É
. H
: ÿ
i l
iû the absence of petals, in the deciduous calyx, aud in the much larger and plumose style. In our present
species, the calyx is sometimes carried up by the elongated persistent style, on which it remains some way
below the apex.
1. Spiræ a (Physocarpus) opulifolia. L in n .— Hook. Fl. Bor. Am . \ . p . IT I .—13. Hook.
I. c .—S. cap ita ta . P u rsh .— S. ribifolia. N u tt. ms. in Herb. Hook.
Mr Nuttall’s specimen is from the Columbia; his S. paueiflora, from the same country, seems scarcely
different.
2. S . (S p ira ria ) a riæ p lia . Sm .— Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. l . p . 173.
1. Adenostoma fasciculata. Hook, et Arn. supra, p . 139. t. 3 0 A. fasciculata e t brevifolia.
N u tt. ms. [in Herb. Hook.)
We can perceive no difference between Mr Nuttall’s two supposed species. His A . brevifolia is but a
more stunted plant, with shorter leaves.
1. Rub u s macropetalus [Dougl.). Hook. FL B or. Am. 1. p . 178. t. 59.
1. P o ten tilla glandulosa. Lin d l. Bot. Reg. L 1583.—/3. p e ta lis calyce longioi'ibus.
L in d l. Bot. Reg. t. 1973.
From this we can scarcely distinguish the P . Oregana, Nutt. ms. in Herb, nostr., nor even his P.
fìssa, ms.
2. P . anserina. L .
1. Ho rkeliay»5ca [ L in d i) ; glanduloso-pubescens, folüs radicalibus 6 -7 -ju gis laciniis
cuneato-oblongis pinnatifidis vel palmatifidis incisis, paniculis corymbosis capitatis, petalis
calycem superantibus, calycis laciniis accessoriis integerrimis d uplo angustioribus, stipulis
palmatifido-incisis, bracteis palmatis capitulis brevioribus.—Lin d l. Bot. Reg. t. 1997.
Mr Lindley states this to have come from California; but our specimens were collected by Douglas in
1835, in the interior, and probably in Columbia.
2. H . cuneata [L in d i) ¡ villoso-pubescens, foliis radicalibus p innatis 10-12-jugis laciniis
subrotundo-cuneatis incisis, paniculis corymbosis capitatis, petalis calycem superantibus,
calycis laciniis omnibus integerrimis consimilibus oblongo-lanceolatis, stipulis subintegris
ovato-lanceolatis, bracteis trip a rtitis capitulis villosis brevioribus.—L in d l. Bot. Reg. sub
folio 1997.— H. Douglasiana. N u tt. ms. in Herb. Hook.
H. parviflora, Nutt, ms., differs by being more villous, by having fewer leaflets to the radical leaves, and
the accessary calycine segments twice as narrow as tbe others. It is from the mountains of California.
3. H . capitata [ L in d i) } caule basi glabriusculo apice glanduloso-pubescente, foliis
radicalibus pin n atis 5-6-jugis laciniis inferioribus subrotundis incisis basi cuneatis, petalis
calycem superantibus, calycis laciniis accessoriis integerrimis multo angustioribus, stipulis
in teg ris tripartitisve, capitulis solitariis brac te a pinnatifida brevioribus.—L in d l. Bot. Reg.
sub folio 1997.
Lindley mentions that this is a Californian plant; but our specimens were collected by Douglas on the
Cascade Mountains of the Columbia.
4. H . congesta [Hook.) ; basi hirsutissima apice glandulosa, foliis radicalibus pinnatis
sub-7-jugls laciniis angustis cuneatis apice præcipue incisis, paniculis corymbosis capitatis
multifloris glandulosis pubescentibus, petalis calycem paullo superantibus, calycis laciniis
accessoriis integerrimis multo angustioribus, stipulis palmatifido-incisis, bracteis 3-5-par-
titis capitulis b revioribus.—Hook, Bot. Mag. t. 2880. Flor. B or. Am. \ . p . 196.— H . h irsuta.
L in d l in Bot. Reg. sub folio 1997 H . pilosa. Nutt. ms. in Herb. Plook.
Dr Lindley states that this also was found in California, but our specimens from Douglas were collected,
in 1835, in the interior of the Columbia, and those from Nuttall are from the Wallamet plains. These differ in
no respect from the plant long ago figured in the Bot. Mag., and are distinguished from all the preceding
by the lower part of the stem and petioles of the leaves being very hirsute, with long, patent, harsh hairs.
In habit, and particularly in the shape of the segments of the radical leaves, this approaches most to H.
fusca.
5. H. grandis ; pubescenti-villosa, foliis caulinis inferioribus 4-5-jugis laciniis subalter-
nis cuneato-subrotundis 3 -5 -p artitis, lobis cuneato-obovatis incisis terminali alte trifidis,
fioribus solitariis longe p edunculatis omnibus e dichotomus calycis villosi laciniis accessoriis
ovato-oblongis subtrifidis quam interiores lanceolatas acutas majoribus petala fei*e
duplo superantibus, stipulis pinnatifidis.
Our specimens are from California. When we compare this with H . Californica, Cham, et Schlecht. in
Linnæa, 2. p. 27, we find so many points of resemblance, that we are almost inclined to suppose them the
same, and that the present plant may not be completely developed, and therefore not exhibiting the ample
panicle described by these authors. The points of resemblance are—1. H. Californica, like ours, does not
seem to have the flowers capitate, as in all the other species, but has them disposed in “ panicula multiflora
ampia, basi pluries dichotoma cum alari, apice racemosa.” 2. The outer segments of the calyx are broader and
less sharp than the inner, and are usually furnished with a small tooth or incision on one or both sides. 3. The
plant is more villous towards the extremity. 4. The leaves are large, and the leaflets, of a similar shape, are
few, and somewhat alternate or pseudo-opposite. 5. The calyx is large, and the petals small.— The chief
discrepancy lies in the length of the peduncles ¡ in our plant, those belonging to the lower flowers are upwards
of an inch long, whereas, in H. Californica, they are said to be “ sesguilineares, inferiores remoti
majores."
1. Acæna pinnatifida. R u i z et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. 1. t. 104. f . 1.— var. y. Hook, et
A rn. in Bot. Misc. 3. p . 807.
These specimens of Mr Douglas exactly accord with the var. y. of our Chilian A . pinnatifida, published
in the Bot. Miscellamj ; and we now doubt very much if the A . trifida, R. et P., be really distinct from it.
Our specimens are in very fine condition, but we regret that they do not exhibit the nature of the fruit.
1. Rosa blanda? A it.—Hook. FL Bor. Am. 1. p . 199.?— R. Californicæ var. Cham,
et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 2. p . 35 ?
Of the plant which we here refer doubtfully to R . blanda, there is one fine specimen ; but that only in
fruit. It appears to belong to a tall and stout growing plant, without any glossiness on its purplish stem
and foliage, and every where wholly destitute both of aculei and setæ. Leaves closely placed. Leaflets 5-7,
oval or obovate, regularly serrated, except at the base, slightly plaited, generally obtuse, glabrous (but not
lucid) above, downy, with short soft hairs beneath. Corymb bearing copious flowers. Fruit globose, and, as
well as the peduncles, quite smooth and glabrous. Sepals uniform, persistent, spreading, ovato-lanceolate,
much acuminate, downy and slightly glandular, white at the margin.