columbines, puberuli, ssepe purpurascentes, ad intei'valla bipollicaria caules altematim proferentes. Caules
herbacei, erecti, e summo radice e flagellis Orientes, basi'squamis (stipulis) membranaceis, vel fuscis vel viri-
dibus amplexicaulibus obvelatis. Folia singulis caulibus 2-4, alterna, teraata, (vel rarius pedatim quinata,)
elongato-petiolate Stipules magnse, obovate, nunc obtusse, nunc acute, ssepius acumine brevi, basi attenuate.
Petioli filiformes antice sulcati, plerumque foliolum impar longitudine superantes, primo glandulis pcdicellatis
mox deciduis ciliati. Foliola subduplicato-serrata, pallide virentia, subtus pallidiora, impar petiolatum, plerumque
ovali-subrhomboideum, utrinque sensim acuminatum, acutum, rarissime obovatum et obtusum, semper
basi attenuate integerrimo; lateralia subsessilia, inasqualia, ssepius extus inciso-lobata. Pubescentia caulis,
petiolorum, foliorum et stipularum laxa, breviuscula, magis aut minus rara, et in foliis ssepe fere obsolete
Flores erecti, terminales, rare axillares et terminales 2-4, (plerumque 3,) paniculati. Pedunculi unguicu-
lares, stricti, singuli folioli caulinis conformi, vel tantum stipulis folii abortivi suffülti, plerumque ebracteati,
laterales tarnen interdum rudimento folii ut videtur ubi flos alter abortivi uni-vel bi-bracteati. Calyx basi
12-costato-angulatus, 5-6-fidus, extus cum pedunculis pube brevi acuta villosus, et glandulis minutis, pedicel-
latis, deciduis obsitus; laciniis sensim elongato-acuminatis intus versos apicem tantum pubescentibus, sub-
anthesin reflexis, mox erectis. Petala 5-6, alba, ovalia, obtusa, passim emarginata, ungue lato brevi, calyce
paulo altiora. Fructus ruber: Acini pauci, vix ednles. Rieh.
Hab. Throughout Canada, from Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan and the shores of Hudson’s Bay,
near York Factory, abundant.—Following this plant, so well described by Dr. Richardson, that excellent
Naturalist observes, “ R. saxatilis, L. in multis cum pnecedente quadrat, at diversa videtur flagellis sterili-
bus, nudis aut folia tantum ferentibus, nec nisi ad apices radicantes anno secundo caules emittentibus, aculeis
quamvis raris vix unquam nullis, floribus minoribus et calycibus pedunculisque eglandulosis.”—I think the
R. tegopodioides, the R. parviflorus, probably, and the R. Canadensis, Torrey, and Linn. ? may be referred
to the same species.
15. R. mucronatus; caule herbaceo piloso inermi, foliis ternato-palmatis concoloribus
pilosis, foliolis rhombeis acutis serratis, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus termin-
alibus geminis, laciniis calycinis lanceolatis acutis puberulis corolla brevioribus. Ser. in De
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 565.
H ab. Newfoundland. Le Clerc, (in De Cand. Prodr.')
16. R. arcticus ; caule herbaceo erecto flexuoso subunifloro pubescente inermi, foliis ter-
natis glabriusculis obtuse serratis, stipulis ovatis obtusis, pedunculo unifloro, calycis seg-
mentis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis rotundatis retusis, stylis liberis.—Linn. Sp. PI. p. 708, FI.
Lapp. p. 162. t. 5. f . 2. Engl. Bot. t. 1585. Curt, in Bot. Mag. t. 132. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1.
p . 349. Cham, in Linneea, v. 2. p . 8. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 565.
Hab. Labrador (Pursh, Rev. Mr. Kolmaster *) and Hudson’s Bay. (Pursh.) Dr. Wright, in Herb, nostr.
Bay of Good Hope and Chamisso’s Island, Bay of Eschscholtz, in Behring’s Straits. Chamisso.
17. R. acaulis; glabriusculus, caule herbaceo erecto brevi unifloro, foliis tematis acute
serratis, stipulis oblongo-ovatis acutis, pedunculo unifloro, calycis segmentis lineari-subulatis,
petalis oblongis integerrimis, stylis approximates.—Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 298. De Cand. Prodr.
v. 2. p . 565.—R. pistillatus. Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 2. p. 53. t. 86. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 349.
Rich, in Frankl. 1st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 20.—R. propinquus. Rich, in Frankl. 1st Journ.
ed. 2. App. p. 19 (fide ipsiss. Rich.)
Hab. In Sphagnum Swamps, Hudson’s Bay, Michaux; whence I have also specimens from Dr. Wright|
From the Saskatchawan, in lat. 53°, to Fort Franklin, in lat. 66°. Dr. Richardson, Drummond; and from
* For an interesting collection of Labrador plants, gathered by the Rev. Mr. Kolmaster, I am indebted to my
friend Thomas Davidson, Esq. of Nottingham.
Labrador, (Smith, Dr. Morrison,) to the woods and swamps of the Rocky Mountains, between lat 52°-56°,
(Drummond); and to Kotzebue’s Sound in Behring’s Straits. Lay and Collie.—This is assuredly the R.
acaulis of Michaux, a name which, though not strictly appropriate, it is needless to change. Dr. Richardson
observes to me that his R. propinquus is the same with R. acaulis, growing in woods and producing
flagelli which run among mosses, not upon the surface of the ground, and that the two-flowered peduncle
appears to have been accidental Chamisso justly observes how near this comes to R, arcticus, but I
think the shorter, not zigzag, and slenderer stems, fewer leaves, larger flowers, and much longer and
sharper calycine segments, with the larger and differently shaped petals of the present, will suffice to keep
it distinct. I am not able to say whether the clustering together of the styles be constant. Flowers red,
fragrant, (Rich.) Young flowering plants are scarcely a finger’s length in height, but after blossoming,
the stems are (especially in the woods) a span or more high, and the leaves much increased in size. The
fruit, which I possess on Dr. Wright’s specimens, resembles that of R. arcticus.
* * * Foliis simplicihus.
f Herbacei.
18. R. stellatus; caule simplice unifloro, foliis cordatis rugosis profunde trilobis triparti-
tisve serratis, stipulis ovatis obtusis, pedunculo (brevi) unifloro, calycis segmentis lineari-
subulatis, petalis oblongis erectis (rubris.)—Sm. Ic. PI. Ined. t. 64. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p.
349. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 564.
Hab. Near Foggy Harbour, on the North-West coast of America. Menzies, (ex Smith.)—Of this very
distinct Rubus, resembling, however, in habit and in its flowers, R. acaulis, but in the leaves more approaching
R. Chameemorus, I am indebted for excellent specimens to Mr. Menzies, who appears to be the
only Botanist that ever met with it. The representation is excellent in the leones Plantarum inedite of Sir
J. E. Smith.
19. R. Chameemorus; dioicus, radice repente, caule simplice unifloro, foliis reniformi-
cordatis rugosis plicatis 5-lobis, stipulis ovatis obtusis, pedunculo unifloro, calycis segmentis
late ovatis, petalis oblongis patentibus (albis.)—Linn. Sp. PI. p . 708, FI. Lapp. p . 163.
t. 5. f 1. Engl. Bot. t. 706. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 298. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p . 349. Torrey,
FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 490. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 564. Rich, in Frankl. 1st Journ. ed.
2. App. p. 20.
H ab. From Lake Winipeg, in lat. 52°, to the shores of the Arctic Sea; (Dr. Richardson, Captain Sir J.
Franklin, Drummond;) and from Newfoundland (Dr. Morrison, Mr. Cormack) and Labrador (Dr. Morrison,
Meyer) to the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 52° and 56° (Drummond), and to the shores of Behring’s
Straits and Unalaschka. Chamisso, Lay and Collie in Captain Beechey’s Collection.
1 1 Fruticosi.
20. R. odoratus; caule fruticoso erecto strict» glahduloso-piloso, foliis 5-lobis insequaliter
serratis subtus magis minusve glandulosis, corymbis compositis, calycibus setoso-glandulosis,
cuspidatis petalis (roseis) subbrevioribus, stipulis liberis deciduis.—Linn. Sp. PL p . 707.
Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 297. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p . 348. Curt, in Bot. Mag. t. 150. EUiott,
Carol, v. 1. p. 570. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 201. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 490. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 566.
H ab. Throughout Canada, and as far as the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson, Drummond.—A species
nearly allied to this is described by Dr. Torrey, under the name of R. deliciosus, as inhabiting the more
southern regions of the Rocky Mountains. It appears to differ in the absence of viscid glands.
21. R. Nutkanus; caule fruticoso erecto flexuoso stolonifero apice glanduloso-piloso basi