Voi,. II.] 



GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. 



4. Ribes oxyacanthoides L,. Hawthorn 

 or Northern Gooseberry. (Fig. 1868.) 



Ribes oxyacanthoides I<. Sp. PI. 201. 1753. 

 Ribes hirtellum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: in. 



1803. 



Spines generally solitary, light colored, 3 // -6 // 

 long, sometimes none. Prickles scattered or 

 wanting; leaves petioled, similar to those of the 

 preceding species, the lobes obtuse or acute; peti- 

 oles and lower leaf-surfaces commonly pubescent; 

 peduncles short, commonly less than f>" long; 

 flowers 1-3, short-pedicelled, greenish-purple or 

 white, about 3 // -4 // long; calyx-lobes oblong; sta- 

 mens short, not exserted; berry globose or glo- 

 bose-ovoid, glabrous, 4 // -6 // in diameter, reddish- 

 purple when ripe. 



In wet woods and low grounds, Newfoundland to 

 the Northwest Territory and British Columbia, south 

 to New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan and in the Rocky 

 Mountains to Utah and Colorado. May-July. 



6. Ribes Uva-crispa L,. Garden 

 Gooseberry. (Fig. 1870.) 



Ribes Uva-crispa L,. Sp. PI. 201. 1753. 

 Ribes Grossularia I,. Sp. PI. 201. 1753. 



Spines stout, spreading or reflexed, usually 

 3 together but sometimes solitary or 2, appa- 

 rently never entirely wanting. Prickles 

 scattered or none; leaves rather short- peti- 

 oled, orbicular or broader, pubescent, at least 

 when young, seldom over i' wide, 3-5-lobed, 

 the lobes obtuse and crenate-dentate; pedun- 

 cles very short, i -flowered or sometimes 2- 

 flowered, usually pubescent; flowers green, 

 about 3" long; calyx-tube campanulate, its 

 lobes oval; stamens somewhat exserted, or in- 

 cluded; fruit globose- ovoid, glabrous, or with 

 weak bristles, often \ f long in cultivation. 



Along roadsides in eastern New Jersey and 

 southeastern New York, escaped from gardens. 

 Native of Europe and Asia. Teaberry. May. 



5. Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 



Eastern Wild Gooseberry. 



(Fig. 1869.) 



Ribes rotundifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 



1 10. 1803. 



Closely resembling the preceding species, 

 the spines commonly shorter, or often alto- 

 gether wanting, and the prickles few or 

 none. I/eaves similar, pubescent, at least 

 beneath, when young; peduncles rather 

 short; flowers 1-3, greenish- purple, ^ ff -\" 

 long, pedicelled; calyx-lobes linear-oblong 

 or somewhat spatulate; stamens exserted 

 for about ^ their length; berry globose, 

 glabrous, usually not more than 4" in 

 diameter. 



In rocky woods, western Massachusetts and 

 southeastern New York to North Carolina, es- 

 pecially along the mountains. May-July. 



