By Mr. John Lindley. 



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flowers are not more than half the size of those of R. aureum, 

 and have entire, not notched petals. The fruit is the size of 

 the Red Currant, with a thick skin, and a dense mucilaginous 

 pulp of an agreeable flavour, but possessing little acidity, and 

 far inferior to our cultivated Currants. The berries ripen 

 about the middle of July. 



There are two varieties, the one bearing black, and the 

 other yellow fruit ; the former changes from yellow to red, 

 and finally acquires a deep blackish purple hue ; the latter 

 always retains its yellow colour. 



XL1X. Ribes setosum. 



R. rarais dense setosis, aculeis insequalibus subulatis, foliis subrotundis nasi 

 cordatis pubescentibus 3-5-lobis alte crenatis, peduneulis bifloris subebracteatis, 

 calycibus tubulato-campanulatis . laciniis linearibus ob,tusis patentibus petalis in- 

 tegerrimis duplo longioribus, baccis hispidis. 



Plants of this undescribed Ribes were presented to the 

 Society by Messrs. Loddiges with the name of the Mis- 

 souri Gooseberry. It is a low bush, having its branches 

 densely covered with setae, among which, particularly about 

 the bases of the young branches, are intermixed many une- 

 qual, straight, subulate aculei. The leaves are roundish, 

 deeply cordate, covered, as well as their stalks, with a minute 

 glandular pubescence ; the margin is 3-or 5-lobed or angled, 

 with numerous, nearly equal, rounded incisions. The flowers 

 are white, tubular, and about half as long as those of R. aureum, 

 appearing in pairs, and hanging in profusion from beneath the 

 branches. Berries black, spherical and hispid, with a sub- 

 acid, pleasant flavour, a little partaking of musk. 



This is a very desirable species, and although not so 

 showy as the long-flowered American Currants with coloured 



