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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BIUTANNICUM. 



843. R. setosum. 



tt 2. R. sETo'suai Lindl. The bristly Gooseberry. 



Identification. Lindl. Dot. Reg. ; Hook. Fl. Amer., 1. p. 230. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 177. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1237. ; and our fig. 843. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches beset with dense bristles. 

 Prickles unequal, subulate. Leaves roundish, 

 cordate at the base, pubescent, 3 5-lobecl, 

 deeply crenated. Peduncles 2-flowered, some- 

 times bracteate. Calyx tubularly campanulate, 

 with the segments linear, obtuse, and spreading, 

 twice the length of the petals, which are entire. 

 Berries hispid. (Don's Mill.) A prickly shrub. 

 North America, on the banks of the Saskat- 

 chawan. Height 4ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 

 1810. Flowers greenish ; April and May. 

 Fruit as in the preceding species. 



j 3. R. TRIFLO V RUM W. The 3-flowered Gooseberry. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 51.; Dec. Prod., 3. 



p. 479. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 177. 

 Synonymes. R. stamineum Horn. Enum. Hort. Hqfn. 



p. 237. ; R t. majus Hort. 

 Engravings. Mem. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. 1. f. 4. ; 



and our fig. 844. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Infra-axillary prickles soli- 

 tary. Leaves glabrous, 3 5-lobed, incisely 

 dentate. Peduncles bearing 1 3 flowers. 

 Pedicels long. Bracteas membranaceous, 

 sheathing. Calyx tubularly bell-shaped. Pe- 

 tals spathulately obcordate. Berries reddish, 

 glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A prickly shrub. 

 North America. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1812. Flowers whitish ; April and 

 May. Fruit reddish, glabrous ; ripe in July 

 and August. 



Easily distinguished from R. fynosbati by its 

 smooth fruit, narrow flowers, and exserted stamens. 



^ 4. R. (T.) NI'VEUM Lindl. The snowy-flowered Currant-like Gooseberry. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1. 1692. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1692. ; and our fig. 845. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches 

 prickly, the prickles soli- 

 tary, or in pairs, or in 

 threes. Leaves glabrous, 

 roundish, entire at the 

 base, having in the out- 

 ward part 3 blunt lobes 

 that are crenately cut. 

 Flowers about 2 together, 

 on peduncles. Sepals re- 

 flexed. Stamens very pro- 

 minent, conniving, hairy, 

 longer than the style. 

 (Lindl.'} A prickly shrub. 

 North America, on the 

 north-west coast. Height 

 4ft. to 5ft. Introd. 1826. 

 Flowers white, pendulous ; 

 April and May. Fruit deep 

 rich purple, about the size of the black currant ; ripe in July and August. 



845. R. (t.)niveum. 



