﻿^^90-] 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  o^ 
  

  

  Specimem 
  examined: 
  Ontario 
  {Maeoun 
  101); 
  Michigan 
  (Clarke)- 
  

   Indiana 
  (Coulter, 
  Thomson, 
  Evans); 
  Ohio 
  (5«//.-.anO 
  PennsyTvlii 
  (P^^^^^^^ 
  

  

  1-7; 
  c 
  : 
  ''^^' 
  Virginia 
  (A. 
  H. 
  Curtiss); 
  West 
  Virginia 
  (J 
  D 
  

  

  (Hail 
  

   kansas 
  (Bigelow). 
  

  

  uJu 
  t 
  K 
  ^"**^"" 
  Audubon, 
  Birds, 
  t. 
  467. 
  Resembling 
  the 
  

   last 
  but 
  becoming 
  taller 
  ( 
  15 
  to 
  24 
  meters 
  high) 
  : 
  petioles 
  6 
  to 
  2< 
  

  

  ™ene^th^U""'-H 
  "'f 
  ^' 
  "^""'^''^ 
  generall./wo^lly 
  pubescen^t 
  

   br^ts 
  to 
  ^ 
  '' 
  intermixed 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  .• 
  involucral 
  

   bracts 
  4 
  to 
  6, 
  narrowly 
  oblong 
  to 
  obovate 
  or 
  even 
  round 
  

   obtuse, 
  abruptlj.' 
  acute, 
  or 
  acuminate, 
  larger 
  {^., 
  to 
  ^Tcm 
  

   long, 
  1 
  .8 
  to 
  6 
  cm. 
  wide) 
  ; 
  head 
  of 
  flowers 
  larger, 
  I4 
  to 
  2 
  cm' 
  

   in 
  diameter: 
  A-uit 
  crowded 
  among 
  abortive 
  ovaries! 
  crowned 
  

  

  hi^h 
  ^^ 
  R° 
  persistent 
  calyx, 
  larger; 
  stone 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  mm. 
  

   nign, 
  7 
  to 
  8 
  mm. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Hab^ 
  From 
  British 
  Columbia 
  and 
  Vancouver 
  Island, 
  through 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  States 
  to 
  Southern 
  California 
  

  

  59«,^p""'''''Tr'^f/ 
  ^'''''^ 
  Columbia, 
  Frazer 
  river 
  (Lyall, 
  Maeoun 
  

   f^/;^"r 
  . 
  o'M^^'''"'*"^' 
  ^^^"^^-^^^r's 
  Island 
  (Tr.«d); 
  Washington 
  

   n^n'f^^a^t^' 
  5^^„, 
  G^. 
  ^. 
  VaseyUl); 
  Oregon 
  (Td^ue, 
  Hall 
  

  

  396fi^ 
  ;!^! 
  of;f 
  S'""'"' 
  '''^' 
  California 
  (^a./^..^ 
  1763, 
  Bdander 
  

  

  3966. 
  5.m.r 
  1414, 
  2675, 
  Parry 
  & 
  Lemmon 
  150, 
  /. 
  G. 
  Lemrrwn, 
  Greene, 
  Mrs. 
  

   Ames, 
  Mrs. 
  Austin, 
  G. 
  R. 
  Vasey). 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  Flowers 
  yellowish, 
  in 
  sessile 
  umbels, 
  appearing 
  before 
  the 
  leaves 
  

   mvolucrate 
  with 
  4 
  small 
  deciduous 
  bracts 
  : 
  fruit 
  dark 
  blue. 
  

  

  6. 
  €. 
  sessilis 
  Torr. 
  in 
  Durand 
  PL 
  Pratten. 
  89. 
  Shrub 
  1 
  

   to 
  4.5 
  meters 
  high 
  with 
  greenish 
  bark: 
  leaves 
  short-petioled 
  

   approximate 
  ovate, 
  short 
  acuminate, 
  nearly 
  smooth 
  above! 
  

   pale 
  beneath 
  and 
  with 
  appressed 
  and 
  silky 
  pubescence, 
  c 
  

   t0 
  9cm. 
  long 
  2.5 
  to 
  6 
  cm. 
  wide: 
  umbels 
  terminal 
  but 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  lateral 
  by 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  shoot 
  ; 
  involu- 
  

  

  silkv 
  n'''^''-^% 
  °/ 
  ^'"^:1 
  ^''"^'' 
  ^^°"^ 
  ^^ 
  ^°"g 
  ''^ 
  tJ^e 
  blender 
  

   bronV 
  / 
  K^' 
  °^^^"«' 
  u' 
  ^° 
  ^5 
  mm. 
  long, 
  6 
  to 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Droad 
  ; 
  stone 
  oblong, 
  somewhat 
  pointed 
  and 
  longitudinally 
  

  

  ridged, 
  9 
  to 
  II 
  mm. 
  long, 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  mm. 
  broad. 
  ^ 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Wet 
  ravines 
  and 
  foothills, 
  Northern 
  California 
  

   Si^cimens 
  examined: 
  California, 
  with 
  no 
  station 
  (Pratten, 
  Bigelow 
  

   Bolander, 
  Mann, 
  Parry 
  776, 
  G. 
  E. 
  Vasey) 
  ; 
  Upper 
  Sacramento 
  (Hooker 
  & 
  

   ^ray 
  Greene), 
  American 
  river 
  (State 
  Survey 
  204), 
  McCloud's 
  Eiver 
  (Lem- 
  

   ^^^), 
  Placer 
  county 
  (G. 
  R. 
  Vasey), 
  Butler 
  county 
  (no 
  collector 
  indicated) 
  

   Humboldt 
  county 
  (Rattan). 
  

  

  