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chortus pulchellus Dougl. MSS. — The Calochorti of Douglas, with pendulous 

 flowers, including the C. elegans of Pursh, belong certainly to the genus 

 Cyclobothra established by Sweet {British Flower-Garden, 3. t. 173.) for the 

 Fritillaria barbata of Kunth, and are nearer allied to Fritillaria than to Calo- 

 chortus, but sufficiently distinct from either. Cyclobothra pulchella is about 

 1 ft. in height, much branched, each branch terminating with an umbel of two 

 or three pendulous flowers issuing from the base of a green leaf-like bract, 

 longer than the peduncle. The flowers are of a bright yellow, the sepals of 

 a greenish hue and ovate lanceolate form; the petals somewhat longer, very 

 much broader, with a very deep nectariferous pit, of a rich yellow colour, 

 placed a little below the centre. The margins of this pit are clothed with 

 long and thick hairs ; the petal below it is entirely smooth, above it slightly 

 covered with scattered hairs, and bordered with a beautiful but delicate 

 fringe. 



■! " This plant produces seeds in great abundance, and will probably become 

 as common as a fritillary. 



" Cyclobothra alba Benth., Bot. Reg., 1661. ; Gard. Mag., x. 179.; Calochor- 

 tus albus Dougl. MSS. — This species resembles very much the preceding one; 

 but the flowers are larger, the petals both longer and broader, of a whitish 

 colour, marked towards the centre with a shallow pit, covered with in- 

 flected hairs, glabrous below it, above it slightly covered with scattered hairs, 

 and almost naked at the border, where a few hairs that straggle so far are 

 turned inwards, and by no means form a fringe, as is the case in C. pulchella. 



" Triteleia Idxa Benth., Bot. Reg., 1685.; Gard. Mag., x. 403. — Avery hand- 

 some plant, the scape of which is from 1 ft. to 1 ft. 6 in. high. Its flower are 

 about the size of those of Brodi0eV< grandiflora, and of the same deep blue 

 colour. They grow in a lax umbel ; but, notwithstanding the length of their 

 stalks, stand nearly erect ; the scape is, however, apt to be procumbent if not 

 supported. It seeds freely, and will soon be very common, 



" All the species of Calochortus, Cyclobothra and Triteleia are probably 

 hardy : they seem only to require a shady situation, and a warm and light soil, 

 which is effectually protected from wet in winter. But, as they are all at pre- 

 sent extremely rare, they have hitherto been treated in the garden like half- 

 hardy bulbs ; that is to say, have been taken up as soon as their leaves have 

 died, and kept dry till the roots have again begun to shoot. 



" Some Polemoniacese, and a few other plants raised from the same seeds, 

 will be the subject of a second report, which will shortly be laid before the 

 Society." 



Art. II. The Floricultural Magazine, and Miscellany of Gardening. 

 Conductor, Robert Marnock, Curator of the Botanical and Horti- 

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 one plate, containing three coloured figures of plants, and one 

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This promises to be one of the best of what may be called, 

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 it will probably suit a more extensive class of readers than some 

 of the other magazines, which are exclusively devoted to one or 

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