GOOSEBERRY FAMILY 



GARDEN GOOSEBERRY. EUROPEAN GOOSEBERRY 



Rlbes uva-crispa. Rlbes grossularia. 



Rigid, stocky, of thick branches, the fruiting ones without 

 prickles; the spines are mostly triple, heavy and thick at the 

 base, the central one three-eighths to one-half an inch long. 



Leaves. Orbicular, three to five-lobed, thick and very glossy, 

 pubescent ; petioles sometimes sparsely set with glandular-tipped 

 hairs. 



Flowers. Peduncles short, one to two-flowered, pubescent or 

 glandular. Calyx very pubescent, greenish ; tube broad, bell- 

 shaped ; lobes broadly ovate, thickish, reflexed, petaloid. Petals 

 inserted on the calyx-tube, obovate, reaching to the base of the 

 anthers. Stamens shorter than the calyx-lobes. Ovary pubes- 

 cent or glandular ; style commonly two-cleft, hairy at base. 



Fruit. Berry, oval, large, yellowish green or red, minutely 

 but roughly pubescent, often with scattered prickles or glandu- 

 lar tipped hairs. 



This gooseberry is native to Europe, northern Af- 

 rica and western Asia. It is the parent of the Eng- 

 lish gooseberries, and is widely cultivated throughout 

 Europe ; from it many varieties have been produced. 



ROUND-LEAVED GOOSEBERRY 



Rlbes rotundifblium. 



Low shrub, branches commonly straight, with light colored 

 bark ; thorns mostly single, -but very short, gray like the outer 

 bark. Ranges from western Massachusetts and New York south- 

 ward to North Carolina along the Alleghanies. 



Leaves. Orbicular, palmately veined, three to five-lobed, 

 wedge-shaped at base, glabrous or slightly downy, ciliate on 

 margin and veins ; vernation plicate. 



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