THE FUCHSIA-FLOWERED) GOOSEBERRY 447 



thick and shining, nearly evergreen in its native habitat, three - 

 lobed, with coarse rounded serrations, roundish or wedge-shaped 

 at base. Flowers borne on slender, hanging peduncles, 2-4 on 

 each, drooping, petiole and calyx tube densely covered with short 

 grandular tipped hairs; calyx cylindraceous %-% of an 

 inch (12-20 mm.) long; stamens extending % of an inch 

 (20 mm.) beyond the calyx, both bright red, giving some 

 resemblance to a fuchsia; anthers very short, berry prickly, dry, 

 few seeded. 



Original distribution. The Pacific coast region, extending from 

 California into British Columbia. 



This species is distinct from all other members of the genus, 

 owing to its long red flowers. It seems to have renounced the 

 quiet dress of its ancestors and to have become imbued with the 

 spirit of display so common among plants in the region of the 

 Golden Gate. In spite of its beauty it has received little recog- 

 nition as an ornamental. It deserves a place in ornamental col- 

 lections wherever it will thrive. 



2. R. MENZIESII, Pursh. (Fig. 81.) 



Stems 5-10 feet (15-30 decimeters) high, branches naked 

 or densely covered with fine slender bristles, grandular-tipped 

 when young, young twigs and petioles also pubescent; thorns 

 usually triple, very long and slender pointed, the central one 

 reaching % of an inch (20 mm.) in length. Leaves soft pubes- 

 cent beneath, seldom or never viscid, 3-5 lobed, the lobes crenu- 

 late toothed and incised; peduncles 1-2 flowered; calyx purplish 

 red, %-/ inch (10-13 mm. ) long, pubescent on the outside, its 

 lobes exceeding the funnel-shaped tube, recurved or spreading at 

 maturity; petals thickish, truncate involute, whitish, reaching 

 the base of the white anthers; berry % of an inch (10 mm.) in 

 diameter, densely covered with long and slender straw-colored 

 bristles. 



Distribution. Northern California and Oregon. 



The species has little to recommend it for cultivation. The 

 fruit, though of good size, is said to be dry, and is too prickly to 

 be of value. 



3. K. SUBVESTITUM, Hook. & Arn. (Fig. 82.) 



Tall, open shrub, 5-10 feet (15-30 decimeters) high, 

 branches rather stiff and upright, sparsely beset with slender 

 prickles and short glandular -tipped hairs, thorns triple or even 

 quadruple, long and slender; leaves roundish, less deeply lobed 

 than in the preceding species, bearing short stalked glands both 



