GOOSEBERRY 



219 



Many varieties are known in culture, some with varie- 

 gated foliage. 



(/3) Leaves not dark, shining, coriaceous or 



evergreen: shoots not climbing. 

 * Pulvinus armed with single or triple 

 spines. Leaves not more than 3 6 cm. 

 in diameter. 



Ribes grossularia, L. Gooseberry (Fig. 72). Spinescent 

 bush. Leaves in tufts on the dwarf shoots, small, about 

 2 3*5 (3 6) cm. in diameter, on distinct petioles ; sub- 

 orbicular or ovate to rounded pentagonal, cut about half- 

 way in into 3 5 rounded lobes, which are again irregularly 



Fig. 72. Gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia, p. 219 (D). 



lobed and crenate. Velvety-pubescent, especially on the 

 margin and veins, or rarely glabrous above : paler beneath. 

 Sinus narrow, shoots sometimes with scattered spines. 

 Petiole 1 2 cm. Autumn leaves yellow and brown. 



Venation palmate, the primaries and secondaries all 



