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Ord. XXIL CAPRIFOLIACE^. Jmss. 
1. Lonicera c^7^os« ; volubilis, ramis superioribus hinc hu’sutis, foliis coriaceis reticulatis 
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, FI. Am. v. \. 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 remai’kable for 
the hairs which clothe only one side, the other being glabrous, or nearly so. These hairs are coarse and 
rigid, and stOl more so upon the peduncle and among the flowers, which are truly hispid; they are generally 
terminated by a minute gland. The coroUa 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 Ledehourii; 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. Petersh. 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 involucraturn 
of Dr. Richardson, with considerable hesitation. That our plant is the same with L. Ledehourii 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 assiwedly 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 eveiy 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. 1179, is equally 
characteristic of both these. In our plant, and probably in the L. involucrata also, the two inner bractese 
are hardly visible till the fruit advances to maturity, when they become remarkably large and enclose the 
fruit. 
1. Symphoricai-pus racemosus. Mich. FI. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 107. De Cand. Pr.odr. v. 4. 
p. 339. — Symphoria racemosa. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. \. p. 162. Sims, in Bot. Mag. t. 2211. 
This is likewise gathered, by Mr. Douglas and Dr. Scouler, at the mouth of the Columbia, and likewise 
at Nootka. 
Ord. XXIII. RUBIACE^. Juss. 
1. Galium ? 
Of this genus, or of Rubia, 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. ElilCEiE. Juss. 
1. Arbutus Menziesii; arborescens, foliis lato-ovalibus integerrimis glabris, petiolis 
longis, racemis axillaribus et terminalibus paniculatis densifloris. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. \.p. 282. 
