GENUS 2. 



GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. 



5. Grossularia reclinata (L.) Mill. 

 Garden Gooseberry. Fig. 2209. 



Ribes reclinatum L. Sp. PI. 201. 1753. 



Ribes Uva-crispa L. Sp. PI. 201. 1753* 



Ribes Grossularia L. Sp. PI. 201. 1753. 



G. reclinata Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 4. 1768. 



Nodal spines stout, spreading or reflexed, 

 usually 3 together but sometimes solitary or 2. 

 Prickles scattered or none ; leaves rather short - 

 petioled, orbicular or broader, pubescent, at 

 least when young, f'-2i' wide, 3~5-lobed, the 

 lobes obtuse and crenate-dentate ; peduncles 

 very short, i -flowered or sometimes 2-flowered, 

 glandular-pubescent; flowers green, about 3" 

 long; calyx-tube campanulate, pubescent, its 

 lobes oval; stamens somewhat exserted, or 

 included ; fruit globose-ovoid, or often with 

 weak bristles, often i' long in cultivation. 



Along roadsides in eastern New Jersey and 

 southeastern New York, escaped from gardens. 

 Native of Europe and Asia. Teaberry. Fea- or 

 fay-berry. Berry-tree. Carberry. Dayberry. Wine- 

 berry. Fabes. Honey-blobs. Goggles. Gaskins. 

 May. 



6. Grossularia rotundifolia (Michx.) 

 Cov. & Britt. Eastern Wild Goose- 

 berry. Fig. 22 10. 



Ribes rotundifonum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: no. 



1803. 

 Grossularia rotundifolia Cov. & Britt. N. A. Fl. 



22 : 223. 1908. 



Nodal spines commonly short, or often 

 altogether wanting, and the prickles few or 

 none. Leaves suborbicular, broadly cuneate 

 to subcordate at the base, pubescent, at least 

 beneath, when young; peduncles rather short, 

 nodding; flowers 1-3, greenish-purple, 3"-4" 

 long, pedicelled ; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, at 

 least twice as long as the tube; stamens ex- 

 serted for about i their length ; berry globose, 

 glabrous, purplish, usually not more than 4" in 

 diameter. 



In rocky woods, western Massachusetts and 

 southeastern New York to North Carolina, es- 

 pecially along the mountains. Smooth gooseberry. 

 May-July. 



7. Grossularia hirtella (Michx.) Spach. Low 

 Wild Gooseberry. Fig. 2211. 



Ribes hirtellum Michx, Fl. Bor. Am. i : in. 1803. 



R. huronense Rydb. ; Britton, Man. 487. 1901. 



R. oxyacanthoides calcicola Fernald, Rhodora 7: 155. 



1905. 

 R. saxosiim Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 231. 1834. 



A shrub, 4 high or less, the branches usually with- 

 out spines, sometimes bristly, the older ones dark 

 brown. Nodal spines rarely present and 6" long or 

 less ; leaves suborbicular or ovate-orbicular in out- 

 line, incisely 3-5-lobed and dentate, mostly cuneate 

 at the base, J'-2i' wide, glabrous or sparingly pubes- 

 cent ; peduncles short, i-3-flowered ; bracts much 

 shorter than the pedicels ; ovary glabrous or rarely 

 pubescent or with stalked glands ; calyx-tube nar- 

 rowly campanulate; sepals green or purplish; petals 

 obovate; berry black or purple, 4"-5" in diameter. 



Swamps and moist woods, Newfoundland to Mani- 

 toba, West Virginia and South Dakota. Confused in our 

 first edition with Ribes oxyacanthoides L. 



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