lanceolate, ending in a fine convolute point; the upper ones shorter 
and broader at the base. PrpuNCcLEs axillary, one-flowered, erect or 
slightly flexuose, without bracts. FLoweErs nodding from the summit 
of the peduncle, yellow, spreading, from an inch and a quarter to an 
inch and a half in diameter. OuTER LEAFLETS of the perigon narrow, 
ovate, ending in a blunt point, somewhat concave, of the same petaloid 
consistence as the inner ones, with a few hairs in the centre but with- 
out any nectariferous pit. INNER LEAFLETS scarcely longer than the 
outer ones, but much broader and nearly rhomboidal, slightly fringed 
on the margin, much covered with hairs on the inner surface, and 
with a slightly marked nectariferous pit. FILAMENTS slightly dilated 
at the base. CapsuLe three quarters of an inch long, sharp, three- 
angled. 
PopuLar AND GeocrapuicaL Notice. We have already stated 
(No. 98 of the Botanist) the connection between the Cyclobothre of 
Don with the true Calochorti, and a slight inspection of the present 
figure will show at once how very near it is to some of the original 
North American species. It appears not to be an uncommon Mexican 
_ plant, growing abundantly in the dry mountainous pastures in the 
mining districts to the north and west of the town of Mexico. G. B. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. This is one of a 
very large collection of bulbs imported by the Horticultural Society 
from Mexico, by means of their zealous and active collector M. Theodor 
Hartweg. Unfortunately, the French blockade of Tampico, in 1838, 
occasioned so much delay in the transmission of the collections of that 
year, that a great number had perished before they arrived; and the 
want of the ardent solar heat necessary for ripening bulbs of this’ 
description, are great obstacles to their multiplication in this country: 
attention, therefore, to this part of the culture of Mexican, Chilian, 
and Cape bulbs, usually much neglected, is of the greatest importance. 
Calochortus flavus is usually kept in the greenhouse, but it may be 
flowered successfully in a warm dry border, in the open garden. Fresh 
loamy earth, with a free admixture of leaf-mould and sand, will be 
very suitable for it; and the bulbs should be planted in April, and 
taken up again in the autumn, after vegetation has ceased. 
“toes lage . THE NaMEs. 
Catocnortvs, from dog ¢ grass. Fiavus yellow. 
FRITILLARIA BARBATA. Humboldt cad Keith, ‘Weve Genera et Species, v. 3, 
p- 288, t. 677. 
Catocuortvs Frayvs, Schultes: Systema Vegetabiiliim, v.7, p- 1535, 
