CACTEA, VIII. Rurrsatis. 
joints lateral, crowded, terete, attenuated at both ends, clouded, 
bearing the flowers in the middle ; fascicles of capillaceous bristles 
white or pale, but when old and faded black ; flowers solitary. 
h. D. S. Native of South America. Christy, in bot. mag. 3878. 
C. salicornioides 6, Haw. suppl. p. 83. Joints at the sides of 
the branches numerous, crowded, and nearly erect. Flowers 
solitary, rising from the middle, not from the tops of the joints, 
white. Fruit a white berry, smaller than those of R. Cassytha. 
Fig-marigold-like Rhipsalis. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Sh. 4 ft. 
9 R. parasitica (D. C. prod. 3. p. 476.) plant pendulous, 
branched, glabrous; branches striated, or undulately repand. 
h. D.S. Native of the West India Islands.—Plum. ed. Burm. t. 
197. f. 2. Flowers like those of R. dichétoma. This species is 
hardly known, but distinct from the others in the stem being 
repand in an undulating manner. 
Parasitic Rhipsalis. Shrub 1 foot. 
10 R.? micra’nrua (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 
65. under Céctus) plant glabrous, pendulous, branched ; branches 
with 3-4 angles, or compressedly-2-edged ; flowers rising from 
the angles. h. D. S. Native of Quito, in groves, near Olleros. 
Flowers white, minute. 
Small-flowered Rhipsalis. Shrub 4 foot. 
Cult. This is a genus of singular plants, but without much 
beauty. Being parasites, on trees, they grow best in vegetable 
mould, mixed with a little brick rubbish; and they are easily 
increased by cuttings. 
Orper CXVIII. GROSSULARIE' (this order only con- 
tains the genus Ribes, or gooseberry tribe). D. C. fl. fr. (1804) 
4, p.406. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 58. Berlandier, 
mem. soc. phys. gen. 3. pt. 2. p. 43. t. 1-3. D. C. prod. 3. p. 
477.—Ribésize, Ach. Rich. bot. med. (1823) 2. p. 487.—Genera 
of Cacteze, Juss.—Genus of Saxifrageae, Vent.—Genus of Por- 
tulaceze, Adans. 
Calyx superior (f. 32. d. f. 33. b.); limb 4-5-parted (f. 33.b. 
f. 32. a.), regular, coloured. Petals 5, inserted in the throat of 
the calyx (f. 33. c.), and alternating with its segments, equal. 
Stamens 4-5 (f. 33. c.), very rarely 6, very short, inserted alter- 
nately with the petals, equal; filaments conical or cylindrical, 
distinct ; anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise on the inside ; but 
in the varieties of R. rubrum they burst laterally and trans- 
versely. Ovarium 1-celled, with 2 opposite parietal placentas ; 
ovula numerous. Style one, 2 (f. 32. c. f. 33. e.) -3 or 4-cleft. 
Fruit succulent (f. 32. e.), nearly globose, umbilicate at the apex 
from the permanent calyx (f. 32. d.), 1-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds arillate, suspended by a long filiform podosperm ; outer 
integument gelatinous or juicy, and membranous: under one a 
very thin membrane, adhering closely to the albumen; bluntish 
at the extremity opposite the hylum. Albumen horny, conform- 
ing to the seed, white. Embryo minute, placed at the sharpest 
end of the seed, excentral, with a blunt radicle, which is placed 
next the hilum.—Unarmed or spiny shrubs. Leaves alternate, 
lobed or cut, plaited while in the bud. There is one bractea at 
the base of each pedicel, which is cut more or less, and two 
much smaller ones called bracteoles under each ovarium. Flowers 
greenish, white, yellow or red, very rarely unisexual. 
This order was formerly confounded with Cácteæ : notwith- 
standing the dissimilarity of their appearance they are most 
closely related ; the principal differences between the two orders 
VOL, Il. 
GROSSULARIE. I. Rises. Ea 
are, that in Cácteæ the stamens are indefinite, the seeds without 
albumen, and the calyx and corolla undistinguishable ; while in 
Grossularièæ the stamens are definite, the seeds albuminous, and 
the calyx and corolla distinct. There are spines in both orders, 
and some of the Cactee have distinct leaves. 
The properties of the gooseberry and currant are those of the 
generality of the order, except that in other species a mawkish 
or extremely acid taste is substituted for the refreshing and 
agreeable flavour of the former. Some are emetic. The black 
currant, which is tonic and stimulant, has fragrant glands upon 
its leaves and flowers ; these reservoirs are also found upon some 
other species. 
Turner, 634. 
Malic acid exists in currants and gooseberries. 
I. RIBES (the name of an acid plant mentioned by the Ara- 
bian physicians, which has been discovered to be the Rhéum 
Ribes). Lin. gen. 281. Berlandier, mem. soc. phys. gen. 3. pt. 
2. p. 43. t. 1-3. and D. C. prod. 3. p. 477.—Grossularia, 
Tourn. Gertn. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. 
the order. 
Character the same as 
Sect. I. Grossuxa‘rta (a dim. of grossus, thick ; meaning a 
gooseberry bush ; the species contained in this section all bear 
gooseberries). Ach. Rich. l. c. Berlandier, l. c. t. 1. Stems 
usually prickly (f. 32.). Peduncles 1-2-3-flowered. Calyx more 
or less campanulate (f. 32. a.). Leaves plicate. 
* Flowers greenish. 
1 R. oxyacantuorpes (Lin. spec. 291.) plant prickly and 
bristly, nakedish ; spines 1 or 3, joined at the base ; leaves cor- 
date, 5-lobed, serrated, often pubescent beneath, and on the 
petioles ; peduncles very short, usually 2-flowered ; tube of calyx 
glabrous, hairy inside, with a spreading limb, which is longer 
than the obovate petals; germs and pedicels naked. %. H. 
Native of North America throughout Canada, and as far as the 
Saskatchawan, and of Newfoundland. Berlandier, l.c. t. 1. f. 
1. The shrub varies much in the aculei and spines, in their 
number and colour, and in the more or less dense ramification, 
and pubescence. Mr. Drummond says, the fruit of this species 
is much like the common gooseberry, and is equally agreeable, 
either of a red or green colour. 
Hawthorn-like Gooseberry. Fl. May, June. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 
2 R. seròsum (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1237. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 
1, p. 230.) branches beset with dense bristles ; prickles unequal, 
subulate ; leaves roundish, cordate at the base, pubescent, 3-5- 
lobed, deeply crenated ; peduncles 2-flowered, rather bracteate; 
calyx tubularly campanulate, with the segments linear, obtuse, 
and spreading, twice the length of the petals, which are entire ; 
berries hispid. .H. Native of North America, on the banks 
of the Saskatchawan. 
Bristly Gooseberry. Fl. May, April. 
to 5 feet. 
3 R. rrirLorum (Willd. hort. berol. t. 61.) prickles wanting ; 
spines usually solitary ; leaves cordate, 5-lobed, serrated, gla- 
brous ; peduncles elongated, 2-3-flowered ; tube of calyx nar- 
row, cylindrical, glabrous, with a spreading limb, which after- 
wards becomes reflexed; stamens exserted; ovarium naked. 
h. H. Native of North America, in mountainous situations to 
the west of the Rocky Mountains; and of Pennsylvania. Ber- 
landier, 1. c. t. 1. f. 4. R. stamineum, Horn. hort. hafn. p. 237. 
Berry reddish, glabrous. The species seems to be easily dis- 
tinguished from R. Cynésbati by the constantly smooth fruit, very 
narrow flowers, and exserted stamens, 
Aa 
Clt. 1810. Shrub 4 
