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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



_* 7. ft. (T.) IRRI'GUUM Dougl. The well-watered Gooseberry. 



Identification. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 516. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 



Sunonume. R. ? triflorum var. 



Engraving. Our fig- 4 8- from a plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles axillary, ter- 

 nary. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5- 

 lobed, toothed, ciliated, pilose on 

 both surfaces, nerved. Peduncles 3- 

 flowered, beset with glandular hairs. 

 Calyx campanulate. Segments linear, 

 about equal in length to the tube. 

 Berries glabrous, spherical, half an inch 

 in diameter, smooth, juicy, and well- 

 flavoured. (Don's Mill.) A prickly 

 shrub. America, on the north-west 

 coast, on moist mountains and rocks, 

 near springs and streams. Height 3 ft. 

 to 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 

 white ; April. Fruit reddish, glabrous ; ripe in August. 



848. R' (t.) irriguum. 



j 8. R. HIRTE'LLUM Michx. The slightly hairy-branched 

 Gooseberry. 



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



Mill., 3. p. 178. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 849 . from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Spines infra-axillary. Branches sparingly 

 hispid, with short hairs. Leaves small, cleft half-way down 

 into 3 dentate lobes. Peduncles 1 -flowered. Berries glabrous. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A prickly shrub. Canada and Virginia, on 

 rocky mountains. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1812. 

 Flowers greenish white ; April and May. Fruit red j ripe 

 in August. 



849. Jt.hirtelhin*- 



jk 9. R. GRA'CILE Michx. The slender-branched Gooseberry. 



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

 Engraving. Our fig. 850. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Infra-axillary spine very short. Petioles 

 of leaves slender. Disks cut into acute lobes. Peduncles 

 slender, upright, bearing about 2 flowers. Calyx glabrous, 

 tubularly bell-shaped. Berries glabrous, purple or blue ; 

 of exquisite flavour. (Dec. Prod.) A prickly shrub. 

 North America, on the mountains of Tennessee, and in 

 mountainous meadows from New York to Virginia. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 

 850. R.gncciie. whitish; April and May. Fruit purple or blue, high- 



flavoured ; ripe in July and August. 



j* 10. R. ACICULA'RE Smith. The acicular- 

 spined Gooseberry. 



Identification. Smith in Rees's Cycl. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 



Svnonyme. R. ITva-crispa Sievers in Pull. Nord. Beytr. 7. 



p. 274., ? Pall. Fl. Ross. 2. p. 37. 

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ross. AIL 111., t. 230. ; and our fig. 851. 



Spec. Char., $c. Very prickly. Prickles sti- 



Prickles 



pular, 3 5-parted. Leaves rather pubescent, 

 nearly orbicular, 3 5-lobed. Lobes bluntish, 

 deeply serrated. Peduncles usually l-flowered, 

 bracteolate in the middle. Calyx campanulate, 

 smoothish. Berries bractless, and, as well as the 



