XXXII]. GROSSULA CEE: RI BES. 475 
s& 13. R. Menzie‘szr Ph. Menzies’s Gooseberry. 
Identification. Pursh Sept., 2. App. p. 732.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 185. 
Synonyme. R. ferox Smith in Rees’s Cycl. 
Engraving. Our fig. 855, from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., &c. Very prickly. Spines 3-partite. Leaves 
cordate, truncate at the base, 5-lobed, serrated, wrinkled 
from veins, clothed with pubescence beneath. Peduncles 
usually 1-flowered. Calyx cylindrically campanulate, deeply 
5-parted, glandular. Stamens 5, enclosed. Style a little 
exserted. Germens and peduncles prickly. (Don’s Mill.) 
A very prickly shrub. North California and at Port Tri- 
nidad. Height 4 ft.to 5ft. Introduced in 1830. Flowers 
bright red or crimson, glandular, as showy as in the pre- 
ceding species ; May and June. Fruit red; ripe ?. 
R. microphyllum H. B. et Kunth is a native of the moun- 455, p, arenzivsii. 
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. 
§ ii. Botrycdrpum Dec. 
Sect. Char. Fruit disposed in racemes; the plants having the prickles of the 
preceding section (Grossularia), and the racemose flowers of the following 
section (Ribésia). (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 185.) Plants intermediate between 
gooseberries and currants. 7 
& 14. R. onrenta‘Le Poir, The Eastern Currant-like Gooseberry. 
Identification. Poir. Encycl. Suppl., 2. p. 856. ; Desf. Arb., 2. p.88.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 185. 
Engraving. Our fig. 856. from a living specimen in the Birmingham Botanic Garden. 
Spec. Char., §c. Plant rather prickly. Leaves 3—5- 
lobed, somewhat reniformly orbicular, cut, hairy ; lobes 
rather deep, obtuse. Fetioles hairy. Racemes erect- 
ish, few-flowered. Bracteas longer than the flowers, 
Style bifid at the apex. Flowers greenish yellow. Fruit 
Ike those of the currant. (Don’s Mill.) A vigorous- 
growing shrub. Syria. Height 4 ft. to 6ft. Intro- 
duced in 1824. Flowers greenish yellow ; April and May. 
Fruit red; ripe in September. 
The plant in the Birmingham Botanic Garden does 856. 2 orientate. 
not agree altogether with the description, and may possibly be some other 
species. 
w 15. R.saxa’TILE Pall. The rock Currant-like Gooseberry, 
Identification. Pall. Nov. Act. Petr., 10. p. 726.; Don’s MilL, 3. p. 185. 
Synonyme. ?R. alpinum Sievers in Pall. Nord. Beytr. 7. p. 345. 
Engravings. Led, FI. Ros. Alt. Ill., t. 239.; and our jig. 857. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles scattered. Leaves roundish-cunei- 
form, bluntly 3-lobed. Racemeserect. Bracteas linear, shorter 
than the pedicels. Calyx flat, scabrous. Sepals small, of a livid 
green colour. Flowers small, greenish purple. Petals spathu- 
late. Berries smooth, globose, bractless, dark purple when 
mature, full of edible pulp, rarely so large as common currants, 
but like them. (Don’s Mill.) A bushy shrub. Siberia. Height 
4 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers small, greenish 
purple ; April and May. Fruit dark purple; ripe in August. 
857. R. saxatile. 
2 16. BR. Diaca’ntua ZL. fil. The twin-prickled Currant-like Gooseberry. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., p. 157.; Dec. Prod., 3, p. 479. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 97. ; and our fig, 858, 
