331 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ribes. 



In Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire, Cumberland and 

 Essex. Ray. In Costesy island, near Norwich. Mr. Rose. Be- 

 tween Norwich and Yarmouth, by the river, in several places ; 

 as also in Scotland. 



Shrub. May. 



Stem lower, and more spreading, than It. rubrum. Leaves larger 

 and softer, glandular, with a strong Savine-like scent, when 

 rubbed. FL green, in drooping hairy clusters, remarkable for a 

 separate stalk at the base, whose fruit is earlier and larger than 

 the rest. Cat. tubular-bell-shaped, with reflexed segments. 

 Pet. ovate. Berries large, globose, black, gratefully subacid, 

 with some of the flavour of the leaves. They are esteemed very 

 useful in sore throats of any sort ; and by some writers are 

 reckoned powerfully diuretic j but according to Dr. Woodville 

 this wants confirmation. Dr. Withering observed the petals to 

 change occasionally into stamens ; the only instance upon record 

 of such a metamorphosis. 



## Branches pr icily. Gooseberries. 



6. R. Grossularia. Common Gooseberry. 



Prickles one, two or three tinder each bud. Branches 

 otherwise smooth, spreading. Stalks single-flowered. 

 Bracteas close together. Segments of the calyx reflexed, 

 shorter than the tube. 



R. Grossularia. Linn. Sp. , PL 29\. mild. Sp. PI. v. 1.1 158. Fl. 

 Br. 266. Engl. Bot. v. 18. t. 1292. Hook. Scot. 82. Ehrh. Arb. 

 151. 



R. Uva crispa. Fl. Dan. t.546. 



R. n. 820. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 364. Davall. 



(1. R. Uva crispa. Linn. Sp. PL 292. Willd. v. 1.1158. Fl. Br. 266. 

 Engl. Bot. v. 29. t. 2057. Cullum 88. Schmid. Ic. 5.t.\. Ehrh. 

 Arb. 22. PL Of. 452. 



Uva crispa. Fuchs. Hist. 187./. Dod. Pempt. 748. f. Ger. Em. 

 1324./. 



U. spina. Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 151./ Camer. Epit. 87-/ 



In hedges, thickets, waste ground, and on old buildings, frequent j 

 though supposed generally, in the south of England at least, to 

 have escaped from gardens. 



In woods and hedges about Darlington plentiful. Mr. E. Robson. 

 Apparently indigenous in Hamilton woods, Scotland. Mr. Hop- 

 kirk. 



Shrub. April. 



Stem bushy, spreading, with 1 , 2, or 3, straight, sharp, strong, 

 divaricated, awl-shaped prickles under each bud, but no bristles 

 or prickles on the intermediate spaces. Leaves smaller, rounder, 

 more smooth and shining, than in Common Currants, each 



