LinniEa.] RUBIACE^. 2^5 



integerrima, Pedunculi breves axillares uni-aut mvltifloru Flores hibracteati parvi albi 

 aut rosei brevlssime pedicellatL DC, 



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1. S. raccmosus; floribus in racemos subterminales laxos interruptos non raro foliosos, 

 . corolla intus dense barbata, stylo staminibusque inclusis.— McA. Am. v. 1. p. 107. Furs/i, 



FLAm. V. 1. /?. 107. De Cand. Prodr, v, 4. p, 339. Sms, Bot Mag. t 2211. Torrcy^ 

 FL ofUn. St, V. l./>. 246. — Xylosteum ciliatum. /?. album. Pursh, FL Am, v, 1. p, 161. 

 ( NuttalL ) 



Hab. Upper Canada. NuttalL Mr, Ckghorn, Mr, Goldie, Abundant about the Saskatcbawan. Dr. 

 Richardson. Drmnmond. On tbe Columbia and at Puget's Sound, Nortli-West Auicnca. Dr. Scouler. 

 Douglas. Nootka. Dr. Scouler. — Our specimens have tbe leaves mostly very glaucous beueatb, and they 

 vary considerably in size and outline, tbe lower ones sometimes being deeply sinuated. 



2. S. occidentalls ; spicis tlensis terminalibus axillaribusque nutaulibus, corolla intus 

 laciniisque dense barbatis, stylo staminibusque subexscrtis. — Rich, in Franld. 1st Journ. ed, 

 2. App, p. 6. 



Hab. "Woody country, between bit. 34° and G4°, and known under tbe name of " Wolf-berry." Dr. 

 Ttlchardson, Abundant about the Saskatchawan and Red River. Drvmmond. Douglas. Fort Vancouver, 

 on tbe Columbia. Douglas. — Dr. Richardson has justly remarked of this plant " S. racemosi proximus:*^ 

 and amonn^ the numerous specimens In the Herbarium, are some which appear almost as much allied to the 

 one species as tbe other. But the majority of individuals of the two species are readily enough distinguished ; 

 those belonging to the »S' occidentalism by their larger, less glaucous, more rigid, and denser foliage, (some 

 of tbe leaves being two and a half inches long,) by the flowers arranged in dense drooping spikes, larger 



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than in S. racemosusj and by the prominent style and stamens. 



C. LINNiEA. Gron. 



Calycis tubus ovatus, limbus 5-partituSj laciniis lanceolato-subulatis deciduis. Corolla 

 turbinata subcampaniilata 5-loba. Stam, 4> didynama inclusa. Stigma globosum, Bacca 

 subsicca minima ovato-globosa 3-locularis, loculis ex A. Ricb. ovula 2 suspensa gerentibus, 

 ex R. Brown 2 polyspermis sterilibus, tertio monospcrmo fertili. — Herbula sempervirens 

 suhvillosa repens^ surcuUs erectis apice vudis hijloris. Bractese 2 sub qux)queflort calyculum 

 mentientes. Folia ovalia snbdentata, Flores ex alba subrosei, DC. 



1. L. borealis.—Linn. Sp, PL p. 880. Engl. Bot. t, 443. Mich, Am. v. \.p. 87. Pursh, 

 FL Am. V, 2. p. 413. BigeL Fl, Bost. ed, 2. p, 241. Hook, et Arn. in Bot of Beech. Voy. 

 V, l.p, 125. Bich. in FrankL Ut Journ. ed, 2. App. p. 24. De Cand. Prodr, v. 4. p, 340. 



Hab. Throughout the woody country, from Lake Huron to the Arctic Circle, and from Newfoundbnd, 

 (Dr. Morrison. Miss Brenton.') and Labrador, (Dr. Morrison.) on the East, to the Coltimbia, (Mr. Menzies. 

 Douglas. Dr. Scouler.) Unalaschka, (Chamisso.) and Kotzebue*s Sound (Messrs. Lay and Collie:) on the 

 West.— This beautiful and interesting pkint seems to have its maximum in British North America. Speci- 

 mens with the largest foliage are from the Columbia; those with the smallest, and very compact in h:ii)it, 

 and bearin"- the most copious floorers, are from the Rocky Mountains. 



OaD. XLIX. RUBIACE^. Juss, 



Trib. I. Hedyotii)E.e. Cham, et Schkcht — Fructns capsidaris bilocularis, locuUcidO' 

 dehlscens aut submembranaceus indehiscens, loculis polyspermis, Sem. non alata, albuminc 

 carnoso.—FruHces aut Herbm. Folia opposita. Stipulm interpetiolares. DC, 



