268 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ribes. 



Floiuers small, greenish yellow. Berries red. Ph. 

 Hab. On the Catskill Mountains, New-York. April— May. 

 F urs h. 



3. R. trijidum M i c h.: leaves moderately lobed, smooth 

 above, pubescent beneath ; racemes loose, pubescent ; flowers 

 rather flat, with the segments of the calyx subtrifid ; petals 

 spathulate, obtuse; berries hairy. M ic h. Fl. l.ip. 110. 

 Pursh Fi.l.p. 163. R o e m. ir S c hull. V. p. 494. 



Branches weak. Leaves with subacute lobes. Flowers smaller 

 than in R. rubrum. Calyx pale green. Petals purple, spathu- 

 late, round obtuse. Berries red. Mi c h. 



Hab. On the mountains of Pennsylvania. April — May. Pursh. 



A. R. rigens M i c h. : branches straight ; leaves acutely 

 lobed and dentate, reticulate-rugose, pubescent beneath ; ra- 

 cemes rather loose, many-flowered, becoming stiffly erect ; 

 berries hispid. Mich. FL I. p. 110. Pursh Fl. I. p. 

 163. /?oem. 4' ScAifZ^ V. p. 294. 



Branches ash-coloured. Leaves on long petioles, about 5-lobed, 

 slightly ciliate. Racemes 6 — 10-flowered; fiedicels and short 

 subulate brads hispid. Calyx- purple ; segments obovate, ob- 

 tuse. Corolla purple. Style deeply 2-parted. Berries red, 

 glandularly hispid. 



Hab. On mountains in Williamstown, Sec, Massachusetts. 

 May. Dewey. On the Pennsylvania Mountains. Pursh. 



5. R. prostratum PHerif.: branches reclined-pros- 

 trate ; leaves lobed, smoothish; the younger ones pubescent; 

 branches somewhat erect; calyx rather flat ; petals deltoid ; 

 bracts minute; berries hispid. Pursh FL I. p. 163. 

 PHerit. Stirp. I. p. 3. i. 2, Roem. ir Schult. V. p. 

 495. R. glandidosum A i L Kew. I. p. 279. Willd. Spec. 

 i. p. 1154. 



A shrub 2 — 3 feet high ; branches smooth. Leaves 5-lobed, 

 nearly smooth, with acute toothed lobes ; margin slightly ci- 

 liate. Race?nes evect, loose, 8 — 10-flowered ; /jerf/ce/s glan- 

 dularly hispid ; bracts very short. Calyx flat ; segments 

 broad, rounded. Stigma deeply 2-parted. Berries red, his- 

 pid. 



Hab. On the West River Mountain, New-Hampshire, among 

 rocks. May. Hitchcock. Pennsylvania. Pursh. 



I am doubtful whether the plant above described is the R. 

 prostratum of I' Her i tier and P Mr*/;. The North-Ame- 

 rican species of this genus are far from being accurately de- 

 termined, and I regret not having the means of making them 

 better known. 



