only person who has detected it on the eastern declivity of 
the Rocky Mountains, in lat. 52°. It is a hardy shrub with 
us, flowering in the summer months. 
Descr. Stems erect, branched, woody, the branches 
glabrous, or sparingly setose, with glandular hairs. Leaves 
large, handsome, cordate, five-lobed, the lobes broad, acute, 
doubly serrated, the surface beautifully and copiously reti- 
culated with veins. Peduncles terminal, corymbose, and, 
as well as the pedicels and calyx, glandular. Calyx-leaves 
ovate, concave, suddenly acuminated. Petals large, white, 
nearly orbicular, crumpled. Stamens numerous: anthers 
yellow. Pistils numerous. 
