tubuloso-campanulatis glabris laciniis obtusis demum reflexis, germinibus baccisque nigris
ovali-globosis glabris.—L ’Herit. Stirp. l .p. 4. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 164. Rich, in Frankl.
Is* Joum. ed. 2. App. p. 7. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 267. De Cand. Prodr. y. 3. p.
483.—R. recurvation. Mich: Am. v. 1. p. 109, (fide Torrey.)—R. Pennsylvanicum. Lam.
Diet. v. 3. p. 49. (DC.)—Ribesium nigrum, &c. Dill. Elth. v. 2. t. 244. f . 315.
H ab. Throughout Canada, to lat. 54°.—This is, in many respects, allied to C. nigrum, of which Mr.
Nuttall suspected it to be a “ permanent variety;” but its more copious, denser flowers, and especially the
long bractese and more tubular calyx, will always distinguish i t : the solitary pedicel, too, at the base of the
flower-stalk, is wanting.
18. R.cereum; inerme, foliis (parvis) cordatis lobatis serratis glanduloso-pubescentibus
glabris glaucis superne albo-glandulosis, racemis pendulis subcapitatis 3-5-floris, bracteis
ovatis germini glabro adpressis, floribus subsessilibus cylindraceo-subangulatis, laciniis
calycinis parvis reflexis.—Douglas, in Hort. Trans, v. 7. p . 512. Bot. Reg. t. 1263. Bot.
Mag. t. 3008.
Hab. Banks of the Columbia and its southern tributary streams, from the Great Falls to the Rocky
Mountains, in gravelly or sandy soils. Douglas.—In the small foliage and few-coloured racemes, this
resembles the Grosswfana-tribe; but it is quite destitute of thorns or aculei. The flowers are rather large,
white, with a slight tinge of green, slightly downy. White waxy dots, like scales, clothe the upper-side of
the leaf, whence the specific name.
19. R. viscosissimum; inerme, foliis cordatis obtusis 3-5-lobis inciso-crenatis undique
pubescenti-glandulosis viscidis, racemis erectis corymbosis, bracteis lineari-obovatis pedicellis
glanduloso-hirsutis subbrevioribus, calycibus tubuloso-campanulatis laciniis erecto-paten-
tibus obtusis, germinibus fructibusque ovato-oblongis viscido-hirsutis. (Tab. LXXVI.)—
Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p . 163. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 482. Douglas, in Hort. Trans, v.
7. p . 511.
Frutex 4-8-pedalis, cortice atro-cinereo obducta. Folia cordato-rotundata, utrinque sed subtus prsecipue
petiqlisque pilis brevibus glanduloso-viscidis tecta, 3-5-loba, lobis rotundatis obtusis inciso-crenatis. Stipules
magnse, membranacese, fuscse. Racemi erecti, subcorymbosi. Flores maximi, pallide flavo-virides. Pedicelli
elongati bracteis lineari-obovatis membranaceis glabris longiores, glanduloso-hirsuti. Calyx tubuloso-cam-
panulatus, infeme glandulosus, superne glaber, laciniis submembranaceis, erecto-patulis, oblongo-ovatis,
obtusis. Stamina inclusa. Stigma bifidum. Germen ovale, viscido-hirsutum. Dacca oblongo-ovata,
nigra, glanduloso-hirsuta.
H ab. Rocky Mountains. Lewis.—Common in the recesses of the Rocky Mountains, and on dry plains
in partially shaded places towards the sources of the Columbia; also on the summits of the hills near the Spokan
and Kettle Falls, at an elevation of 8000 feet above the sea. Douglas.—A very fine and remarkable species.
Tab. LXXVI. Fig. 1, Flower:—magnified.
, f f Flores intense rosei.
20. R. sanguineum ; inerme, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis serratis venosis supra glabri-
usculis subtus villoso-tomentosis, racemis laxis pubescentibus folio duplo longioribus,
calycibus tubuloso-campanulatis laciniis oblongis obtusis patentibus petala (rubra) inte-
gerrima superantibus, bracteis obovato-spathulatis, baccis turbinatis hirsutis. Douglasi—
Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p . 164. Sm. in Rees* Cycl.—Douglas, in Hort. Trans, v. 7. p. 509.
t. 13. Bot. Reg. 1.1349.—R. malvaceum. Sm. in Rees* Cycl.
Hab. Abundant on the coast of North-West America, from lat. 38°. to 52°., usually growing in rocky
situations by the sides of streams. Menzies. Lewis. Douglas. Dr. Scouler.—This is perhaps the most highly
ornamental of the Genus, .bearing a profusion of large racemes of deep rose-coloured flowers, The fruit is
brownish-black, bitter, having a tough, leathery, thick skin, with numerous minute angular seeds, adhering
together by a small portion of limpid, viscid mucus, and completely destitute of the pulpy substance common
to most species of the tribe. Douglas.
* * * Inermia. Racemipluriflori. Folia in gemmis ambientia. (Flores aureo-flavi.)
21. R. aureum; inerme, glaberrimum, foliis trilobis, lobis divaricatis inciso-paucidentatis
petiolo basi ciliato brevioribus, racemis laxis dense multifloris, calycibus tubulatis pedicello
longioribus, tubo gracili, laciniis oblongis obtusis, petalis linearibus laciniis calycinis duplo
brevioribus,' bracteis linearibus longitudine pedicellorum, (stylo integro), baccis glabris.
Pursh, FI. Am:v. l .p . 164. Bot. Reg. t. 125. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 483.
Hab. Falls of the Columbia River. M. Lewis. In light gravelly soils, from the Great Falls of the
Columbia to the mountains, and on the southern branches. Douglas.—Fruit yellow, seldom black, and of
exquisite flavour. Douglas.
22. R. tenuifiorum; inerme, foliis subrotimdis trilobis farinosis, lobis apice obtuse
dentatis, racemis pendulis multifloris, calycibus tubulatis glabris pedicello longioribus
coloratis, petalis integerrimis calycis laciniis linearibus obtusis duplo brevioribus, baccis
glabris. Lindl. in Hort, Trans, v. 7. p. 242, Bot. Reg. t. 1274.—R. aureum. “ Colla,
Hort. Rip. App. 3. t. 1. a. nec aliorum. (Lindl.)—R. flavum. Berl. in De Cand. Prodr.
v. 3. p. 483 ?”—R. aureum, var. tubiflorum. Dougl. MSS. apud Hort. Soc. Lond.
Hab. Common on the rocky tracts of the Columbia, to the Mountains, near the head-water of the Missouri.
Douglas.—“ In habit, this species is more erect than R. aureum, and has the young wood more thinly
clothed with leaves: its whole appearance is also paler during the early part-of the year. The leaves are
nearly round, 3-or 5-lobed; when young, covered with a kind of mealy bloom; when more advanced, cordate
at the base; and at all times, in the plants that I have examined, wholly destitute of pubescence. The
flowers are not more than half the size of those of R. aureum, and have entire, not notched petals. The
fruit is the size of the Red Currant, with a thick skin, and a dense mucilaginous pulp, of an agreeable flavour,
but possessing little acidity, and far inferior to our cultivated Currants.—There are two varieties, the one
bearing black, and the other yellow fruit: the former changes from yellow to red, and finally acquires a deep
blackish-purple hue; the latter always, retains its yellow colour.” Lindl.-—In the dried state of the specimens,
I can perceive no essential difference between this and 22. aureum.
O r d . XLII. SAXIFRAGEÆ. Juss. De Cand.
( T r i e . IV. Saxifragece verce. De Cand.)
^ . 1 . HEUCHERA. Linn.
Calyx persistens 5-fidus æstivatioiie imbricata. Petala indivisa subinæqualia. Stamina
5. Styli 2 longissimi distincti longitudine staminum, juniorés approximato-subconcreti,
dein divergentes. Capsula flore etiiareido coronata, inferne calyci adnata, inter stylos
dehiscens, 1-locularis, placentis 2 adnatis polyspermis. Semina aspero-punctata rugosave.
—Herbæ. Folia radicalia petmlatff palmatinervia lobato-dentata. Çaules aphyüi,. Flores
paniculati aut racemosi. DC.
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