fii^f'^- SAXIFRAGACE>K. 205 



|>iil)(\sooiit and Roinofcimos rallior few and sparsn. — Hnok. |'"1. i. '229; 'J'orr. ]}ot. 

 Mox. Homul. t. 23, cusp of antlier (imif,t,(!(l. R. fernx, SiniMi. //. Ca/ifonncnm Sa 

 R. occidentale, Hook. & Am. l>ot. J>o(T.lipy, 310; v(My small leaved I'oriiis, ^dabrous, 

 but sometimes pul)escent. R. subveMitum, Hook. & Am. 1. c. (not of liot Mag.) • 

 a form with densely glandular ovary, the glands in fruit developing mostly into 

 very numerous and gland-tii)ped short prickles. R. Californicum, dray in Pacif. R. 

 Re[>. iv. 88, combining the three, last named. 



Hillsides, from San Dipgo to Humboldt counties, and also along the Sierra Nevada to Plumas 

 Co. Also Oregon, coll. E. Hall. A variable species, but well marked by its sagittate (ovate- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate) and mucronate-pointed anthers ; these about a line and a quarter in 

 length. 



+- +- Anthers oval or didpnous, very obtuse and jiointless. 

 ++ Flowers comparatively large, dark ■purple-red. 



3. R. Lobbii, Gray. Minutely pulxisccnt or glandular : stems with stout triple 

 thorns, but apparently destitute of scattered prickles or bristles : leaves small (less 

 than an inch), round-cordate, 3-5-cleft, and the roundi.sh lobes obtu.sely toothed: 

 poduncles mostly Mlowcrod: (lower pendulous, three fourths of an inch long, similar 

 to those of R. Mmziesii, but the anthers oval ami very obtuse, the back beset with 

 scattered warty glands : ovary densely clothed with scssih; glands. — 7e. sicbvestitum, 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4931, but not Hook. Sc Am. 



The living plant figured was "sent by Mr. Lohb to IMcssrs. Veitch and Son," from California, 

 probably from the northern part near the coast. It exactly accords with an indigenous specimen, 

 named at Kew, " I{. subvcstitum. Hook, k Arn., Vancouver Island, JVood." It is not the plant 

 of Douglas on which R. .inbvcMitum v/ns founded. 



+-H Flowers yellow or yellnwis/i, .vnall : leaves very small, seldom half an inch in diam- 

 eter: anthers oval oblong. 



4. R. leptanthum, (5 ray. :Mnch branched and rigid, 1 to 4 feet high, desti- 

 tute of scattered prickles, but with comparatively large single or triple thorns: leaves 

 roundish (often oidy a quarter of an inch wide and shorter than the; thorns), 3-5- 

 cleft, and the lobes crcnately incised or tof)thed : peduncles very short, 1 - 2- 

 flowercd : calyx pubescent, commonly 4 lines long, cylindrical, and with the' oblong 

 lobes more or less shorter than the slender tube : style undivided, glabrous : berry 

 glabrous. — PI. Fendl. r)3. 



Var. brachyanthuid, Gray. Calyx shorter, only 2 or 3 lines long, campan- 

 ulate or barely cylindraceous ; tiio lobes even longer than t.u tube, which is about 

 as broad as long : ovary densely glandular. — Jl leptanthum, Watson, P>ot. King 

 Exp. 98, as to Calif, plant. 



Rocky Mountains of Colorado (where it was first collected by Dr. Jnmcs in Long's Expedition) 

 to New ]\Iexico, Sierra Nevada on Mount Raymond at 8,000 to 9,000 feet, and above Summit 

 (Bolanckr) to near Fort Tejon {Davidson) ; between the original form and the variety which 

 comes from foot-hills near Carson City, Anderson, IVatson. Tiiis short-llowered variety is remark- 

 able ; mature fruit of it unknown. 



-f- +- Flowers greenish, white or dull purplish : leaves mostly an inch or two in diam- 

 eter: anthers shorter, mostly didymons : ovary and berry unarmed and glabrous. 

 (Stems commonly without, but vigorous shoots occasionally with scattered bristly 

 prickles in all the species.) 



5. R. divaricatum, Dougl. Nearly glaltrous or soft-pubescent : stems from 5 

 to 12 feet high, with widely spreading branches ; the thorns single or triple : leaves 

 roundish, 3 - 5-lobed ; the lobes incisely toothed : 2-4-flowered peduncle and pedi- 

 cels slender, drooping: flower one third of an inch long: calyx livid-purplish or 

 greenish-white ; its oblong or linear-oblong lobes about twice the length of the cara- 

 panulate tube and the cuneate-dilated or fan shaped (white) |)etals : these only one 

 third the length of the filiform filaments and villous 2-cleft style : berry dark 



