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GROSSULACE.*. 



3. R. rubrum, L. Red Currant. 



Stems straggling or reclined : haves somewhat heart-shaped, obtusely 3 to 5-lobed, 

 perrato, downy beneath; racemes nearly smooth, drooping from lateral bods, di»- 

 ti net from the leaves; cilyx flat; fruit globose, smooth. This is the common red 

 currant of the gardens, so universally cultivated. Indigenous in swamps and 

 mountains from New York to Wisconsin, and may probably be found in Western 

 Pennsylvania. 



i 4. R. ATTRETJM, Pursh. Missouri, or Golden Currant. 



Plant smooth: haves 3-lobed. lobes spreading entire or with a few large teeth" 

 longer than the leaves ; bracts linear; race?;;?.? loose, many-flowered ; calyu 

 tubular; segments oblong, obtuse-, petals linear; frv it smooth, oblong or globose; 

 A beautiful shrub, 6 to 19 feet Sigh, with numerous yellow, very fragrant flowers, 

 appearing from April to May. Fruit yellow, finally brown. Native of Missouri 

 and Oregon. Common in cultivation. 



**Stem usually armed with sub-axillary sjrines. often pr icily : berries pricldy or 

 Smooth. GOOSEBERRIES. 



5. R. Cyxosbati, L. PricJdy Gooseberry. 



Stem unarmed or prickly; sub-axilhiry spines 1 to 3; leaves cordate, roundish, 

 pubescent, with 3 too inciscly toothed lobes ; peduncles slender, 2 to 3-flowered ; 

 gtamens and style not longer than the broad companulate calyx-tube; petals 

 obovate shorter than the calyx segments. 



Rocky woods and mountains. May. June. A handsome shrub 2 to 4 feet high, 

 branching, the lower part of the stem often prickly. Flowers greenish-white, in 

 pendulous racemes. Berries usually with long prickles, brownish purple. 



6. R. hirtellum, Micbx. Rough Wild Gooseberry. 



SUm unarmed, rarely prickly: leaves roundish, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, toothed, 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles very short, deflexed, 1 to 2-flowered, smooth; calyx- 

 Sul-e bell-shaped, the segments twice as long as the petals ; styles hairy, 2-cleft ; 

 fruit smooth. 



Rocky places. May. June. Stem 2 to 3 feet long. Leaves % to 1}4 inches in 

 diameter, generally cleft half to the middle. Flowers nodding, greenish. Fruit 

 bluish-purple, pleasant-tasted. 



R. rotundifolium, Michx. Wild Gooseberry. 



Stem without prickles: sub-axillary spines mostly solitary, short; leaves roundish, 

 nearly smooth, 3 to 5-lobed, incisely dentate; peduncles slender. 1 to 2-flowcred; 

 stamens and 2-parted style slender, longer than the narrow cylindrical calyx; fruit 

 smooth. 



Mountain woods; common. May, June. Stem 3 to 4 feet high, with a whitish 

 1 ark. Leaves 1 to 2 inches in diameter, mostly truncate at base, shining above, on 

 ciliate petioles 1 to 3 inches long, flowers whitish, with a tinge of purple. Fruit 

 purple when ripe, well flavored, resembling the garden gooseberry. 



S. R. LACUSTRES, Poir. Swamp Gooseberry. 



Touvg stems clothed with bristly prickles, and with several weak thorns ; leavts 

 deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate at base, lobes deeply incised; raceme 5 to 9-flowered, 

 pilose; calyx broad and fiat; stamens and style not longer than the petals ; fruit 

 bristly. 



Mountain swamps; rare. May, June. Stem 3 to 4 feet high, reddish from the 

 numerous prickles, which differ from the spines only in size. Leaves 6hining above, 

 1}4 to 2] 2 " inches in diameter, on ciliate hisped petioles longer than the leaves 

 Floxcers small, greenish-yellow. Fruit bristly, dark-purple, unpleasant to the 

 taste. 



