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i 13. R. Menzie^s// Ph. Menzies's Gooseberry 



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



Si/iwiii/>m. R. fdrox Smith in Rccs's Cycl. 



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



Spec. Clinr., S:c. Very prickly. Spines 3-partite. Leaves 

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

 from vein.s, clothed with pubescence beneath. Peduncles 

 usually 1-flowered. Calyx cylindrically campanulate, deeply 

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

 exserted. (iermens and peduncles prickly. (Do7i'.s Mi//.) 

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

 nidad. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1830. Flowers 

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

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



i R. viicrophj/lhim H. B. et Kunth is a native of the moun- g^^^ ^_ Menziesrt 



I 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. 



I ii. Botrycarpum Dec. 



i 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 Mill., iii. p. 185.) Plants intermediate between 



gooseberries and currants. 



The Eastern Currant-like Gooseberry. 



185. 



856, A orientale. 



^ 14. R. orienta'le Pair. 



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

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



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

 lobed, somewhat reniformly orbicular, cut, hairy ; lobes 

 rather deep, obtuse. Petioles hairj'. Racemes erect- 

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

 Style bifid at the apex. Flowers greenish yellow. Fruit 

 Ike those of the currant, (Do?i'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 

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

 species, 



at 15, R. saxa'tile Pa/l. The rock Currant-like Gooseberry. 



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

 Synoni/me. ?I{. alplnum Sievers in Pall. Nord. Bcytr. 7. p. 345. 

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



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

 forni, bluntly 3-lobed, Racemes erect. Bracteas linear, shorter 



I than the pedicels. Calyx flat, scabrous. Sepals small, of a livid 

 i,'reen colour. Flowers small, greenish purj)le. Petals spathu- 

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

 mature, full of edible pulp, rarely so large as conniion currants, 

 but like them. {Bon's Mill.) A bushy shrub. Siberia. Height 

 4 h. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flov/ers small, greenish 



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



I ^ 16. 22. Diaca'ntha L,//, The twin-prickled O/rranif-Me Gooseberry. 



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

 I M.ngravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 97. ; and our fig. 858. 



S57. R. saxatile. 



