long as, or longer than the leaves, reddish, slightly downy, 
_ with a pair of subulate stipules at the base. Scape termi- 
nal, solitary, three to four inches high, much lengthened in 
fruit, bearing generally a small subulate bractea, and clothed 
with the same almost dazzling white down as the under- 
side of the leaves, and terminated by a single large flower. 
Calyx of seven to nine deep, ovate, somewhat membrana- 
ceous segments; on the back, but not at the margins, densely 
covered with coarse, purple, glandular, and viscid hairs ; 
within, at the base, silky. Petals equal in number with the 
calycine segments, broadly elliptical, with a short claw, ob- 
scurely veined, yellow. Filaments, Germen, and Styles, 
hairy. _ Caryopsides narrow, obovate, terminated by the 
very elongated, feathery style or awn. Stigma a little in- 
crassated. 
This beautiful species of Dryas was discovered by Dr. 
Ricuarpson, during Sir Joun Franxuin’s first journey in the 
woody country of North America, between lat. 54° and 64°; 
but the fruit only having been seen, it was considered to be 
the same as the D. octopetala, ( chamedrifolia of Pursu,) and 
as such is mentioned in the Botanical Appendix to FRranx- 
uin’s Journal. On the second expedition it was found both 
by Dr. Ricuarpson and Mr. Drummonp in flower, and in 
great perfection, upon gravelly parts of rivers in the Rocky 
Mountains, and about Slave Lake, and showed itself, in 
the colour of the flower, the shape of the calycine segments 
and foliage, and the remarkable snowy whiteness of the 
down, to be quite distinct both from D. octopetala and D. 
imlegrifolia. It has been Dr. Ricuarpson’s wish that it 
should bear the name of the indefatigable and meritorious 
Assistant Naturalist of the expedition, Mr. Tuomas Drum- 
mond. Seeds were brought over to this country, which 
have vegetated, and the plants are flourishing in several 
gardens, though they have not yet blossomed. Our draw- 
ing, therefore, has been in part taken from the cultivated 
plant, and in part from well dried specimens. 
Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamens. 3, Pistil. 4. Caryopsis—Magnified. 
