136 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



4. R. prostratum L'Herit. : unarmed ; branches smooth, reclined- 

 prostrate ; leaves lobed, nearly smooth, with the margin ciliate ; ra- 

 cemes somewhat erect, loose ; calyx rather flat ; petals deltoid ; 

 bracts minute ; berries hispid. R . glandulosum Ait. 



HAB. Mountains, N. H. and Penn. May. T?. Shrub 2 3 feet 

 high. Flowers reddish-yellow, in a loose raceme. Berries red. 



5. -R. floridum Wittd. : unarmed ; branches smooth, recurved ; leaves 

 on long petioles, punctate both. sides, acutely 3-lobed, pubescent; ra- 

 cemes pendulous, many-flowered, white pubescent ; calyx tubular ; 

 bracts longer than the pedicels ; berries ovate-globose. R. recurratum 

 Mich. R. pennsylvanicum Lam. 



HAB. Woods and hedges. Can. to Virg. N. to Subarc. Amer. 

 April, May. *?. Shrub 34 feet high. Flowers pale yellow, 

 12 15 in a pendulous raceme. Berries black and insipid. 



Wild Black Currant. 



** Stem thorny. GROSSULARIA. 



6. R. hirtcttum Mich. : spines subaxillary ; branches somewhat his- 

 pid ; leaves small, half 3-cleft ; lobes subdentate ; peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed ; berries smooth. 



HAB. Rocks on the Alleganies, Can. to Vir. May, June. Jj>. 

 Berries red. Pursh. 



7. R. gracile Mick. : spines subaxillary ; leaves on slender petioles, 

 pubescent on both sides ; lobes acute, dentate, incised ; peduncles slen- 

 der, erect, about 2-flowered ; calyx tubular, campanulate ; berries often 

 spiny. 



HAB. Mountains. N. Y. to Car. April June. 1?. NAn/6 

 23 feet high. Petals white. Berries green becoming purple. 



8. /{. triflorum Wittd. : spines subaxillary, short, leaves smooth, 

 3 5-lobed, incisely toothed, on short petioles ; peduncles about 3- 

 flowered ; pedicels elongated ; bracts very short ; petals spatulate, 

 undulate ; styles hairy, exserted, deeply 3-cleft; berries small, smooth. 



HAB. Mountains. N. S. May, June. T?. Shrub 34 feet 

 high. Petals white. Berries smooth, pale red, somewhat re- 

 sembling the common gooseberry. Wild Gooseberry. 



9. R. oxycanthoides Linn. : larger spines subaxillary ; smaller ones 

 scattered over the stem , leaves smooth, somewhat 3-lobed ; lobes den- 

 tate ; peduncles short, about 2-flowered ; berries globose, smooth. 



HAB. Rocks. April, May. T?. Shrub 3 feet high. Flviccn 

 pale yellow. Berries purplish-blue. 



10. R. lacustre Pursh : spines subaxillary, compound ; stem on every 

 part aculeate-hispid ; leaves lobed beyond the middle ; petioles villous ; 

 racemes pendulous, loose, 5 6-flowered ; berries hispid. R. orycan- 

 tkoides var. tacustris Pers. R. oxycanthoides Mich. 



HAB. Mountains. N. H. April June. ^..S'ArwA 3 4 feet 

 high. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. Berries dark brown, his* 

 pid. 



