470 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



g 2. R. SETO^suM Li7idL Tlie bristly Gooseberry. 



Jdentification. LiniU. Bot. Keg. ; Hook. Fl. Amer., 1. p. 230. ; 



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

 Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1237. ; and ourjf;;. 843. 



Spec. Char.fSfc. Branches beset with dense bristles. 

 Prickles unequal, subulate. Leaves roundish, 

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

 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. {Dons Mill.) A prickly shrub. 

 North America, on the banks of the Saskat- 

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

 1810. Flowers greenish ; April and May. 



Fruit as in the preceding species. 



S45. R. setosuni. 



Identification. 



3. R. TRIFLO^RUM 



Willd. Enum., l.p. 51. ; 



^jjnonymes. R. 

 II. 237. : R 



W. The .3-flowered Gooseberry. 



Dec. Prod., 3. 

 Hajn, 



stamineuni Horn. Enum. Hort. 

 t. majus Hort. 

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

 and OUT Jig. 844. 



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

 tary. Leaves glabrous, 3 o-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 li. C'ynosbati by its 

 smooth fruit, narrow flowers, and exserted stamens. 



R. trifl6runi. 



li 



4. R. (t.) ni'veum Lindl. 



The snowy-floivered Currant-lUce Gooseben 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1C92. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1692.; and our./??. S4.5. 



Spec. Char., c')-c. 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. !?tan]ens very prc- 

 minent, conniving, hairy, 

 longer than the styk'. 

 (Lindl.) A prickly slu'ub. 

 North America, on the 

 north-west coast. Heiijht 

 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introd. 1826. 

 Flowers white, pendulous ; 

 April and May. Fruit deep 

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



S45. li. (t.) nivt'uiij. 



