Rosacea.] 



CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 



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4. H. congesta {Hook.) ; basi hirsutissima apice glandulosa, foliis radicalibus pinnatis 

 sub-7-jugis laciniis angustis cuneatis apice prsecipue incisis, paniculis corymbosis capitatis 

 multifloris glandulosis pubescentibus, petalis calycem paullo superantibus, calycis laciniis 

 accessoriis integerrimis multo angustioribus, stipulis palmatifido-incisis, bracteis 3-5-par- 

 titis capitulis brevioribus. — Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2880. Flor. Bor. Am. I. p. 196 — H. hir- 

 suta. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub folio 1997 H. pilosa. Nutt. ms. in Herb. Hook. 



Dr Lindley states that this also was found in California, but our specimens from Douglas were collected, 

 in 1835, in the interior of the Columbia, and those from Nuttall are from the Wallamet plains. These differ in 

 no respect from the plant long ago figured in the Bot. Mag., and are distinguished from all the preceding 

 by the lower part of the stem and petioles of the leaves being very hirsute, with long, patent, harsh hairs. 

 In habit, and particularly in the shape of the segments of the radical leaves, this approaches most to H. 

 fusca. 



5. H. grandis ; pubescenti-villosa, foliis caulinis inferioribus 4-5-jugis laciniis subalter- 

 nis cuneato-subrolundis 3-5-partitis, lobis cuneato-obovatis incisis terminali alte trifidis, 

 floribus solitariis longe pedunculatis omnibus e dichotomus calycis villosi laciniis acces- 

 soriis ovato-oblongis subtrifklis quam interiores lanceolatas acutas majoribus petala fere 

 duplo superantibus, stipulis pinnatifidis. 



Our specimens are from California. When we compare this with H. Californica, Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnaea, 2. p. 27, we find so many points of resemblance, that we are almost inclined to suppose them the 

 same, and that the present plant may not be completely developed, and therefore not exhibiting the ample 

 panicle described by these authors. The points of resemblance are — 1. Californica, like ours, does not 

 seem to have the flowers capitate, as in all the other species, but has them disposed in " panicula multiflora 

 ampla, basi pluries dichotoma cum alari, apice racemosa." 2. The outer segments of the calyx arc broader and 

 less sharp than the inner, and are usually furnished with a small tooth or incision on one or both sides. 3. The 

 plant is more villous towards the extremity. 4. The leaves are large, and the leaflets, of a similar shape, are 

 few, and somewhat alternate or pseudo-opposite. 5. The calyx is large, and the petals small. — The chief 

 discrepancy lies in the length of the peduncles ; in our plant, those belonging to the lower flowers are up- 

 wards of an inch long, whereas, in H. Californica, they are said to be " sesquilineares, inferiorcs remoti 

 major es." 



1. Acaena pinnatifida. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chit. 1. t. 104. f. 1. — var. y. Hook, et 

 Am. in Bot. Misc. 3. p. 307. 



These specimens of Mr Douglas exactly accord with the var. y. of our Chilian A. pinnatifida, published 

 in the Bot. Miscellany ; and we now doubt very much if the A. trifida, R. et P., be really distinct from it. 

 Our specimens are in very fine condition, but we regret that they do not exhibit the nature of the fruit. 



1. Rosa blanda? Ait. — Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 199? — R. Californicse var. Cham, 

 et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 2. p. 35 ? 



Of the plant which we here refer doubtfully to R. blanda, there is one fine specimen ; but that only in 

 fruit. It appears to belong to a tall and stout growing plant, without any glossiness on its purplish stem 

 and foliage, and every where wholly destitute both of aculei and setae. Leaves closely placed. Leaflets 5-7, 

 oval or obovate, regularly serrated, except at the base, slightly plaited, generally obtuse, glabrous (but not 

 lucid) above, downy, with short soft hairs beneath. Corymb bearing copious flowers. Fruit globose, and, as 

 well as the peduncles, quite smooth and glabrous. Sepals uniform, persistent, spreading, ovato-lanceolatc, 

 much acuminate, downy and slightly glandular, white at the margin. 



