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together, on peduncles. 
Sepals reflexed. Stamens 
very prominent, conniving, 
hairy, longer than the style. 
(Lindley in Bot. Reg., t- 
1692.) A shrub, growing 
to the height of 4 ft. or 
5 ft. ; a native of the north- 
west coast of North Ame- 
rica; whence seeds were 
sent to the London Horti- 
cultural Society, by Mr. 
Douglas, in 1826. The bush 
bears some similarity to 
R.triflorum ; but the berry 
of R. niveum is about the 
size of that of the black 
currant, and of the same 
deep rich purple. It resembles a small smooth gooseberry ; “ but its flavour 
is very different: it is entirely destitute of the flatness which is more or less 
perceptible in even the best gooseberries; in lieu of which it has a rich sub- 
acid, vinous, rather perfumed, flavour, which is extremely agreeable. The 
fruit is rather too acid to be eaten raw; but, when ripe, it makes delicious 
tarts, and would, probably, afford an excellent means of improving the com- 
mon gooseberry by hybridising.”’ (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., Aug. 1834.) R. ni- 
veum, apart from these considerations (which, however, will probably lead 
to its culture in the kitchen-garden), is, from its white pendulous flowers, 
a valuable addition to our ornamental hardy shrubs. 

w 5. R.(t.) Cyno’spati L. The Dog-Bramble Gooseberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 292. ; Mill. Dict., No. 5. ; Berlandier in Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. 
t. 1. f. 5.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 178. 
Synonyme. AH. ? trifldrum var. 
Engravings. Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. 1. f. 3. ; and our fig. 719. 
Spec.Char.,§c. Infra-axillary prickles 
1—2. Leaves 3—4-lobed, softly 
pubescent. Peduncles bearing 2— 
3 flowers. Calyxes campanulately 
cylindrical. Petals small, much 
shorter than the stigmas and sta~- 
mens. Style simple, toward the 
middle hairy, rarely glabrous. Berry 
prickly. A native of mountains 
in Canada, on the authority of 
Pursh : and of Japan, on the au- 
thority of Thunberg. (Dec. Prod., 
ili. p. 479.) It hardly differs from 
R. divaricatum, except in the 
broader tube of the corolla, and the 
shorter stamens. (Don’s Mill., iii. 
p. 178.) It was introduced in 1759. Grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., 
and produces its flowers in April. There are two varieties: one with 
whitish flowers, and smooth fruit; and the other with prickly branches 
and fruit, and flowers pubescent and purplish. The former is a native of 
Hudson’s Bay ; and the latter, about Lake Huron. 

z 6. R. (v.) DivARica‘TUM Doug. The spreading-branched Gooseberry. 
Identification. Doug). in Bot. Reg., t. 1359.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 178. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. R. ? triflorum var.; A. ? Grossularia var. trifldya subvar, 
Engravings. Bot. Reg. t. 1359.; and our fig. 720. 
