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Spec. Char., fyc. Branches divaricate, bristly, at 

 k-ngth naked. Spines 1 3 together, axillary, 

 dcnexed, I ar^e. Leaves roundish, 3-lobed, 

 deeply toothed, nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 

 3-flowered, drooping. Calyx funnel-shaped ; 

 with the segments at length spreading, and 

 twice the length of the tube. Style and sta- 

 mens exserted. Berries glabrous, black, 

 smooth, and spherical; pleasant to the taste. 

 Petals white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 178.) A 

 common bush, on the banks of streams, near 

 Indian villages, on the north-east coast of, 

 North America ; where it forms a shrub, grow- 

 ing from 5 ft. to 7 ft. high. ; flowering in April. 

 Introduced in 1826. It is nearly allied to R. triflorum, of which, like 

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



a 7. R. (T.) IRRI'GUUM Doug/. The well-watered Gooseberry. 



Identification. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 516. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 231. j Don's Mill, >. 



p. 17S. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Si/nunyme. It. ? triflbrum var. 

 Sagravfng. Our fig. 721. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles axillary, ter- 

 nary. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5- 

 lobed, toothed, ciliated, pilose on both 

 surfaces, nerved. Peduncles 3-flow- 

 ered, beset with glandular hairs. Calyx 

 campanulate. Segments linear, about 

 equal in length to the tube. Berries 

 glabrous, spherical, half an inch in dia- 

 meter, smooth, juicy, and well-fla- 

 voured. Apparently closely allied to 

 R. triflorum. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 178.) 

 Found on the north-west coast of Ame- 

 rica, on moist mountain rocks, near springs and streams ; on the Blue Moun- 

 tains; and on the banks of the Spokan river. A shrub, growing to the height 

 of 3 ft. or 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. 



* 8. R. IIIRTE'LLUM Michx. The slightly \i<\iry-branchcd Gooseberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 178. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Spines infra-axillary. Branches sparingly hispid, with short 

 hairs. Leaves small, cleft half-way down into 3 dentate lobes. Peduncles 

 1 -flowered. Berries glabrous, red. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 479.) A native of 

 rocky mountains in Canada and Virginia. It was introduced in 1812. 

 (Trows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. ; produces its greenish white flowers in 

 April and May ; and ripens its red fruit in August. 



a 9. R. GRA'CILE Michx. The lender-branched Gooseberry. 



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



Spec, ('//fir., <$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. P/W.,iii. p. 479.) Wild in the mountains 

 of Tennessee, and in mountainous meadows from New York to Virginia. 

 Introduced in 1812. Growing to the height of 3ft. or 4ft.; and flowering 

 in April and May. 



* 10. 72. ACiruLA v RE Smith. The acicu\ar-spined Gooseberry. 



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



Siinotiyme. R. tTva-crispa Sicvcrs in Pall. \,, r <l. Iln/tr., 7. p, 274., ? Pall. Fl. Hoxs., 2. p. 37. 

 .'ii-fng. l*d. Fl. Koss. Alt. Ill, t. 2,3(). 



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