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[ The bush bears some similarity to R. triflorum. The fruit resembles a 

 mall smooth gooseberry ; " but its flavoui- is very clifFerent : it is entirely des- 

 'tute of the flatness which is more or less perceptible in even the best goose- 

 'erries; in lieu of which it has a rich subacid, vinous, rather perfumed, flavour, 

 (hich is extremely agreeable. The fruit is rather too acid to be eaten raw ; but, 

 !?hen ripe, it makes delicious tarts, and would, probably, afford an excellent 

 beans of improving the common gooseberry by cross breeding!:." {Lindl.) R, 

 ^iveuni, apart from these considerations (which, however, will probably lead 

 n its culture in the kitchen-garden), is, from its white pendulous flowers, a 

 Valuable addition to our ornamental hardy shrubs. 



5. R. (t,) Cyno'sbati L. 



{ientificalion. Lin. Sp., 292. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479 



\>fnomj^ne. R. ? triflbrum var. 



\ngravings. Mem. .Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. I. f. 3 



The Dog-Bramble Gooseberry. 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 

 and OUT Jig. 846. 



\'pec. Char., t^-c. Infra-axillary 



j prickles 1 2. Leaves 3 4-lobed, 



I softly pubescent. Peduncles bear- 



; ing 2 3 flowers. Calyx campanu- 

 lately cylindrical. Petals small, 



r much shorter than the stigmas and 



I stamens. Style simple, toward the 



1 middlehairy, rarely glabrous. Berry 



; prickly. (Dec. Prod.) A prickly 



i shrub. Canada, on mountains ; and 



j also Japan. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1759. Flowers whitish; 



I April. Fruit reddish. 



'arieties. There are two forms of 

 this species : 



ji R. (<.) C. I fructu glabra, with 



whitish flowers and smooth fruit. Native of Hudson's Bay. 

 jt R. (t.) C. 2 fructu acidedto, with prickly branches and fruit, and flowers 

 pubescent and purplish. Native of Lake Huron. 



Hardly differs from R. divaricatum, except in the broader tube of the 

 orolla, and the shorter stamens. 



846. R. (t.) Cyfldsbati. 



>A\ 



6. R. (t.) divarica^tum Dough 



The spreaA'mg-bi'ancked Gooseberry. 



tieniification. Dougl. in Bot. Reg., t. 13,59. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 ynonyvies. R. ? triflbrum var. ; R. ? Grossiilaria var. triflbra subvar. 

 ngravings. Bot. Keg., t. 13.')9. ; and our fig. 847. 



pec. Char., iSfc. Branches divaricate, bristly, 

 at length naked. Spines 1 3 together, axil- 

 lary, deflexed, large. Leaves roundish, 3-lobed, 

 deeply toothed, nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 

 3-flovvered, drooping. Calyx funnel-shaped; 

 with the segments at length spreading, and 

 twice the length of the tube. Style and sta- 

 mens exserted. (Do}i's Mill.) A large prickly- 

 shrub, with ascending branches. North Ame- 

 rica, on the north-east coast, common on 

 the banks of streams near Indian villages. 



' Height 5 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 1826. 



I Flowers white ; April. Fruit black, smooth, 



! spherical, agreeable to eat ; ripe in July. 



j Nearly allied to R. triflorum, of which, like 

 I. Cynosbati and some of the following sorts, it is, probably, only a variety. 



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R, (t.) divaricfttum. 



