the back of the foliage. Leaves of a thick and somewhat 
coriaceous texture, and of a dark bluish-green ; the lower 
ones stalked, those from the root broadly, almost rotundato- 
cordate, with rather a deep sinus at the base, undivided, 
the margins deeply and coarsely crenato-serrate: the lower 
stem-leaf is ovate, palmato-pinnatifid, with lmear segments, 
more or less incised; the uppermost two or three are sessile, 
palmated with deep, linear, spreading, incised or entire 
segments. Flowers upon long peduncles, with closely- 
pressed hairs, large, handsome, very bright yellow. Calyx 
of five very concave, hairy, yellow-green leaves, spreading. 
Petals nearly orbicular, slightly waved. Pistils collected 
into an oblong head, each germen subglobose, terminated 
by an oblique, slightly curved, subulate style, about as 
long as the slightly downy germen. 
This, is one of the many new discoveries made by Dr. 
Ricuarpson and Mr. Drummonp in the second overland 
Arctic expedition, under the command of Capt. Sir Joun 
Franxuin. It was found by the former in the central 
prairie and limestone districts of Canada, and by the latter, 
m alpine prairies of the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 
52° and 55°. From seeds, brought home by these Natural- 
ists, plants have been raised in the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden, which flowered in May, 1830, having been pro- 
tected by a frame during winter. If I had any doubt of its 
specific distinctness whilst describing this plant from dried 
specimens, I can feel none now that I have seen it growing. 
From the size and bright glossy yellow of the flowers, and 
the length of time they remain expanded, it is likely to 
prove a great acquisition to our collections of hardy 
plants. | 
Fig. 1. Petal. 2, Pistil—Magnified. 
