KIBES. 



fruit. Poflibly the flowers maybe in fome meafure dioe- 

 cious, like thofe of R. alpinum, a fpecies which this nearly 

 refembles, except the prickles. 



2 1. R. faxatile. Rock Siberian Goofeberry. " Pallas 

 Nov. Aft. Acad. Petrop. v. 10. 376." Willd. n. 11.— 

 Prickles fcattcred, fetaceous. Leaves wedge-fhaped, bluntly 

 three-lobed. Cinders' erect. — Native of granite mountains 

 in Siberia. Allied to R. alp'mum and R. Diacantha. 

 Berries red, fourifh, Scarcely fo big as our red currant. 

 PdUtt*. 



2 2. R. rec/inatum. Procumbent Goofeberry. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 291. Willd. n. 12. Ait. n. 10. — Prickles folitary or 

 three together. Branches reclining. Stalks lingle-flowered, 

 with a three-leaved brattea. Germen hairy. — Native of 

 Germany and Switzerland. Said to have been long known 

 in our gardens. It much refembles the following. 



23. R. Groffiilaria. Rough Goofeberry. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 291. Willd. n. 13. Ait. n. II. Fl. Brit. n. 6. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1292. (R. Uva erifpa ; Fl. Dan. t. 546.) — 

 Prickles folitary or three together. Branches fpreading. 

 Footllalks hairy. Stalks fmgle-flowered, with a two-leaved 

 braAea. Fruit hairy. — Common throughout Europe, but 

 io generally cultivated, that we can hardlv fay when we 

 meet with it truly wild. The /hrub is bulhy, of humble 

 growth, armed, as every body knows, with fmooth awl- 

 (haped prickles, cither folitary or ternate, in the place of 



jlipulas. Leaves bluntly three-lobed and cut, (lightly 

 downy. Flowers drooping, folitary, green, on downy 

 ltalks, with two leparate bracleas. Calyx cup-ihaped. Ger- 

 men and fruit rough witli prominent brillly hairs. The 

 berries are either green, yellow, or red. 



24. R. Uva erifpa. Smooth Goofeberry. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 292. Willd. n. 14. Ait. n. 12. Fl. Brit. n. 7. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 2057. Schmidel Ic. 5. t. 1. (Uva erifpa; 

 Fuchf. Hilt. 187. Ger. Em. 1324.) — Prickles ufually 

 three together. Branches fpreading. Footllalks hairy. 

 Stalks fingle-flowered. Bradteas united into a tube. Fruit 

 fmooth. — Native of Europe, and as commonly cultivated 

 as the laft, of which we believe it a mere variety. The 

 number and connection of the bracleas are certainly va- 

 riable. 



25. R. aciculare. Needle Siberian Goofeberry Prickles 



fcattcred, fetaceous ; thofe under the buds live together, 

 combined. Leaves bluntly five-lobed and cut. Stalks 

 fingle-flowered. Brafteas united. Fruit fmooth. — Ga- 

 thered by Laxmann in Siberia. We find two fpecimens in 

 the Liniv.e.m herbarium of this, which feems a very diltincT: 

 fpecies, hitherto neglcdted by every author. The habit is 

 like the three lad, but the branches are copioufly armed all 

 over with fine, llraight, prominent, needle-like, brown 

 prickles, befules the larger ones, live together, and com- 

 bined by a broad bafe, which Hand, like thofe of common 

 Goofeberries, under the buds. Flowers folitary, drooping, 

 on longifh limple llalks, with two or three bracleas, ufu.illy 

 combined, about the middle. Calyx bell-fhaped, fmooth, 

 red. Petals white, obovate, one-third the length of the 

 limb. Germen fmooth. 



26. R. ferox. Strong-thorncd Californian Goofeberry. 

 — Fricklea Scattered, fetaceous, very (lender; thole under 



the buds three together, combined, awl-fhapcd. Leaves 

 five-lobed, rugofe, downy beneath. Stalks lingle-flowered. 

 Segments of the calyx lanceolate, twice the length of its 

 tube. Germen and fruit prickly. — (lathered by Mr. 

 Men/ies, near Port Trinidad, in California. A very line 

 remarkable fpeciet, whofe branches are thickly covered with 

 tawny, fetaceous, prominent prickles, about a quarter of 

 an inch in length, and armed under each bud, with three 



very lirong and pungent awl-fhaped ones, an inch long, 

 having fometimes leffer reflexed prickles at their bafe. The 

 leaves are not unlike our common Goofeberries, but more 

 rugofe ; and denfely downy at the back. Flower-flails 

 folitary, limple, longer than the leaves. Bracleas fcattcred. 

 Flowers drooping, large and handfome. Calyx three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, funnel-fhapcd, downy and brittly ; as 

 far as we can judge from the dried fpecimens it feems of a 

 fine crimfon ; its fegments lanceolate, ribbed, erect, full 

 twice as long as the tube, petals half the length of thefe 

 fegments, erecL pale, obtufe. Stamens the length of the 

 calyx. Anthers large, oblong-hcart-fhaped, pointed. Ger- 

 men covered with prominent, glandular bridles, which 

 harden, as the fruit advances, into ftiff, (harp fpines, fo 

 that whatever its flavour may be, it feems perfectly inacccf- 

 fible, 111 the common way of eating goofeberries. 



27. R. rotumlifolium. Round-leaved Carolina Goofe- 

 berry. Michaux Boreal-Amer. v. i. 110. Purfh n. 11 



" Prickles folitary under the buds. Leaves nearly orbi- 

 cular, llightly downy ; lobes roundifh, obtufe. Stalks 

 fingle-flowered. Limb of the calyx tubular. Fruit 

 fmooth." Native of the high mountains of Carolina. Mi- 



c/'illlX. 



28. R. hirtellum. Small-leaved Canada Goofeberry. 



Michaux Boreal- Aincr. v. 1. m. Purfli n. 12 Prickles 



folitary under the buds, fmall. Branches fomewhat hifpid. 

 Leaves three-cleft half way down, llightly notched. Stalks 

 fingle-flowered. Fruit fmooth. — Found among rocks, on 

 the Allegany mountains ; from Canada to Virginia, flower- 

 ing in May and June. Purfh. Leaves fmall. Berries red. 



29. R. gracile. Slender-ltalked Blue Goofeberry. Mi- 

 chaux Boreal-Amer. v. 1. 111. Purfh n. 13. — Prickles 

 folitary under the buds, very (hort. Leaves acutely lobed 

 and cut, downy on both fides. Footllalks (lender. Flowcr- 

 flalks capillary, eredt, moltly two-flowered. Calyx bell- 

 fhaped. Fruit fmooth. — On rocks, and in mountain mea- 

 dows, from New York to Carolina, flowering from April 

 to June. Calyx fmooth. Berries purple or blue, of an 

 excellent taltc. Purfli. 



30. R. flamineum. Scarlet-flowered Californian Goofe« 

 berry. — Branches finely hifpid. Prickles feveral under 

 each bud, unequal. Leaves rounded, (lightly three-lobed, 

 fmooth. Stalks two-flowered. Calyx hemifpherical ; limb 

 in very long parallel fegments. Petals equal to the limb. 

 StattenS thrice as long. — Gathered by Mr. Menzies in Cali- 

 fornia. Branches brown, clothed with copious, extremely 

 line, prominent, capillary brillles. Prickle under each bud 

 rigid and (harp, about one-third of an inch long, with fe- 

 Veral imaller deflexed ones at the bafe. Leaves not an inch 

 long, quite fmooth, veiny ; paler beneath ; orbicular and 

 entire, except three very flight, fcarcely notched, obtufe 

 lobes, at the extremity. Footflalks fhort, fmooth. Flower- 



flalks longer than the leaves, hifpid, glandular, two-flowered, 

 with a lingle roundifh brattea. Flowers fcarlet. Calyx 

 with a very fhort hemifpherical tube, hifpid Eke tile germen 1 

 its limb five times as long, in live oblong, parallel, fmooth 

 fegments. Petals of the fame length, but rather paler and 

 more obtufe. Stamens capillary, Itraight, parallel, pro* 

 jefting (four of them at hall ) with the Jlyle, full an inch 

 out of the flower ; the fifth is perhaps abortive. We know 

 nothing of the fruit of this beautiful fpecies, whofe ftoiven 

 have the alpect of a Fuchfia. 



31. R. triflorum. Three-flowered Mountain Goofcbcrr\ 

 Willd. Hort. Berol. v. 1. 61. l. 6i. Purfli n. 14 — 

 Prickles folitary under each bud. Leaves fmooth, three or 

 five-lobed, notched. Stalks about three-flowered. Petals 

 fpatulate, undulated. Style prominent, hairy, divided. 



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