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leafets in'many pairs, lance-oblong, acuminate, acutely serrate, pubescent 
beneath; (lowers in oblong, dense panicles, dioecious; clusters of fruit 
covered with a purple, velvety down; berries red and very sour. Rocky 
hills. 
cot // inur;(\>\\x]')\Q fringe-tree,, p-g. Ju. T 7 .) leaves simple, obovate and ovate; 
panic-led racemes plumose. A small tree, with very minute flowers sup¬ 
ported on capillary, downy, or hairy peduncles. Indigenous in Siberia, 
Austria, and Lombardy. Ex. 
RIBES. 5—1. (Cacti.) [Originof the name doubtful.] 
Jlo'riclum , (wild black-currant, M. T^.) unarmed ; leaves punctate both sides; 
racemes pendent; calyx cylindric; bracts longer than the pedicels. 3-4 f. 
trifio'rum , (wild gooseberry, g. M. f>.) spine ^sub-axillary ; leaves glabrous, 
3-5-lobed, gash-toothed; peduncles sub-3-flowered ; pedicels elongated; 
bracts very short ; petals spatulate, undulate ; style hirsute, half 2 or 3-cleft, 
exsert, berry glabrous, pale red 3-4 f. 
rid brum., (currant, g. M T?.) unarmed ; racemes glabrous, nodding; corolla 
flat; petals obcordate ; leaves obtuse 5 lobed ; stem erect; berries red. 2-4 
feet. Ex. 
ni'grum , (black currant, g. M. T?.) unarmed; leaves punctate beneath; ra¬ 
cemes lax; flowers bell-form; bracts shorter than the pedicels; berries 
black. 5-3 f. Ex. 
grossula'ria , (English gooseberry, g. M. T?.) branches prickly ; petioles hairy; 
bracts 2-leaved; berry glabrous or hirsute. 2-4 f. Ex. 
RICINIJS. 19—15. ( Euphorbia .) [From rin, nose^ and kunos , a dog, because the capsules 
stick to the noses of dogs.] 
comrnu'nis , (castor-oil plant, palma-christi, <v).) leaves peltate, palmate; lobes 
lanceolate, serrate; stem with hoary mealiness. 4-6 f. Ex. 
ROBINIA. 16—10. (Leguminosat.) 
pseudo-aca'cia , (locust-tree, false acacia, w. M. T?.) leaves pinnate, with a ter¬ 
minal leafet; stipules thorny, or a thorn; racemes pendent; teeth of the 
calyx unawned ; legumes smooth. 30-40 f. 
visco'sa , (clammy locust, Ju. %) racemes of one-flowered pedicels; pinnate 
leaves with a terminal leafet ; branches and legumes viscid; racemes axil¬ 
lary, dense-flowered, erect; flowers varying from red to white. S. Cul¬ 
tivated. 
hispi'da , (rose-locust, Au. r. T 7 .) racemes axillary ; calvx acuminate ; most of 
the plant hispid ; leaves pinnate with’a terminal leafet; leafets round-oval, 
mucronale, sometimes alternate. 3-6 f. S. Cultivated. 
ROSA. 11—13. (Rosacecc.) [The Latin name rosa, is from the Creek rodan , red.] 
'parvijlo'ra, wild-rose, r. w. k> ) germs depressed, globose; germs and pedun¬ 
cles hispid ; petioles pubescent sub-aculeate; stem glabrous; prickles stip- 
ular, straight; leafets'lance-oval, simply serrate, glabrous; flowers some¬ 
what in pairs ; very variable. 1-3 f. 
rubigino'sa, (sweet-brier, eglantine, r. J. b.) germ ovate; peduncles and peti¬ 
oles glandular, hispid ; petioles somewhat prickly; stem glabrous ; prickies 
scattered, hooked, slender; leafets (5 or 7) ovate, serrate, sub-glandular be¬ 
neath. 3-4 f. 
corymbo'sa. (swamp-rose, r-w. Ju. T 7 .) flowers 5-7, in terminal corymbs ; petals 
large, obovate, emarginate ; petioles tomentose. 
lucid"a : leafets 5-9, lanceolate-elliptic, coriaceous, shining; stipules large,ser¬ 
rulate; peduncles somewhat hispid; segments of the calyx entire, spread¬ 
ing; flowers mostly in pairs. Mountain swamps. 3-4 f. The American 
species of this genus are not, Generally, well defined. 
The following description of Exotic roses is from Eaton’s Manual :— 
cani'na , (dog-rose, T?.) germs ovate; germs and peduncles glabrous; stem and 
petioles prickly; leaves ovate, glabrous. 
gaV'lica , (French-rose, common rose, r. J. T 7 .) germs ovate; germs and pedun¬ 
cles hispid; stem and petioles hispid-prickly. Sometimes the colours are 
variegated. 
damasce'na, (damask-rose, w. r. J. I 7 .) calyx half pinnate ; germ ovate, turgid, 
(thickened near its top,) bristly; stem and petioles prickly; leafets ovate, 
pointed, downy beneath. 
