Ericece.] 



CALIFORNIA. 



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Ord. XXII. CAPRIFOLIACE^l. Juss. 



1. Lonicera ciliosa ; volubilis, ramis superioribus hinc hirsutis, foliis coriaceis reticulars 

 ovatis breviter petiolatis subtus glaucis summis connato-perfoliatis, pedunculis glanduloso- 

 hispidis, floribus verticillato-spicatis. — Poir. Encycl. 5. p. 612. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 

 333.— Caprifolium ciliosum. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 160. 



We presume this is the Caprifolium ciliosum of Pursh, which Lewis found on the Kooskoosky river, 

 but the character given by Pursh is too imperfect to enable us to speak with certainty. It seems to be a 

 large climbing- plant, with perennial coriaceous leaves. The younger, or upper branches, are remarkable for 

 the hairs which clothe only one side, the other being- glabrous, or nearly so. These hairs are coarse and 

 rigid, and still more so upon the peduncle and among the flowers, which are truly hispid ; they are generally 

 terminated by a minute gland. The corolla we have not seen ; it is described as yellow by Pursh. The 

 Caprifolium occidentale of Lindley, in Bot. Reg. t. 1457, differs from this in the glabrous branches and 

 peduncles, in the capitate flowers, and red corollas. 



2. Lonicera Ledebourii; erecta, ramis elongatis acute tetragonis, foliis ovatis oblongisve 

 subacuminatis rigidis subtus prsecipue in nervos pubescenti-tomentosis, pedunculis axillari- 

 bus bi-trifloris, bracteis 4, 2 ext. ovatis, int. late obcordatis demum ampliatis pubescentibus, 

 corollis extus basi gibbis, baccis distinctis. — " Eschsch. in Mem. Act. Soc. Petersb. 10. p. 

 284." Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 3. p. 138. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 336. 



We have kept this distinct from the L. involucrata of the Banksian Herbarium, Xylosteum involucratum 

 of Dr. Richardson, with considerable hesitation. That our plant is the same with L. Ledebourii of 

 Eschscholtz and Chamisso, there can be no question, for it exactly agrees with authentic specimens now 

 before us. These differ from Dr. Scouler's and Mr. Douglas' L. involucrata, from the mouth of the 

 Columbia and Puget's Sound, (which is assuredly the same as that of Sir J. Banks, gathered on the same 

 coast, between lat. 56° and 64° North,) solely in their more elongated and straighter branches, their greater 

 degree of pubescence, and the more rigid and wrinkled leaves, usually oblong rather than ovate. Dr. Rich- 

 ardson's plant, and specimens gathered by Mr. Drummond in the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 42° and 46°, 

 are in every respect similar to those of Dr. Scouler and Mr. Douglas, only that the leaves are still less 

 pubescent, and more membranaceous and flaccid : and the L. involucrata of Bot. Reg. t. 1 1 79, is equally- 

 characteristic of both these. In our plant, and probably in the L. involucrata also, the two inner bracte;e 

 are hardly visible till the fruit advances to maturity, when they become remarkably large and enclose the 

 fruit. 



1. Symphoricarpus racemosus. Mich. Fl. Bar. Am. i\ 1. p. 107. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. 

 p. 339. — Symphoria racemosa. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. I. p. 162. Sims, in Bot. Mag. t. 2211. 



This is likewise gathered, by Mr. Douglas and Dr. Scouler, at the month of the Columbia, and likewise 

 at Nootka. 



Ord. XXIII. RUBIACE^E. Juss. 



1. Galium ? 



Of this genus, or of JRubia, there are two species, much branched, and with rather small oval leaves, but 

 with only imperfect flowers, and no fruit: we dare not endeavour to discriminate them. 



Ord. XXIV. ERICEiE. Juss. 

 1. Arbutus Menziesii; arborescens, foliis lato-ovalibus integerrimis glabris, petiolis 

 longis, racemis axillaribus et terminalibus paniculatis densifloris. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. l.p. 282. 



