1 8 ED. SPACH. — Revîsto Grossulariearum. 



accedunt Fuchsieis , ut jam optime monuit cl. Lindley; sane au- 

 tem Cactese et Cucurbitaceœ discrepant. 



SECTIO I. 



Flores subirregulares ^ stylo declinato. 

 Chrysobotrya Nob. 



Calycis tubus elongatus, subcylindraceus, ovario angustior, 

 post anthesin arcuatiis; limbi segmenta patentia v. revoluta , in- 

 œqualia. Petala segmentis calycinis diiplo breviora, staminibus 

 sublongiora, erecta, spathulaîa, marginibus imbricata. Stamina 

 erecta, calycis fauci inserta; antherse oblongse , apiculata?, fîla- 

 mento subsequilongse. Stylus indivisus, declinatus, glaber, 

 petala paulo superans. Stigmata 2 , subreniformia. Semina oblon- 

 ga, subteretia. 



Frutices inermes. Folia auctumno purpurascentia : juuiora 

 granulis resinosis fugacibus pulverulenta ; ramulorum inferiora 

 triloba; summa ( omniaque plantarum juniorum surculorumve 

 radicalium) palmata, sœpissime 5-fida^ petioUs sœpe pilis longis 

 sparsis plus minusve ciliatis ; floralia ramulariaque infima bre- 

 •vissime lobata, v. indivisa ^ petiolis margine alato-membranaceis. 

 Racemi penduli, multiflori, subsessiles, solitarii. Bracleœ pedi- 

 cellis longiores, subpersistentes, foliaceœ, integerrimse , demum 

 recurvœ. Bracleolœ nullae. Flores liermaphroditi , speciosi , fra- 

 grantissimi. Calyx intense citrinus. Petala filamentaque sub 

 anthesi citrina, dennum purpurascentia. Antlierœ luteœ, post 

 anthesin arcuatœ. Baccae glabrse , lœvigatae. Semina lutea. 



Species très nobis notœ , Americse boreali-occidentalis incolae , 

 frequentissimè in nostratium hospitantur hortis, nec raro pro- 

 miscue Rihes aureum salutantur, quœ species Purshianadelenda, 

 quum , monente cl. Lindleyo, e confusione Chrjsobotryœ revo- 

 lutce Nob. et Chi\ Lindleyanœ J^oh. orta sit. 



