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1. R. speciosrnn (Pursli) : stem thickly armed witJi bristly prickles, or 

 rarely naked ; sulcixillary .si)iii(-.s 3, united at tlie base ; h-aves rDuriflisli, 3- 

 lobed, glaljroiis ; the lobes short ami obtuse, crenafcly toothed; jw-duiicli's 3— 

 4-flowered, with larne ovate bracts ; calyx tubular, wjmewhat 4-sidfd, deep- 

 ly 4-5-parted, i:laii(iiilar ; petals cuneirorm, as Irjii;^ as the erect calyx-seq- 

 ments; siaiiuns very much exscrted ; style as Ion;; as the stamens, minutely 

 2-cleft at theajKx; ovary and pedicels clotlied with plandular bristles. — 

 Pursh ! ./?. 2. p. 732 ; DC. prodr. 3. p. 47H ; ]Jon, in Br'd.fl. gard. {.scr. 2.) 

 M49 ; LindL. hut. rtg. I. 1557; Hoolc. fif Am.! hot. Becrhcy, suppl. p. 345. 

 R. stamineum, Sniilli ! in Rees cj/clop. ; DC. I. c. p. 477 ; Hook.! jl. Bor.- 

 Am. 1. p. 229. R. fuschioides, Berliindicr, in mcui. soc. Gcnev. 3. t. 3. 



California, Mrnzies ! Douglas! Xuttall ! — Flowers large and showy, 

 bright red, resembling those of Fuchsia. "The trunk about as thick as a 

 man's arm." (yull.) — This singular and beautiful sj)ccies is indicated as a 

 genus by Berlandier. It has recently been taken up by Spach (in Suites d 

 Buffon) and adopted by Endlicher, chiefly on account of its f<.-w-seeded 

 berry. The ovary is said by tJie latter authors to bear about three ovules 

 upon each placenta in a single series. We find however from 8 to 12 upon 

 each placenta disposed in two rows. 



§ 2. Stems usual! ij armed with subaxillary spines, and often prickly : leaves 

 plicate in vernation : peduncles \-2-jlffivered : calyx more or less campanu- 

 late: ovules very numerous, in several rows: berries often prickly. — Gros- 

 SULARIA, A. Richaid. {Gooseberry) 



2. R. Menziesii (Pursh) : stems prickly (or naked) ; subaxillary spines 3 ; 

 leaves cordate, 5-lobed, incisely serrate, veiny and rugose, tomenlose-pubes- 

 cent beneath ; peduncles 1-2-flowered, as long as the leaf; calyx cylindrical- 

 campanulate, deeply 5-cleft, glandular ; the segments spreading ; stamens 5, 

 included ; stylb a little exsertcd, 2-cleft ; ovary and pedicels clothed with 

 glandular bristles ; fruit densely ecliinate. — Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 132 ; DC. I.e.; 

 Hook.! Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 220,^ S^ in hot. Beechey, p. 141 4-345. R. ferox, 

 Smith, I. c; DC. I.e. 



California, Menzies, Douglas! Nuttall! — Flowers large, red or deep rose- 

 color. — Our specimens from Douglas's Califoniian Collection, as well as those 

 from Mr. Nuttall, have not prickly branches : but neither the prickles nor 

 the spines aflbrd constant characters in this genus. 



3. R. suhvestitum (Hook. & Am.): branches very bristly; subaxillary 

 spines 3-4, slender ; leaves cordate, roundish, 3— 5-lobed, incisely crenate, 

 slightly hairy above, the lower surface, as well as the petioles, peduncles 

 and calyx, glandularly pubescent ; ])eduncles 1-3-flowered ; bracts roundish, 

 sheathing ; tube of the calyx cylindrical-campanulate, longer than the very 

 glandular ovary, and shorter tlian the oblong at length rellexed segments ; 

 stamens twice as long as tlae petals, and shorter than the simple (rarely 2- 

 clefl, ex Hook.) glabrous style. — Hook. Hf Am. ! I. c. 



Ccdifornia, JJouglas! — A fine sjiecies, with flowers half an inch in length; 

 the segments of the calyx briglit purple on the inside : the half-grown fruit is 

 very glandular and hirsute. The anthers are large and mucronate. 



4. R. Cynosbati (Linn.): stems either unarmed or prickly; subaxillary 

 spines 1-3 ; leaves cordate, roundish, 3-5-lobed, more or less pubescent, the 

 lobes incisely serrate ; peduncles slender, 2-3-flowered, the pedicels divari- 

 cate ; tube of the calyx cjiindrical, very broad and short, slightly contracted 

 at the mouth ; the segments at length reflexed, shorter than the tube, longer 

 than the obovate petals ; stamens and styles slightly included ; style undi- 



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