38 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



(rarely 4), small. Stamens 5,- very rarely 4 or G. Fruit a l-ccllcd 

 berry, many-seeded, or few-seeded by abortion. 

 Tlic only genus of the order. 



Tlie name of tliis gemis is tliat of an acid plant, mentioned by the Arabian physi- 

 cians, which has been thought to be the Rheum liihes of Botanists. 



Section I.— GROSSULAEIA. Bichard. 



Stems generally spiny. Peduncles short, 1-, 2-, or (more rarely) 

 3-flo\vcred. Calyx more or less campanulate. Young leaves 

 plicate. 



SPECIES I— RIB ES GROSSULARIA. Lbm. 

 Plate DXVIII. 

 R. Uva-crispa, Linn. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol I. p. G34. 



15ranches with 1 to 3 strong spines at the base of the short 

 lateral branchlets or fascicles of leaves. Leaves roundish, 3- to 5- 

 cleft, with the segments rounded at the apex and cut. Peduncles 

 from the fascicles of leaves, short, 1- or 2-flowered, drooping, with 

 1 to 3 small bracts about the middle. Calyx-tube campanulate, 

 liairy below ; calyx-segments rcilexed, ovate. Petals small, erect, 



ovate. 



Var. a, glandidosum. 



R. Grossnlaria, Linn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1292. 



Pruit clothed with glandular hairs. Leaves glabrous and 



shining above. 



Var. ^, Uva-crispa. 



R. Uva-crispa, Linn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 2057- 



Pruit when mature smooth. Leaves pubescent, smaller and 

 less shining than in var. a. 



In woods, thickets, and hedgerows, and by the sides of streams. 

 Kot uncommon, and generally distributed, but probably the pro- 

 duce of seeds of the cultivated gooseberry in many of its localities. 

 The late Dr. Eromficld considered it certainly indigenous in the 

 Isle of Wight. 



England, [Scotland, Ireland.] Shrub. Spring. 



A bushy shrub 2 to 4 feet high, with very numerous stout 

 spreading branches, with ash-coloured bark, furnished with 1, 2, or 

 o spiiies under each leaf-bud. Lateral leaf-buds developing into 

 extremely short branches, so that the leaves appear to be in fascicles. 



