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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Seldom rising more than 3 ft. in height ; and, in British gardens, thriving 

 best in a dry soil, composed partly of lime rubbish, which should be, about 

 once a year, strewed with a thin coat of salt. Propagated by cuttings. 



j* 1. N. SCHO'BER/ L. Schober's Nitraria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 638. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 456. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 155. 

 Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong, perfectly entire. Drupes 

 ovate. (Dec. Prod.) A low bushy shrub, varying with 

 branches spiny, and branches smooth. Russia, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of salt lakes. Height 1 ft. to 3 ft. Introd. in 1788. 

 Flowers white ; May to August. Fruit blackish blue or red, 

 rather larger than peas ; rarely seen 

 in England. 



Varieties. 



.at N. S. 1 sibirica. N. sibirica 

 Pall. VI. Ross, t 50. f. A., 

 and our fig. 840. Fruit of a 

 blackish blue colour. Siberia, 

 Hort. Soc. Garden. 

 j N~. S. 2 cdspica. N. caspica 

 Pall. Flora Ross. t. 50. f. 

 B., and our fig. 841 . Fruit 

 red. Leaves longer. Young 

 branches pubescent. Fruit larger, and much 

 more acute. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



840. N. Schdberi siMrica. 



N. tridentdta Desf., a native of Africa, is described in our first edition, 

 but is rather tender in British gardens. 



N. S. casyica. 



ORDER XXXII. GROSSULA X CEJE. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 4 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 4 5. Anthers introrse. 

 Ovarium 1-celled, with two opposite parietal placenta. Style 2- 3-, or 4- 

 cleft. Fruit succulent, crowned by the persistent calyx, many-seeded. 

 Seeds arillate. Albumen horny. Differs from Cactaceae in definite stamens, 

 albuminous seed, calyx, corolla, and habit. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; lobed or cut, plaited 

 when folded in the bud. Flowers axillary, or terminal, greenish, whitish 

 yellow or red. Shrubs ; natives of Europe, Asia, and North America ; all 

 included in the genus Ribes. 



GENUS I. 



LJ 



Identification. Lin. Gt 



L. THE RIBES. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogjnia. 



1. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 477. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 177. 

 synonymes. urossuiana lowrn. j Chryspb6trya, Calobdtrya, Core6stna, and Ribes Spach : Gro- 



seiller, Fr. ; Johannisbeere, Get: ; Kruisbes, Dutch ; Uva Spina, Ital. ; Grossella, Span. 

 Derivation. The word Ribes is from the name of an acid plant mentioned by the Arabian 



physicians, which has been discovered to be the .ffheum Ribes ; Grossularia is from the Latin 



grossulus, a little unripe fig. 



Gen. Char. 



The same as that of the order. 



