By Mr. David Douglas. 



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The Society received seeds of this plant from me in October 

 1826, which I forwarded across the continent of America. 

 The bushes were planted in open borders in the spring of 

 1828, and last April they blossomed in great profusion, though 

 scarcely two years old. 



2. R. viscosissimum: inermc, pilis viscidis tectum, foliis cordatis obtuse trilobis 

 serratis rugosis, racemis laxis folio longioribus, calycibus tubulato-ventricosis : 

 laciniis lanceolatis patentibus undulatis, petalis ovatis integerrimis, bract eis pcrsis- 

 tentibus lineari-spatulatis pedicello duplo longioribus, baccis turbinatis hirsutis, 

 R. viscosissimum. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sep. 1, p. 163. 

 This is a large branching bush, six to eight feet high, with 

 perfectly smooth dark-red bark; the viscid glandular pu- 

 bescence which clothes the young shoots, like the preceding, 

 (R. sanguineum), disappears with the white, thin, deciduous 

 bark in spring. The leaves are heart shaped, three-lobed, ser- 

 rated on the edges, rugose and veiny, three and a half inches 

 in length, two and a half in breadth, on footstalks of nearly 

 equal length, every where clothed with a copious, clammy 

 glandular pubescence, which emits, when touched, a peculiar 

 scent, like that of old apples. The fiowerstalks are lax, 

 nearly double the length of the leaves, equally pubescent and 

 glutinous. The calyx is tubular, short, swollen or ventricose 

 in the middle, with lanceolate, spreading, and somewhat 

 waved segments, of a faint yellow colour, fragrant. The petals 

 are ovate, white, one third shorter than the limb of the calyx 

 and of the same length with the stamens. Style slightly 

 cloven. The berry is turbinate, the fourth of an inch long, 

 hairy, dark brown or black, with a thick tough skin. Like 

 J?, sanguineum, the seeds are small, very numerous, adhering 

 together by a small quantity of colourless slimy fluid, having 



