PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ribes. 353 



In Cambridgesliire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire, Cumberland and 

 Essex. Ra[/. In Costesy ishind, near Norwich. Mr. Rose. Be- 

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

 as also in Scotland. 



Shrub. Maij. 



Stem lower, and more spreading, than li. ruhnun. Leaves larger 

 and softer, glandular, with a strong Savine-likc scent, vvhen 

 rubbed. Fl. green, in droo])ing hairy clusters, remarkable for a 

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

 the rest. Cal. tubular-bell-sh;iped, with reflexed segments. 

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

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

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

 reckoned powerfully diuretic ; 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 prickly. Gooseberries. 

 6. 11. Grossularia. Common Gooseberry. 



Prickles one, two or three under 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 1 . mild. Sp. PI. u. 1 . 1 1 58. Fl. 



Br. 266. En^l.Bot.v. IS. t. 1292. Hook. Scot. S2. Ehrh. Arb. 



151. 

 R. Uva crispa. Fl.Dan. t.j46. 

 R. n. 820. Hall. Hist. v. 1.364. Davall. 



/3. R. Uva crispa. Li7in. Sp. PL 292. milcL v.\.\ 158. Fl. Br. 266. 



EngL Bot. V. 29. t.2037. Culliim 88, Schmicl. Ic.5. t.\. Ehrh. 



Arb. 22. PL Of. 452. 

 Uva crispa. Fiichs. Hist. 18/./. Dod. Pcmpt. 74S.f. Ger.Em. 



1324./ 

 U. spina. Matth.Valgr. v.\.\b\.f. Camer, Epit.ST.f. 



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



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. 3Ir. Hov- 



kirlc. 

 Shrub. April. 

 Stem bushy, spreading, with 1 , 2, or 3, straight, sharj), strong, 



divaricated, awl-sl\ifcjjed prickles under each bud, but no bristles 



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



more smootli and shining, tlian in Common Currants, each 



