972 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Spec. Char.y 8fc. 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. (Dou\- Mill., iii. p. 178.) 

 A native of Siberia, on stony, rocky, mountainous places. Plants bearing 

 this name are in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



iS 11. 7?. Grossila^ria Z/. The ro»;?»oM Gooseberry. 



Identification. Lin. Si).,p.291.; Smith's Engl. Bot.t. 1292.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 179.; Lodd. Cat.,ed. 18.36. 



Synonymes. R. U'va-crlspa (Ed. Fl. Dan., j4(). ; OrossulSria liirsiita Mill. Diet., No. 2. ; It. U'va. 

 crispa var. S sativa Dec. Ft. Fr., 4. p. 4<i8., Plencli Icon., 148. ; Feaherry, Cheshire and the 

 north of England ; Feahcs, Xorfolk j G r ozei I 'n\ Scut Inn J ; Groseiller i Maquereau, /•>. ,• Griselle 

 in Piedmont ; gemeiiie Stachelbeere, Gci: ; Uva Spina, Ital. 



Derivation. U"i'a-cr(spa signifies the rough grape. Feabcrry is'a corruption of fcver.berry, from 

 the fruit being formerly, accordijig to (rerard, considered a specific against fevers ; feabes, or 

 feapes, is an abbreviation of feaberry. Grozert is evidently taken from the French name. 

 Grosseiller a Maquereau is from the Latin name Grossularia, and the use made of the fruit as a 

 sauce for mackerel. Stachelbecre signifies prickly berry; and Uva Spina, the prickly grape. 

 Gooseberry is from gorse berry, from the pricklincss of the bush resembUng 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., Sfc. Prickles 2 or 3 under each bud. Branches otherwise smooth, 

 and spreading or erect. Pedicels 1 — -^-flowered. Leaves 3 — o-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,, iii. p. 179.) A native of Europe and Nepal, in woods and 

 hedges. 



Varieties. 



* R. G. 2 iTva-crispa Smith Engl. Fl., ii. p. 333. ; .R.IPva-crispa Lin. Sp., 



292., Smith Engl. Bot.,t. 2057.; L"va crispa Fuch. Hist., t. 187.; 

 UVa spina Math. Valgr., \. t.\5\. f.l., BlacJav. Herb., 277.; R. 

 UVa-crispa var. 1 sylvestris Berlandicr ; has the berries smooth. 



as R. C 3 spinosissima Berl. MSS. has the branches thickly beset with 

 spines. 



a* R. G. ■!• rccUnnta Berl. MSS.; R. reclinjitum JAn. Sp., 291.; Gros- 

 sularia reclinata Mill. Diet., No. 1.; has the branches rather prickly, 

 and reclinate. 



* R. G. 5 ^Msmana Bei'l.MSS.; 72.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. 



at R. G. 6 siibincrmis Berl. MSS. — Plant nearly glabrous. Bark smooth, 

 brown. Prickles axillar}'. Flowers and leaves small. Native about 

 Geneva. Perhaps a subvariety of R. G. reclinata. 



ais R. Cr. 7 macrocarpn Dec. Prod., iii. p. 478. — Stigmas often longer than 

 the petals. Flowers and berries large. 



ai 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 Grossulariae 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. UVa-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 : — 



