972 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., §c. Very prickly. Prickles stipular, 3—5-parted. Leaves 
rather pubescent, nearly orbicular, 3—5-lobed. Lobes bluntish, deeply ser- 
rated. Peduncles usually 1-flowered, bracteolate in the middle. Calyx 
campanulate, smoothish. Berries bractless, and, as well as the styles, quite 
glabrous. Stem erect, or procumbent. Petals white. Berries glabrous, 
yellowish, or purplish ; sweet, with a grateful taste. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 178.) 
A native of Siberia, on stony, rocky, mountainous places. Plants bearing 
this name are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
% 11. R. Grossuxa‘ria L. The common Gooseberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 291.; Smith’s Engl. Bot., t. 1292.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 179.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. R. U'va-crispa Gd. Fl. Dan., 546.; Grossularia hirsita Mill. Dict., No. 2.; R. U'va- 
crispa var. 5 sativa Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 408., Plenck Icon., 148.; Feaberry, Cheshire and the 
north of England ; Feabes, Norfolk ; Grozert in Scotland ; Groseiller 4 Maquereau, Fr. ; Griselle 
in Piedmont ; gemeine Stachelbeere, Ger. ; Uva Spina, Ital. 
Derivation. U'va-crispa signifies the rough grape. Feaberry is a corruption of fever-berry, from 
the fruit being formerly, according to Gerard, considered a specific against fevers ; feabes, or 
feapes, is an abbreviation of feaberry. Grozert is evidently taken from the French name. 
Grosseiller 4 Maquereau is from the Latin name Grossularia, and the use made of the fruit as a 
sauce for mackerel. Stachelbeere signifies prickly berry; and Uva Spina, the prickly grape. 
Gooseberry is from gorse berry, from the prickliness of the bush resembling that of the gorse, or 
furze ; or, more probably, from the use made of the fruit as a sauce to young, or green, geese. 
Engraving. Engl. Bot., t. 1292. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles 2 or 3 under each bud. Branches otherwise smooth, 
and spreading or erect. Pedicels 1—2-flowered. Leaves 3—5-lobed, rather 
villous. Bracteas close together. Calyx campanulate, with reflexed seg- 
ments, which are shorter than the tube. Petals rounded at the apex, 
glabrous, but bearded in the throat. Style always beset with long down. 
(Don's Mill., iti. p.179.) A native of Europe and Nepal, in woods and 
hedges. 
Varieties. 
& R. G. 2 U‘va-crispa Smith Engl. Fl., ii. p. 333. ; R.U‘va-crispa Lin. Sp., 
292., Smith Engl. Bot., t. 2057.; U'va crispa Fuch. Hist., t. 187.; 
Uva spina Math. Valer., |. t. 151. f.1., Blackw, Herb., 277.; R. 
Uva-crispa var. 1 sylvéstris Berlandier; has the berries smooth. 
% R. G. 3 spinosissima Berl. MSS. has the branches thickly beset with 
spines. 
2 R. G. 4 reclindta Berl. MSS.; R. reclinatum Lin. Sp., 291.; Gros- 
sularia reclinata Mill. Dict., No. 1.; has the branches rather prickly, 
and reclinate. 
% R. G. 5 Besseriina Berl. MSS.; R.hybridum Besser Prim. Fl. Gall. Austr., 
p- 186.; has the branches prickly, and the fruit pubescent, inter- 
mixed with glandular bristles. Native of Cracow, in hedges. 
% R. G. 6 subinérmis Berl. MSS. — Plant nearly glabrous. Bark smooth, 
brown. Prickles axillary. Flowers and leaves small. Native about 
Geneva. Perhaps a subvariety of R. G. reclinata. 
x R. G.7 macrocaérpa Dec. Prod., iii. p. 478. — Stigmas often longer than 
the petals. Flowers and berries large. : 
z R. G. 8 bracteata Berl. MSS. — Berries clothed with 2—4—5 straight, 
coloured, nearly opposite, bracteas and bristles, resembling sepals, 
which fall off before the berry arrives at maturity. (Don’s Mill., iii. 
p- 179.) 
Other Varieties. We have little doubt that the greater number of the sorts 
described in this division of the section Grossulariz are only wild varieties 
of the common gooseberry. Till lately, botanists made even the rough 
and the smooth-fruited kinds of the cultivated gooseberry two distinct 
species, as may be seen by the synonymes to R. U‘va-crispa above ; though it 
was recorded by Withering, that seeds from the same fruit would produce 
both rough and smooth-fruited plants. If varieties were to be sought for 
among the sorts in cultivation, they would be found almost without number. 
The following selection of garden varieties has been made solely with 
reference to the habit of growth of the plants : — 
