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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Seldom rising more than 3 ft. in height ; and, in Bi-itish gardens, thriving 

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

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



J4 I. N. Scho'ber/ L. Schober's Nitraria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 638. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 456. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 1.55. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves oblong, perfectly entire. Drupes 

 ovate. (Bee. 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. hi 1788. 

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

 rather larger than peas ; rarely seen 

 in England. 



Vcmcties. 



jt ^. S. I sibirica. N. sibirica 

 Pall. Fl. Ross, t 30. f. a., 

 and our 7%. 810. Fruit of a 

 blackish blue colour. Siberia. 

 Hort. Soc. Garden. 

 j -tV. S. 2 cdspica. N. caspica 

 Pall. Flora Ross. t. 50. f. 

 B., and our Jig. 841. Fruit 

 red. Leaves longer. Young 

 branches pubescent. Fruit larger, and much 

 more acute. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



840. N. Schdberi sibirica. .^.^ 



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

 but is rather tender in British gardens. 



811 N. b. caspica. 



Order XXXII. GROSSULA^CEiE. 



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. Fridt 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. 



1 



L^aJ 



RPBES L. The Ribes. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 281. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 477. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 177. 



Synovymes. Grossiilaria Tourn. ; Chrysobotrya, Calob6trya, Coreosnia, and Rihes Spacli ; Gro- 



seiller, Fr. \ .lohaniiisbeere, Ger. ; Kruisbes, Dutch ; Uva .Spina, Ital. ; Grossella, Span. 

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



physicians, wliich has been discovered to be the /2heum Ribes ; Grossularia is from the Latin 



grossulus, a little unripe fig. 



Ge7i. Char. The same as that of the order. 



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