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dfe 13. R. MENZIE'S// Ph. Menzies's Gooseberry. 



Identification. Pursh Sept., 2. App. p. 732. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 185. 



Synonyme. R. fdrox Smith in Rees's Cycl. 



Engraving. Our Jig. 855. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Very prickly. Spines 3-partite. Leaves 

 cordate, truncate at the base, 5-lobed, serrated, wrinkled 

 from veins, clothed with pubescence beneath. Peduncles 

 usually 1 -flowered. Calyx cylindrically campanulate, deeply 

 5-parted, glandular. Stamens 5, enclosed. Style a little 

 exserted. Germens and peduncles prickly. (Don's Mill.} 

 A very prickly shrub. North California and at Port Tri- 

 nidad. Height 4 ft. to oft. Introduced in 1830. Flowers 

 bright red or crimson, glandular, as showy as in the pre- 

 ceding species ; May and June. Fruit red ; ripe ?. 



855. ft. iVienziesii. 



R. microphyllum H. B. et Kunth is a native of the moun- 

 tains of Mexico, at an elevation of 4200 ft., with the leaves 

 small and nearly reniform, and the peduncles very short and 2-flowered. It 

 grows to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. 



ii. Botrycarpum Dec. 



Sect. Char. Fruit disposed in racemes ; the plants having the prickles of the 

 preceding section (Grossularia), and the racemose flowers of the following 

 section (Ribesia). (Don's Mil/., iii. p. 185.) Plants intermediate between 

 gooseberries and currants. 



& 14. R. ORIENT A V LE Poir. The Eastern Currant-like Gooseberry. 



Identification. Poir. Encycl. Suppl., 2. p. 856. ; Desf. Arb., 2. p. 88. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 185. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 856. from a living specimen in the Birmingham Botanic Garden . 



Spec. Char., $c. Plant rather prickly. Leaves 3 5- 

 lobed, somewhat reniformly orbicular, cut, hairy ; lobes 

 rather deep, obtuse. Petioles hairy. Racemes erect- 

 ish, few-flowered. Bracteas longer than the flowers. 

 Style bifid at the apex. Flowers greenish yellow. Fruit 

 Ike those of the currant. (Don's Mill.) A vigorous- 

 growing shrub. Syria. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1824. Flowers greenish yellow ; April and May. 

 Fruit red ; ripe in September. 

 The plant in the Birmingham Botanic Garden does ssc. . orientate. 



not agree altogether with the description, and may possibly be some other 



species. 



& 15. R. SAXA'TILE Pall. The rock Currant-like Gooseberry. 



Identification. Pall. Nov. Act. Petr., 10. p. 726. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 185. 

 Synonyme. ?R. alplnum Sievers in Pall. Nord. Beytr. 7. p. 345. 

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. 111., t. 239. ; and our fig. 857. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Prickles scattered. Leaves roundish-cunei- 

 form, 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 spathu- 

 late. Berries smooth, globose, bractless, dark purple when 

 mature, full of edible pulp, rarely so large as common currants, -. 

 but like them. (Don's Mill.} A bushy shrub. Siberia. Height 

 4ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers small, greenish 

 purple ; April and May. Fruit dark purple ; ripe in August. 



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16. R. DIACA'NTHA L.fil. The twin-prickled Currant-like Gooseberry. 



Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., p. 157. ; Dec. Prod., 3 p. 479. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 97. ; and our fig. 858. 



