Purshia
(named after Frederick Pursh, author of "Flora Americae Septentrionalis," 1817). SYNS. Kunzia, Tigarea. ORD. Rosaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a much-branched, hardy, evergreen shrub, with scaly buds. It thrives in a sandy soil. Propagated by cuttings of young shoots, inserted in sand, under a hand light, in early summer. P. tridentata (three-toothed). fl. yellow, terminal, on short peduncles. July. l. obcuneate, tridentate, crowded on the points of the shoots, hairy above, tomentose beneath. h. 2ft. to 3ft. North west America, 1826 (B. R. 1446; H. F. B. A. 58.)