JRibes.] OROSSULARIEiE. 233 



pubescentibus, floribus parvis, laciniis calycinis subtrifidis, baccis hirsutis rubris. Mich, Am, 

 V. l./*. 110. Fursh, FL Am, v. I. p. 163, Be Cand, Prodr. v, S, p, 481. 



Folioi-um lobi subacuti, inferne non an*^ustati. Racemi debiles, fere R. rubric sed floribus ininoribus. 



Catyx viridulo-pallens. Petala purpurea, spathulata, rotundato-obtiisa, Mich. 



Hab. Near Quebec, and at Hudson's Bay. Michaux. — May not this be the same as R. prostratum ? 



13, R, bracteosujii ; inerme, foliis louge petiolatis cordatis profunde S-T-lobis, lobis 

 acmninatis incisis duplicato-serratis supra hispidulis subtus resinoso-punctatls, racemis sa!pe 

 terminalibus demum deflexis, pedicellis (quoad axin) erecto-patentibus pubescentibus 

 bracteas spathulatas cxcedentibus, calyce rotato glabro, petalis minutis rotundatis, germini- 

 bus baccisque resinoso-punctatis. — Douglas, MSS, apud HorL Soc, Lond. 



Species insigrds, 5-8-pedalis, ramis erectis, glabris, inermibus. Folia juuiora nunc 3-lobata, adulta et 

 tunc louge petiolata 5-plerumque G-loba, circumscriptione cordata, amplu, supra hirsutula, subtus {,'Iabra 

 paUidiora, punctis resiuosis adspersa, lobis acuminatis, subreg^ulariter incisis duplicato-serratis. Racemi ssepe 

 in ramulis terminales primum erecti, fructiferi deflexi, valde elonn^ati spithamaei, Rachis robustn glabriuscnla. 

 Pedicelli seml-uuciam longi puhescentes, erecto-patentes, stricti, non raro oppositi, bractea spatliuUformi 

 nunc ad basin racemi foliosa lobata distiucte petiolata, lobis acutissimis. Flores purpurasoeiiti-flavi. Calyx 

 rotatus; lobi obtusisslmi petalis rotundatis 3-plo majores. Genwen globosum, punctis majusculis resiuosis 

 adspersum. Bacca ni^a mag^itudine (vix matura) R. rubri, resin oso-punctata. 



Hab. North -West coast of America, at the confluence of the Columbia ^vith the ocean. Dr. Scouler. 

 Douglas. — This is a very remarkable species, with leaves nearly as larg^e as, and resembling^ those of Acer 

 Pseudo-platanus : these, as well as the fructified racemes, have a very stronjj resemblance to the R. macrobotrys 

 of Ruiz, et Pav., Fl. Per. t. 232 : but the flowers are widely diflereut. 



16. R, Hudsoniamtm ; inerme, ramis erectis, foliis trilobis supra glaberrimis subtus 

 resinoso-punctatis petiolisque villosis, racemis erectis pubescentibus, bracteis brevibus, 

 calvcis campanulati laciniis patentibus villosis, germinibus punctatis, baccis globosis glabris 

 (ninris.) Mich, in Frankl. \st Journ, ed, 2. App. p, 6. — R. nigrum. Rich, in Frankl, \st 

 Journ, ed, 1. n, 75. (excL syn,) — ^, racemis longioribus, calycibus glabriusculis. R. petiolare. 

 Douglas^ in Hort Trans, v. 7,p, 514. 



Frutex tripedalis, inermis. Cortex brunnescens, cutlcida incano-grisea laevigata dccidua tectus. Folia vix ad 

 medium triloba, paulo latiora quam longiora, inaequaliter grosseque argute serrata, basi integ-errimo fere 

 horizontaliter secto, vix unquam cordata, supra glaberrima, venosa, subtus pallidiora pilis brevissimis molUbus 

 albescentibus villosa, et sparsiter punctis reslnosis exigiiis flavis adspersa. Petiolus diaraetrum foUi vix longitu- 

 dine sequans, antice sulcatus, tenuissime villosus. Bractece panae, membranacese, subulatse. Pedicelli > illosi, 

 lon^tudine fere florum, bracteis duplo longiores. Flores parvi, campanulati. LacinicB cal_t/cints albse, 

 ellipticse, ohtusse, patentes, extus villosse, nervis tribus anastomosantibus. Petala exigua, alba, erecta, 

 spathulata. Germen obovatum, utrinque Iseviter sulcatum, glandnlis flavis exiguls adspersum. Stylus etiam 

 sulcatus, quasi ex duobus connatis fonnatus, stigmatibus binis glandulosis. Rich. 



Hab. Prom Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Moimtains, in the west, and as far north as lat. 51^^. I)r. Rich- 

 ardson. Drummond. Douglas. ^. Mountains of the Columbia, above the Kettle Palls. Douglas.— Tiv. Rich- 

 ardson is quite correct in separating this from R. nigrum, to which its fruit, and the pecuUar odour of the 

 plant, are very similar. The flowers are' much smaller, whiter, with a shorter tube, and with more erect, 

 and, except in the var. /3., very do\ray, narrower segments. 



17. R.floridum; inerme, foliis resinoso-glandulosis 3-seu 5-lobis cordatis duplicato- 

 serratis, racemis pendulis pubescentibus, bracteis linearibus pedicello longioribus, calycibus 



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