92 
It has been indicated (Int. to Josselyn, p. 16, and p. 17, note) 
that this writer was a botanist in some sort, and deserves, therefore, 
more credit with botanists than people who made no pretence to 
botanical knowledge, and probably had none. Josselyn’s “‘ Purce- 
lane” really is worth something, and so, as a pretty clear illustra- 
tion, may be Champlain’s “ Pourpié;” but what the “ Purselin ”’. of 
the Virginian woods may have been (Strachey’s Travaile, as cited) 
is utterly in the dark. Epwarp TuckERMAN,. 
Amherst, May 5th. 
§ 95. Rhododendron maximum, Z.—“ The Practical Farmer,” 
February 19th, says that this plant “has been discovered by R. 
Morrison in the wilds in the rear of Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia.” 
Latitude 45° N. 
§ 96. Our Wild Gooseberries.—Under this caption Dr. Gray 
has an article in the American Naturalist for May, in which he 
says that “the wild gooseberries of the United States are not in a 
satisfactory condition as they stand in the books, and that informa- 
tion and specimensare needed. A response to this appeal made by a 
few persons happily situated, in this and that part of the country, may 
perhaps clear up the principal difficulties in the course of the current 
season.” Ourspecies are: 1. Ribes lacustre, Poir:—2. R. leptanthum, 
Gray, of the Rocky Mts. Are the flowers yellow or yellowish?—3. R. 
setosum, Lindl. (R. oxycanthoides, Hook. non Linn.) white-flowered, 
short staminate. Saskatchawan region, perhaps on the N. W. shore 
of Lake Superior.—4. R. Cynosbati, L.—5, R. gracile, Mchx. (R. 
Missouriense, Nutt., R. niveum, Lind, R. trifloram ; Hook.?) 
Western, filaments long, almost capillary.—6. R. rotundifolium, 
Mchx. Dr. Gray wishes “flowering specimens from all parts of 
its range, for the limits between it and the following are obscure.— 
7. R. oxycanthoides, L.,(R. hirtellum, Mchx., R. saxosum, Hook., 
R. setosum, Mchx.) stamens only slightly exceed the calyx 
lobes if at all_—s8. R. divaricatum, Douglas, of the Pacific side. 
There is a form, var. irriguum, R. irriguum, Doug., of which we 
know too little, which comes near to R. rotundifolium.—9, R. 
Lobbii, Gray, (R. subvestitum, Hook & Arn.) this little known 
species of the Pacific coast is distinguished by its purplish red, 
larger calyx, and from the following by its short and blunt anthers. 
—10. R. Menziesii, Pursh. (R. Californicum, R. occidentalis and 
R. subvestitum, Hook & Ar.) Oregon to Cal., anthers sagittate.— 
11. RK. speciosum, Pursh, the scarlet-flowered gooseberry of Cali- 
fornia, with long stamens and fuchsia-like blossoms, is quite distinct. 
R. rotundifolium from Fort Lee and-foot of 60th St. of the But- 
LeTIN Catalogue are errors which should be corrected, they were 
simply escapes of R. Grossularia. 
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