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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



j4 7. R. (t.) irri'guum Doug/. The well-watered Gooseberry. 



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



Synonyme. R. ? tri96rum var. 



Engraving. Our Jig. 848. from a plant in the Horticultural Society s Garden 



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

 nary. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5- 

 lobed, toothed, ciliated, pilose on 

 both surfaces, nerved. Peduncles 3- 

 flowered, beset with glandular hah-s. 

 Calyx campanulate. Segments linear, 

 about equal in length to the tube. 

 Berries glabrous, spherical, half an inch 

 in diameter, smooth, juicy, and well- 

 flavoured. (Dun'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. 



jt 8. R. hirte'llum Michx. The slightly hmy-branche^ 



Gooseberry. 



Jdentiflcation. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 178. 

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



Spec. Char., S^c. 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 3 ft. to 4 ft. Litroduced in 1812. 

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



848. K. (t.) irr.guum. 



in August. 



R.hirt^llun 



9. R. gra'cile Michx. 



The sler\der-bra7icked Gooseberry. 



Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. 



gricile. 



Identification, Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept, 

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



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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, i 

 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; 

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

 flavoured ; ripe in July and August. 



ji 10. R. AcicuLA^RE Smith. The acicular 

 spilled Gooseberry. 



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

 Synonyme. R. U'va-crSspa Sicvcrs in Pall. Nord. Beytr. 7. 



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

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 230. ; andouryjg. 851. 



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

 pular, 3 5-parted. Leaves rather pubescent, 

 nearly orbicular, 3 3-lobed. Lobes bluntish, 

 deeply serrated. Peduncles usually 1-flowered, 

 bracteolate in the middle. Calyx campanulate, 

 snioothish. Berries bractless, and, as well as the ssi. .adciita. 



