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"Lupmusnh7ius Dougl. MSS., Bot. Reg., t. 1705.; Gard. Mag.,x. 174.— The 

 leaves of this charming little lupin are very much like those of L. bicolor, of 

 which the cultivation has been abandoned on account of the small size of its 

 flowers, and consequent want of beauty. The flowers of L. nanus are about 

 the size of the old annual lupin, but more elegant from, their number and va- 

 riegated colours. It has blossomed very freely, and produced a sufficient quan- 

 tity of seed to be partially distributed in the present season. Its difflise habit 

 and dwarf stature render it extremely well adapted for forming patches in a 

 flower-garden. 



" liupmus densiflorus Benth., Bot. Reg., 1689.; Gard. Mag., x. 173. — The 

 flowers, which grow in distinct whorls, are white, delicately stained with pink ; 

 they are also a little speckled at the base of the vexillum. The leaves are 

 closely clustered together, are covered with fine soft hairs, and each has about 

 nine narrow divisions. The stem does not grow above 6 in. or 7 in. high. 

 The species has hitherto produced its seeds, which are of an olive green, 

 smooth, and minutely dotted with black, in very small quantity. It is probable 

 that it requires shade. 



" luiqnmts dlbifrons Benth., Bot. Reg., 1652. ; Gard. Mag., x. 173. — Very 

 near L. ornatus, from which it differs in its shrubby habit, short leaves, long 

 and slender racemes, and rather smaller deep blue flowers. Although not so 

 handsome as L. ornatus, it is well deserving of cultivation. The seeds are of 

 a light chestnut-colour, marbled with brown. It is, perhaps, not hardy enough 

 to bear the rigour of our winters without protection ; but it seems to thrive 

 in a glass pit, and would probably succeed in the front of a south wall, covered 

 from wet in winter. It does not seed freely, nor does it strike readily from 

 cuttings. 



" htipmus leptophyllus Benth., Gard. Mag., x. 173. — This species is remark- 

 able for its narrow leaves and hairy surface. It is about 1 ft. high : the spike 

 of flowers is elegantly coloured with bluish lilac ; and there is a deep crimson 

 stain in the middle of the standard. The spike is covered with flowers in an 

 irregular manner, and crowned by the long linear bracts of the unexpanded 

 blossoms. It is not so pretty a species as many others of this generally beau- 

 tiful genus ; it has hitherto produced but a very few seeds, which are pale 

 brown, mottled with a darker shade, and unusually small for a lupin. It pro- 

 bably requires shade. 



" huphms hirsutissimus Benth., Gard. Mag., x. 173.' — A small annual, of little 

 interest, except to the botanist. The leaves are spotted with pale green, like 

 those of a pulmonaria; the flowers are reddish purple ; and the seeds, which 

 are small, are so closely covered with dark brown marbling, that the olive green 

 ground colour can hardly be seen. It has hitherto grown very indifferently, 

 and probably requires a rich moist soil in a shady place. 



« Calochortus splendens Dougl. MSS., Bot. Reg , t. 1676. ; Gard. Mag., x. 178. 

 — This elegant species has very much the appearance of C. macrocarpus. It 

 is, perhaps, rather less branched, and the leaves shorter. The petals are paler 

 coloured, and have but a small dark spot at their base. The hairs of the 

 inner surface are of the same colour as the petal, and there is neither the 

 transverse brown streak on the inside, nor the green rib on the outside, of C. 

 macrocarpus. The roots transmitted by Mr. Douglas have grown freely, and 

 many have already been distributed. 



" Calochortus venustus Dougl. MSS., Gard. Mag., x. 178. — This is, again, a 

 species resembling C. macrocarpus in the size of the flowers. It differs from 

 C. splendens by the straight sepals marked with a dark spot at their base ; 

 from C. macrocarpus, by the absence of the green rib on the petals ; from both, 

 by their colour, which is a pure white, with the lower part marked in streaks 

 of deep red on a yellow ground, and with a spot near the extremity of 

 each petal, much resembling a drop of blood. Like the preceding one, it 

 is a very handsome species, and has been raised in a sufficient quantity for 

 distribution. 



" Cyclobothra pulchella Benth., Bot. Reg. 1662., Gard. Mag., x. 179.; Cala- 



