976 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
rant. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 185.) A native of Syria. A shrub, growing from 
4 ft. to 6 ft. high ; flowering in April and May ; introduced in 1824, 
% 14, R.saxa’tive Pall. Therock Currant-like Gooseberry. 
Identification. Pall. Noy. Act. Petr., 10. p. 726. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 185. 
Synonyme. ?R. alpinum Sievers in Pall. Nord. Beytr., 7. p. 345. 
Engraving. Led. Fl. Ross, Alt. lll, t. 239. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles scattered. Leaves roundish-cuneiform, bluntly 
3-lobed. Racemes erect. Bracteas linear, shorter than the pedicels. 
Calyx flat, scabrous. Sepals small, of a livid green colour. Flowers 
small, greenish purple. Petals spathulate. Berries smooth, globose, bract- 
less, dark purple when mature, full of edible pulp, rarely so large as 
common currants, but like them. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 185.) A native of 
Siberia. A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft.; flowering in April 
and May. Introduced in 1819. 
% 15. R. Diaca’nrna L. fil. The twin-prickled Currant-like Gooseberry. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Supp\., p. 157. ; Berlandier in Mém 5 
Soc. Phys. Gen., 3 pars 2. t. 2. f.8.; Dec. Prod., 3. p.479. ; 
Loda. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen., Siipare 2. 6.2 fSe3 
Schmidt Baum., t. 97.; and our fig. 723. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stipular prickles twin. Leaves 
with a disk shorter than the petiole, and 
wedge-shaped, perfectly glabrous, and parted 
into 3 lobes which are dentate. Flowers 
upon long pedicels in long upright racemes. 
Bracteas the length of the flowers. Sepals 
rounded, yellowish. Petals small, roundish. 
Berry ovate or globose, red. (Dec. Prod., 
iii. p. 479.) A native of rocky places in 
Dahuria and Siberia. Introduced in 1781 ; 
growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5ft., and 
flowering in May and June. This is a very 
distinct sort, easily known by its cuneated 
leaves and yellowish flowers. In Messrs. 
Loddiges’s collection there is a fastigiate- 
growing variety. 
% 16. R.Lacu’strE Poir. The lake-side Currant-like Gooseberry. 
Identification. Poir. Encycl. Suppl., 2. p. 856.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 478. 5 Don’s Mill. 3. p. 178. 
Synonymes. ? R. oxyacanthGides Michz. Flor. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111.; A. echinatum Douglas MS. 
Engraving. Our fig. 724. 
Spec. Char., §c. Infra-axillary prickles ma- 
nifold; the stem hispid with minute 
prickles. Leaves Jobed beyond the mid- 
dle; glabrous beneath, rather pilose above. 
Petioles villous. Peduncles ? upright, 
? reflexed, bearing 2—3 flowers upon his- 
pid pedicels. Flowers small, yellowish 
green. Germen hispid. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p- 478.) A native of moist places in 
Canada and Virginia. The flowers are 
those of the currant, and the prickly 
stems those of the gooseberry. The 
fruit is about the size of black currants, 
in pendulous racemes, purplish black, 
shining, clothed with hairs, and unplea- 
sant to the taste. Introduced in 1812; 
growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft., and 
flowering in April and May. (Hook. Fi. 
Bor. Amer.) Sir W. J. Hooker adds that “the R. echinatum of Mr. 
Douglas does not differ in any particular from R, lacistre.” 


