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unculo folüs brevioi-e, involucri foliolis foliaceis lanceolatis integerrimis umbella compacta
simplice longioribus.
First discovered, along ivitli the follmving species, by Mr. Menzies. The general similarity of the plant
to Arctopus capemis has su ^ estcd tho specific name. There are scarcely any stems, and the umbels are
ne,arly concealed among the leaves, which .are .almost fringed with long narrow and much acuminated teeth,
the larg-er ones of which are likeivise so fimbriated.
2. Sanícula M enzie sii ; caulescens, superne subpaniculata, foliis longe petiolatis profunde
trifidis, lobis lato-obovatis cuneatis inciso-serratis serraturis acuminatissime mucronatis,
umbellis compositis, involucelli foliolis lanceolatis acutis umbellam æquantibus.
Evidently allied to the S . arctopoides; but having a stem nearly a span high, with compound umbels,
the umbellules globose,j?otcers small, yeUow.
stem of a solitary specimen, so tliat we are unable
1. RTyngimn. aquaticum? L in n .
There are no leaves, and only the extremity of £
•satisfactorily to determine the species.
1. Cicuta maculata ? L in n .
1. Apium graveolens. L in n .
1. Discopleura capillacea. D e Cand. Mem Umb. v. 5. p . 38. t. 8. A., Prodr. v. 4. p . 106.
1. Heracleum Sphondylium ? Lin n .
A wretched specimen of this obliges us to put a mark of doubt to the name.
1. Helosciadiuin? Californicum; procumbens? foliis pinnatis pinnis 8-11 ovatis acutis
inciso-serratis inferioribus pinnatifidis vel pinnatis, pinnulis paucis, umbellis lateralibus terminalibusque,
involucris involucellisque plurifoliolatis, stylis elongatis.
This has a good deal the habit of the Helosciadium repem of Europe, but is vastly larger, with more
numerous and more divided pinnæ. It appears likewise to depart from the generic character, in having
several leaves to the involucre, and a long style. The fruit is essentially the same in both.
The Herbarium contains two other Umbelliferous plants, from California, but with fruit so young, that we
cannot refer them to any known genus. Both have their leaves many times divided into very narrow, linear,
almost filiform segments, and the vagina of the leaf is singularly large and inflated. The one is nearly
stemless, very pubescent, almost woolly about the umbels and involucres. The involucella are about as long
as the umbeUules, broadly lanceolate, and apparently entire: the very short stems (many arising from the
crown of the root) bear each a peduncle about as long as the leaves. The other has a flaccid, apparently
procumbent stem, with remote leaves, and is nearly glabrous. There are no involucres, and the involucella
are lobed in a somewhat palmated manner, with the lobes acute, and about as long as the small compact '
O r d . X X I . C O H N EÆ . De Cand.
I. Cornus alba. L in n .— C. circinata. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnæa, v. 3. p . 339. (vix
L ’Herit.)
This exactly agrees with our specimens of C. alba, from the United States ; and, indeed, scarcely differs
from C. circinata of L’Heritier, with which Chamisso unites it, except in the shape of the leaves. It extends
as far north as the Columbia on the western side of America.
O e d . X X I I . C A P R IF O L IA C E Æ . Jm s .
1. horneen, áliosa ; volubilis, ramis superioribus hinc hirsutis, foliis coriaceis reticulatis
ovatis breviter petiolatis subtus glaucis summis connato-perfoliatis, pedunculis glanduloso-
hispidis, floribus verticillato-spicatis.—Poir. Encycl. 5. p . 612. D e Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p .
333.— Caprtfolium cüiosum. P ursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p . 160.
We presume this is the CapHfilium cilwrim of Pursh, which Leivis fouud on the Kooskoosky river,
but the character given by Pursh is too imperfect to enable us to speak with certamty. It seems to be a
large climbing plant, with pereunial coriaceous leaves. The younger, or upper branches, arc remarkable tor
the haira which clothe only one side, the other being glabrous, or nearly so. These hairs arc coarse and
rigid, and still more so upon the peduncle and among the flowers, wliich are truly hispid; they Mc g-eneraUy
terminated by a minute gland. The corolla wc have uot seen ; it is described as yeflow by Pmslu The
Caprifclium occidmtale of Lindley, in Bot. Reg. t. 1457, differs from this in the glabrous branches and
peduncles, in tho capitate flowers, and red corollas.
2. Lonicera Ledebourii; erecta, ramis elongatis acute tetragonis, foüis ovatis oblongisve
subacuminatis rigidis subtus præcipue in ñervos pubescenU-tomentosis, pedunculis axiUaribus
bi-trifloris, bracteis 4, 2 ext. ovatis, int. late obcordatis demum ampliatis pübescentibus,
corollis extus basi gibbis, baccis distinctis.— “ E.schsch. in Mém. Act. Soc. Petersb. 10. p .
284.” Cham, et Schleeht. in Linnæa, v. 3. p . 138. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 336.
We have kept this distinct from the L . imolucrata of the Banksiau Herbarium, Xylosteum mmlucratm,
of Dr Richardson, with considerable hesitation. That our plant is the same with L . Ledebmra ot
Eschscholtz and Chamisso, there can be no question, for it exactly agrees with authentic specimens now
before ns These differ from Dr. Scoulei-’s and Mr. Douglas’ L . invoMcrata, from the mouth ot the
Columbia aud Puget’s Sound, (which is assuredly the same as that of Sir J. Banks, gathered on the same
coast between lat. 56» and 64“ North,) solely in their more elongated and straighter branches, their greater
deeree of pubescence, and the more rigid and wrinkled leaves, nsuaUy oblong rather than ovate Dr. Eich-
ardson’s plant, and specimens gathered by Mr. Drummond in the Rocky Mountams, between lat. 42 and 46 .
.are in every respect similar to those of Dr. Scoiilcr and Mr. Douglas, only that the leaves me still less
pubescent and more membranaceous and flaccid: aud tlie L . inmlucrata of Bot. Reg. t. 1 1 79, is equally
characteristic of both these. In eiir plant, and probably in the L . involucrata also, the two inner hracteie
arc hardly visible till the fruit advances to maturity, when they become remarkably large and enclose the
fruit.
1. Symphoricaipus racemosus. Mich. PI. Bor. Am. v. 1. p . 107. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4.
p . 339.— Symphoria racemosa. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p . 162. Sims, in Bot. May. t. 2211.
This is likewise gatliered, by Mr. Douglas and Dr. Seoulcr, a t the mouth of the Columbia, and likewise
a t Nootka.
O r d . X X I IL R U B IA C EÆ . Jm s .
1. Galium
Of this genus, or of Bubia, there are two spedes, much branched, and with rather small oval leaves, but
with only imperiect flowers, and no fruit: wo dare not endeavour to discriminate them.
O e d . X X IV . E R IC E iE . Juss.
1. Arbutus Menziesii; arborescens, foliis lato-ov.alibus integerrimis gk b ris, petiolis
longis, racemis axillaribus et terminalibus paniculatis dcnsifloris. Pursh, Fl. Am. v . h p . 282.
S .