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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



TART III. 



rant. (Doit's Mill., iii. p. 185.) A native of Syria. A shrub, growing from 

 4 ft. to 6 ft. liigh ; flowering in April and May ; introduced in I8-2+.'' 

 S6 l^. R. saxx'tile Pall. The rock Currant-like Gooseberry. 



Identification. Pall. Nov. Act Petr., 10. p. 756. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 185. 

 Synonyme. ? li alplnum Sievers in Pall. Nurd. Bcytr., 7. p. 345. 

 Engraving. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. Ill, t. 239. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Prickles scattered. Leaves roundish-cuneiform, bluntly 

 3-lobed. Racemes erect. Bracteas linear, shorter than tlie 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 lar»e as 

 common currants, but like them. (Bon's Mill., iii. p. 185.) A native of 

 Siberia. A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft. ; flowerin" in April 

 and May. Introduced in 1819. ^ ' 



* 15. R. Diaca'ntha L.fil. The twin-prickled Cnrrant-U/ce Gooseberry. 



Ideniijiration. Lin. fil. Supp\.,p. 1;77. ; Berlaniiicr in Mem 



See. Plivs. Gen., 3 pars 2. t. 2. f. 8. ; Dw. Protl., 3. p. 479. : 



Lodd. Cat., ed. 1H3G. 

 Engravings. Mcin. Sw. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t 2. f. 8. ; 



Schmidt Baum., t. 97. ; and out fig. 723. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 j 

 growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft., 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. 7^ L.tcu'sTRE Poir. The Vakc-side Currant-like Gooseberry. 



Idcntificalion. Poir. Encycl. Suppl., 2. p. R56. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 478. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 

 Synotiymes. ? li. oxyacantlioidcs Mic/iz. Flor. Bor. Amcr., 1. p. 111. ; R. cchinitura Douglas MS. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 724. 



Spec. Char., c^c. Infra-axillary prickles ma- 

 nifold ; the stem hispid with minute 

 prickles. Leaves lobed bejond 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., iii. 

 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. Fl. 

 Bor. Amcr.) Sir W. J. Hooker adds that " the R. echinatum of Mr. 

 Douglas docs not differ in any particular from R. lacustre." 



