work in 1814, under the name of R. speciosum; an oversight 

 not confined to this species alone, but connected with others 

 of the same nature, which form part of one of his communi- 

 cations to the Encyclopaedia of Dr. Rees. It is not sur- 

 prising that these errors should all have been copied by 

 M. Berlandier in De Candolle's Prodromus. 



The number of stamens in this species appears variable : 

 in Mr. Don's account of it, above quoted, it is said to be 

 four ; but we find it in the specimens now before us quite 

 as frequently five ; so that there is nothing whatever to 

 distinguish this as a section in the genus Ribes. 



If one of those ingenious gentlemen who write Alphabets 

 of Science were told that the Gooseberry and the Fuchsia 

 are nearly related to each other, we have no doubt he 

 would think the approximation quite as absurd as that of 

 the nettle and the fig. We are certainly not disposed to 

 waste arguments upon such a subject ; but we should think 

 that to most persons the production of this species would 

 be sufficient to prove a point which no Botanist would think 

 for a moment of disputing. 



J. L. 



