470 ARBORETUM ELT FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
g@ 2. R.sero‘sum Lindl. The bristly Gooseberry. 
Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg.; Hook. Fl. Amer., 1. p. 230.3 
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 177. 
Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1237. ; and our fig. 843. 
Spec. Char.,§c. 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. (Don’s Mill.) A prickly shrub. 
North America, on the banks of the Saskat- 
chawan. ‘Height 4 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in (/'¥ 
1810. Flowers greenish; April and May. BPH, Be sehiunis 
Fruit as in the preceding species. 
a 5. R. rrirto’‘rum IV, The 3-flowered Gooseberry. 
Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 51.; Dec. Prod., 3. 
p 
De 237. 5 Ret majus Hort. aN 
Engravings. Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3, pars 2. t. 1. f.4.5 Spy 
and our fig. 844. 
Spec. Char., $c. Infra-axillary prickles soli- 
tary. Leaves glabrous, 3—5-lobed, incisely 
dentate. Peduncles bearing |—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 R. Cynésbati by its 
. 844. R. triflorum. 
smooth fruit, narrow flowers, and exserted stamens. 
a 4, RB. (7.) ni’veum Lind’, The snowy-flowered Currant-like Gooseberry. 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1692, 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1692.; and our fiz. 845, 
Spec. Char., Sc. 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. Stamens very pro- 
minent, conniving, hairy, 
longer than the style. 
(Lindl.) A prickly shrub. 
North America, on the 
north-west coast. Height 
4ft.to 5ft. Introd. 1826. 
Flowers white, pendulous ; 
April and May. Fruit deep 
rich purple, about the size of the black currant ; ripe in July and August, 
845. A(t.) niveum. 
