CHAP. LV. 



GRcssuLA ce.t:. ri bes. 



971 



Sjycc. Char., c^Jr. Branches divaricate, bristly, at 

 length naked. Spines 1 — 3 together, axillary, 

 dcflexed, large. Leaves ronndish, 3-lobed, 

 deeply toothed, nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 

 3-flowered, drooping. Calyx funnel-shapctl ; 

 with the segments at length spreading, and 

 twice the length of the tube. Style and sta- ''-'^ 

 mens exserted. Berries glabrous, black, 

 smooth, and spherical; pleasant to the taste. 

 Petals white. {Don's Mill., m. p. 178.) A 

 common bush, on the banks of streams, near 

 Indian villages, on the north-east coast of 

 North America ; where it forms a shrub, grow- 

 ing from 3 ft. to 7 ft. high. ; flowering in April. 

 Introduced in 1826. It is nearly allied to R. triflorum, of which, like 

 R. Cynosbati and some of the following sorts, it is, probably, only a variety. 



^ 7. R. (t.) irri'guum Doiigl. The well-watered Gooseberry. 



IdentificatiM. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 516. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Araer., 1. p. 231. ; Icon's Mill., -j. 



p. 178. ; Lodd. Cat., cd. 183fi. 

 Sfpumijme. R. ?trifl6rum var. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 721. 



Spec. Char., S)-c, Prickles axillary, ter- 

 nary. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5- 

 lobed, toothed, ciliated, pilose on both 

 surfaces, nerved. Peduncles 3-flow- 

 ered, beset with glandular hairs. Calyx 

 campanulate. Segments linear, about 

 equal in length to the tube. Berries 

 glabrous, spherical, half an inch in dia- 

 meter, smooth, juicy, and well-fla- 

 voured. Apparently closely allied to 

 R. triflorum. {Boil's Mill., i'ii. p. 178.) 

 Found on the north-west coast of Ame- 

 rica, on moist mountain rocks, near springs and streams; on the Blue Moun- 

 tains; and on the banks of the Spokan river. A shrub, growing to the height 

 of 3 ft. or 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. 



34 8. R. iiirte'llum Michx. The slightly hairy-branched Gooseberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 



Spec. Char., dye Spines infra-axillary. Branches sparingly hispid, with short 

 hairs. Leaves small, cleft half-way down into 3 dentate lobes. Peduncles 

 l-flowered. Berries glabrous, red. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 4^19.) A native of 

 rocky mountains in Canada and Virginia, It was introduced in 1812. 

 (Trows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. ; produces its greenish white flowers in 

 April and May ; and ripens its red fruit in August. 



a 9. R. gra'cile Alichx. The fAex\t\ev-hranched Gooseberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111. ; Fursh Fl. Amer. Sept.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Infra-axillary spine very short. Petioles of leaves slender. 

 Disks cut into acute lobes. Peduncles slender, uprigiit, bearing about 2 

 flowers. Calyx glabrous, tubularly bell-shaped. Berries glabrous, purple, 

 or blue ; of exquisite flavour. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 479.) Wilil in the mountains 

 of Tennessee, and in mountainous meadows from Nev/ York to Virginia. 

 Introduced in 1812. Growing to the height of 3 ft. or -ift.; and flowering 

 in April and May. 



^ 10. R. acicula'ke Smith. The ackuhir-spiiied Gooseberry. 



Identification. Smitli in llces's Cycl. ; Don'.s Mill., 3. p. 178. 



Si/nonyme. R. UVa-crispa Sievers in Pall. Nord. Rei/tr., 7. p. 274., ^ Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 37. 



Engraving. Led. Fl. Uoss. All. 111., t. 230. 



