. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 476 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 3. p. 478.; p. 111. 85S. R. Diac&ntha. Don's Mill., 3. p. 178 Spec. Char., SfC. Stipular prickles twin. Leaves with a disk shorter than the petiole, and wedge-shaped, perfectly glabrous, and parted into 3 lobes which are dentate. Flowers upon
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 476 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 3. p. 478.; p. 111. 85S. R. Diac&ntha. Don's Mill., 3. p. 178 Spec. Char., SfC. Stipular prickles twin. Leaves with a disk shorter than the petiole, and wedge-shaped, perfectly glabrous, and parted into 3 lobes which are dentate. Flowers upon long pedicels, in long upright racemes. Bracteas the length of the flowers. Sepals rounded, yellowish. Petals small, roundish. Berry ovate or globose, red. {Dec. Prod.) A spiny shrub. Dahuria and Siberia, in rocky places. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1781. Flowers yellowish green ; May and June. Fruit ovate, red; ripe in August. A very distinct sort, easily known by its cuneated leaves and yellowish flowers. In Messrs. Loddiges's collection there is a fasti- giate-growing variety. fli 17 E. LACu'sTRE Pair. The lake-side Currant-like Gooseberry. Identification. Poir. Encycl. Suppl., 2. p. 856.; Dec. 'Prod., Sunonyme. ?B. oxyacanthdides Michx. Flor. Bar. Amer. 1. _ Engraving. OmtJig. 859. from a plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden. Spec. Char., S;c. Infra-axillary prickles ma- nifold; the stem hispid with minute prickles. Leaves lobed beyond the middle; glabrous beneath, rather pilose above. Petioles villous. Peduncles ? upright, Preflexed, bearing 2—3 flowers upon hispid pedicels. Flowers small, yellowish green. Germen hispid. (T)ec. Prod.) A very prickly shrub. Canada and Virginia, in moist places. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. In- troduced in 1812. Flowers small, yellow- ish ; April and May. Fruit purplish black, about the size of the common black cur- rent ; ripe in August. Variety. s R. /. 2 echinatum; R. echinatum Dougl. MSS., and Arb. Brit. 1st edit. p. 992. ; iJ
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