510 Account of some new Species of the Genus Ribes. 



on his second voyage with the celebrated Vancouver, in 1792, 

 found it again on various points of the coast of North West 

 America. From that period to 1814, it lay unnoticed in our 

 Herbaria ; when the above-quoted author described it, partly 

 from specimens collected in 1805, by the enterprizing Ame- 

 rican Travellers Lewis and Clarke, during their memorable 

 journey ; and partly from specimens deposited by Mr. 

 Menzies, in the Herbarium of the late Sir Joseph Banks, 

 and that of the British Museum. The species indeed inha- 

 bits a great range of country, but it is always confined to the 

 mountainous districts of the coast, never extending beyond 

 the influence of the sea breeze, having been found from Point 

 Bodago in 38°. to the Straits of Juan de Fuca in 49°. abun- 

 dantly; and, but more sparingly, even as high as 52°. N. 

 Latitude. It usually grows on rocky situations or on the 

 shingly shores of streams, in partially shaded places. It is 

 the most common of its tribe at " Point George," near the 

 confluence of the River Columbia. Whether we consider 

 the delicate tints of its blossoms which appear in March and 

 April, the elegance of its foliage, the facility with which it is 

 increased and cultivated, or its capability of enduring the 

 severest of our winters without the least protection, it may be 

 regarded as one of the finest and most interesting additions 

 that have been made to our shrubberies for many years. If 

 the bushes were planted in soil having a portion of lime- 

 rubbish mixed with it, the blossoms would certainly be more 

 profuse and probably also of a deeper tint ; a circumstance 

 which I have observed to be the case in the limestone districts 

 of its native woods. 



