( I 3J ) 
3. Ribes cynofbati. Prickly fruited Wild 
Goofe-berry. 
This grows naturally in Canada and the upper 
parts of Pennfylvania; and much refembles the other, 
except in having its fruit covered on all Tides with 
fofiifh prickles. 
R O B I N I A. 
ROBIN I A, or FALSE-ACACIA. 
Oafs 17. Order 3. Diadelphia Decandria. 
'THE Empalement is of one leaf, fmall, bell-fhaped, and four- 
toothed : the three inferior (lender ; the fuperior fourth 
of double the width, and (lightly emarginated ; all equal 
in length. 
The' Corolla Butterfiy-iTiaped. 
The Standard roundiih, large, fpreading and obtufe. 
The JVings oblong, ovate, free: with very fhort, obtufe ap- 
pendages. 
The Keel almoft femi-orbiculate, compreffed, obtufe, and 
the length of the wings. 
The Stamina are Filaments in two fets, or bodies; (one Ample, 
the other nine-cleft) riling above. The Antherce roundiih. 
The Germen cylindrical, oblong. The Style thread-form, bent 
upward. The Stigma villous before, at the apex of the ftyle. 
The Seed-veJJel large, compreffed, gibbous, and long. 
The Seeds few, kidney-form. 
The Species with us, are , 
1. Rqbxnia Pfeud-Acacia. White flowering 
Robinia , or Lociifl-Tree . 
This grows naturally in feveral of thefe States ; 
rifmg to the height of forty or fifty feet, with a 
trunk of eighteen or twenty inches in diameter, di- 
viding 
