Ribes.] GROS SUL ARIE^. 23 1 



Had, Canada, Michaux. Mrs. Percival. Mrs, Sheppard, Mr. Cleghom. /3, Hudson*s Bay. Dr. 

 Richardson, y. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. — The figure of Jacquin well accords with my specimen received 

 from Canada; but then some of the germens and young fruit, on the same individual specimens, are clothed 

 with setse, while others are destitute of them ; thus, except in the broader tube of the corolla, if that be 

 a constant cliai*acter, and the shorter stamens, it scarcely differs from the following-. 



7. R, divaricatwn ; ramis divaricatis setosis demum nudis, spinis 1-3 axilluribus deflexis 

 grossis, foliis subrotundis 3-lobis inciso-dentatis nervosis glabris, pedimculis 3-floris nutanti- 

 bus, calyce infundibulifonni, laciniis demum pateutibus tubo duplo longioribus, stylo 

 staminibusque exsertis, baccis glabris. Dough in Hort Trans, v. T. p. 515. Bot, Reg, 

 t 1359. 



Hab, a coimuon bush on the banks of streams near Indian villages, on the North -West coast of 

 America, from 45°. to 52°. north lat. Douglas. Scouler. — Mr. Douglas has observed that this ranks systema- 

 tically next to R. triftorvm^ and indeed some of the wild specimens I can scarcely, if at all, distinguish 

 from that species, M'hile other wild ones have, like those in cultivation at the Ilorticultuiul Society's Garden, 

 flowers twice or tluloe as large, and spines uuder the gemmae, which are remarkably large and stout, quite 

 unlike those of any species with which I am acquainted. Berry black, smooth and sphairical, one third of an 

 inch in diameter, pleasant to the taste. — I have good reason for supposing, that in different soils and situations, 

 this and all the other American individxials of the present groupe, vary exceedingly; and it is hardly possible to 

 define their limits in words. 



8. R. irriguum ; aculeis axillaribus ternis, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis dentatis ciliatis 

 utrinque pilosis nervosis, pedunculis trifloris glanduloso-pilosis, calycibus campanulatis, 

 laciniis linearibus tubum aequantibus, baccis glabris. DougL in HorL Trans, v. 7. p, 516. 



Hab. Moist mountain-rocks, near springs and streams on the Blue Mountains, in lat. 46°. 33'., and on 

 the hanks of the Spokan River, North -West America. Douglas. — Berries sphserical, half an inch in diameter, 

 smooth, juicy, well-flavoured. I onlypossessa native specimen of this in fruit: and judging from the foliage 

 and spines, and from the withered calyx, as well as from the berry, it seems to me that it is closely allied to, 

 if not the same as, R. triflontm, 



9. R. saxosum; cauls inermi rarius aculeato, spinis nullis vel solitariis binisve, foliis 

 cordatis 5-lobis serratis glabriusculis, pedunculis brevissimis deflexis 1-2-floris, ciilycis glabri 

 tubo campamdato, laciniis patentibus demum reflexis corolla duplo longioribus stamina 

 subfequantibus, germine nudo. — R. saxatile. DougL MSS, apud HorL Soc. Lond, (non 

 Pall,)~R, triflorum. BigeL FL BosL ed, 2, p, 90. 



' Hab. Common on the undulating grounds of the interior among stones, (N. W. Amer. V) Douglas. Lake 

 Huron. Dr. Todd. Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson. Mr. Drummond. — This has the same short peduncles 

 as R. oxyacandioideSt but a very different and more campanulate calyx; in the latter respect coming near 

 R. Cmosbati. It is probably not uncommon in North America, and may have been confounded with some 

 already described species, or it may itself belong to the following species of this groupe, which seems to be 

 scarcely known except to Michaux, and on account of the vagueness of his character, not to be determined, 

 except by reference to his Herbarium, if indeed it exists there. I have received it from Dr. Boott, gathered 

 near Boston, under the name of /i. triflorum^ and hence, as well as from Dr. Bigelow's description, 1 suspect it 

 to be the pkint of the Flomla Bostoniensis : where the fruit is described its resembling a common Gooseberry. 



10. R. hirtellum; spimda subaxillari, ramis breviter rariterque hispidulis, foliis parvis 

 semitrifidLs lobis paucidentatis, pedunculis unifloris, bacca glabra rubra. Mich. Anu v. L p. 



