CHAPTER VH. 



GOOSEBERRY. 



NATURAL FAMILY GROSSULACEJB. 



\RBiu Grosfrularla, of Botanists ; Hides Uva Ortspa, of Linnaeus ; Grostdtter, ol 

 the French ; Stachelbeere-strauch, German ; Uva-spina, Italian ; GrottOa, Spanlih ; 

 Kruiebes, of the Dutch.] 



GENERAL CHARACTER. 



Low, deciduous shrubs ; stems mostly bearing thorns 

 at the base of the leaf-stalks, in some the spines or prickles 

 scattered, usually more abundant at the base of thd 

 stems than above; leaves alternate, palmately lobed; 

 fruit a one-celled berry, produced in small clusters, smooth 

 or prickly. 



SPECIES. 



The following are indigenous to the United States, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Gray and Chapman. / 



Rifoes Cynosbati. Wild Gooseberry. Leaves pubes- 

 cent; peduncles slender, two to three flowered; spinei 

 strong ; berry large, armed with long prickles, like a burr, 

 Barely smooth. 



R. hirtcllnm. Smooth Gooseberry. Leaves somewhat 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles very short, one to two 

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