are bearded within and 

 provided with a honey-pit in the centre. 

 Bulbs tunicated, producing erect leafy stems. 

 Outer divisions of perianth about half as 

 large as the inner. Also natives of North 

 America. The name is a compound of 

 |S\ KVK\O$, a circle, and ftoOpos, a pit, referring 

 to the cavities above mentioned. 



1. G. lutea. This species grows about a 

 foot high with leek-like leaves and two or 

 three terminal yellow flowers. Exterior seg- 

 ments of the perianth greenish, the inner 

 yellow, bordered with purple hairs. The 

 stem is often bulbiferous in the leaf-axils^ 



2. G. purpurea. A more showy plant 

 about 2 feet high. Outer segments of the 

 perianth green and purple outside and yel- 

 low within ; the inner segments purple out- 

 side and yellow within. Both are natives 

 of Mexico, and rather tender. 



5. FRITILLARIA. 



The affinity of this genus is mainly with 

 Lilium itself, differing however in having 

 a trifid style and six glands within and at 

 the base of the perianth ; hence the name, 

 from the Latin fritillus, a dice-box. They 

 are bulbous herbs with leafy stems and 

 drooping axillary or terminal bell-shaped 

 Fritiiiarfatoperiaiis. flowers. All are natives of the northern 

 (About j nat. size.) hemisphere, chiefly European and Asiatic, 

 , few extending to North America. 

 1. F. imperialis. Crown Imperial (figv 245). This is sup- 



