366 Mr. Bentham's Observations on the Genus Hosackia 



^ 2. St'tpulce minutoE nigrescentes, scepe deciduce. 



6. H. GRANDiFLORA, apice levit^r pubescens, foliis sub-7-foliolatis, pedunculis 



elongatis apice foliolo unico sessili bracteatis, dentibus calycinis tubo vix 

 brevioribus. 

 Size and habit of H. bicolor. Young leaves and calyces pubescent. Stipules 

 only observable in the veiy young leaves. Flowers larger than in H. bicolor, 

 but the footstalks of the petioles are less distant than in the other species. 

 California. Douglas. 



7. H. DECUMBENs, adprcss^ pubescens, foliis 4— 5-foliolatis, pedunculis folio 



subbrevioribus multifloris apice folio subtrifoliolato bracteatis, dentibus 

 calycinis tubum sequantibus. Benth. in Bot. Reg. sub t. \2b7. Hooker, 

 Fl. Bor. Amei: t. 134. 



Alae but slightly adherent. 



Columbia river. Douglas. 



8. H. TOMENTOSA {Hook. (Sf Am. Bot. of Beech. Foy. 137 ?), piloso-tomentosa, 



foliis 4 — 5-foliolatis, pedunculis brevissimis multifloris foliolo unico brac- 

 teatis, dentibus calycinis tubo brevioribus. 

 In the above-quoted work the bracts are described as similar to the leaves, 

 which is not the case in the specimens before me; it is therefore doubtful 

 whether it be in fact the same plant. The alse in this and the two following 

 species are as strongly adherent to the carina as in H. crassifolia, &c. 

 California. Douglas. 



9. H. cYTisoiDEs, decumbens glabra vel apice subsericea, ramis angulatis, 



foliis 3 — 5-foliolatis, pedunculis multifloris foliolo minimo bracteatis, den- 

 tibus calycinis subulato-aristatis recurvis. 

 Leaves small, thick, with very short petioles. Stipules small and black, but 

 hard and persistent in the form of tubercles. Flowers purple ?, rather smaller 

 than in H. decumbens. 

 California. Douglas. 



10. H. JUNCEA, glabra, ramis angulatis strictis, foliis remotis 3 — 5-foliolatis, 



