CHAPTER VII. 



GOOSEBEBRY, 



NATURAL FAMILY GROSSULACE^E. 



[Ribes Grossularia, of Botanists ; Ribes Uva Crispa, of Linnaeus ; Grosseiller, of 

 the French ; StacMbeere-strauch, German ; Uva-spina, Italian ; Grossetta, Spanish ; 

 Kruisbes, of the Datch.] 



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 the 

 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. 



Ribes Cynosbati. Wild Gooseberry. Leaves pubes- 

 cent; peduncles slender, two to three flowered; spines 

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

 rarely smooth. 



R, hirtellum. Smooth. Gooseberry. Leaves somewhat 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles very short, one to two 



