JRibes.] GROSSULARIE^. 229 



L 

 r" 



erectcB perennes. Folia sparsa memhranacea oUongo-linearia incequaliter serrata, Cymse 

 unilaterales apice suhscorpioidece, DC. 



1. P.sedoides; caule subramoso, foliis lanceolatis, cjmis plurimis paniculatis multifloris, 

 seminibus scobiformibus, Linn, Sp. PL p, 620. MicL Am, v. 1. p, 241. Elliott, Carol, v, 

 1. p, 528. Pursh, FL Am. v, \, p, 323. BigeL PL Bost ed. 2. p. 184. Torret/, PL of Un, 

 St, V, I, p, 463. De Cand, Prodr, v, I, p, 414. 



Hab. La Grande Chaudiere. Pursh. MS!S!. 



Ord. XL. CACTE^. Faz^. 



It is greatiy to be regretted, that of this interesting- family, from the impossibility of diying them, no 

 specimens were collected. Species were met with, if I mistake not, by Mr. Drummond in his route, and 

 certainly by Mr. Douglas on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, as far as the 44th or 45th d^ree of 

 north latitude, and at a considerable elevation upon the mountains. The species arc probably the same as, 

 or nearly allied to, those which Mr. Nuttall detected upon the high mountains of the Missouri, and in the 

 Maudan country; — these are Mammillaria simplex, Ilaw,, M. viviparay Haw., and Opuntia fragilis, Nutt, 



Ord. XLI. GROSSULARIE^. DC. 



1. RIBES. Linn. 



F 



Ccdyx 5-lobus, laciniis plus minus coloratis. Petala 5 parva albida lutea vel rubra. 

 Stamina 5 rarissime 6, filamentis liberis. Styli 1-2-3-4-fidi. Bacca unilocularisj recepta- 

 culis lateralibus. Semina arillata (an in omnibus?) oblonga subcompressa. DC, 



* Caules aculeali. Pedunculi 1-2-3 rarius multijlori. Folia plicativa, (Grossularia.) 



f Phribus ruhris. 



1. R, stamineum ; setoso-aculeatum vel nudum, spinis tripartitis, foliis suborbicularibus 

 trilobis obtusis, pedunculis bifloris, bracteis late ovatis, calyce cylindraceo 4-partito, 

 laciniis erectis glandulosisj staminibus 4 longe exsertis, germine pedicellisque setoso-glandu- 

 losis. — Sm, in Eees^ CycL — De Cand. Prodr, v, Z,p, 477. — R. speciosum. Pursh, FL Am, v, 

 2. App, p, 731. — " R. fuchsioides, FL Mex. ined," (De Cand,) — R. triacantha. Menz, 

 MSS, cum Ic. nitidiss, 



r 



Hab. North California. Mr. Menzies. Monterrey. Douglas, lS3l.—StJ/!e very long, entire. Petals 

 cuueate, inserted on the very short tube of the corolla, as long as the segments, the margins involute. 

 Anthers ovate. 



2. R. Menziesii ; aculeatissimum, spinis tripartitis, foliis cordatis basi truncatis 5-lobis 

 serratis venoso-rugosis subtus pubescenti-tomentosis, pedunculo subunifloro, calyce cyliu- 

 draceo-campanulato profunda 3-fido glanduloso, staminibus 5 inclusis, stylo subexserto, 

 germine pedunculoque aculeatis. Pursh, Fl, Am, v, 2. App, p, 732. De Cand. Prodr, v, 3. 

 p, 478. — R. ferox. Sm. in Rees' CycL^De Cand. Prodr. v. S, p, 478. 



Hab. Port Trinidad, North California. A. Menzies, Esq. — The present and the preceding species are 

 exceedingly beautiful, from their large bright red glandular _/?OM:erjr, and may be considered as holding the 



