NORTHERN GOOSEBERRY 



Flowers. — May, June. Perfect, greenish purple, borne on two 

 to three-flowered short peduncles. Calyx-lobes narrow or oblong, 

 spatulate, greenish or dull purplish, seldom reflexed ; petals obo- 

 vate, small ; stamens longer than the calyx-lobes ; style two- 

 cleft, downy. 



Fruit. — Small, several-seeded, about one-fourth of an inch in 

 diameter, smooth, purplish, of an agreeable flavor. July, August. 



NORTHERN GOOSEBERRY. HAWTHORN GOOSE- 

 BERRY 



R\bes oxyaccuitJioides. 



Low shrub, two to four feet high, branches slender, reclined, 

 often crooked, reddish brown, commonly smooth, but sometimes 

 with scattered prickles ; spines single or triple, rather slender 

 and sharp, sometimes wanting ; found in wet woods and low 

 grounds. Ranges from Labrador and Newfoundland to the 

 North West Territory and south to New Jersey and Nebraska. 



Leaves. — Solitary or in fascicles, alternate, simple, palmately 

 veined, orbicular, wedge-shaped or heart-shaped at base, deeply 

 three to five-lobed ; lobes incised and coarsely toothed, finely 

 pubescent above and beneath, but commonly glossy when grow- 

 ing ; vernation plicate. 



Flowers. — May to July. Small, perfect, greenish white or 

 dull purplish, bell-like ; peduncles short, one to two-flowered. 



Calyx. — Greenish white ; tube bell-like, coherent with the 

 ovary, five-lobed ; lobes oblong or obovate, thin and petaloid, 

 when mature recurved. 



Corolla. — Petals five, dull purplish, broadly ovate or spatulate, 

 inserted on the calyx-tube, alternate with the sepals, reaching 

 half way to the anthers. 



Stamens. — Five, inserted on the calyx-tube, slightly included. 



Pistil. — Ovary coherent with calyx, one-celled, style single or 

 slightly two-cleft, pubescent below, slightly longer than the 

 stamens. 



Fruit. — Round, several-seeded, perfectly smooth, with a deli- 

 cate bloom, one-half inch in diameter, yellowish green or red- 

 dish when ripe, of an agreeable flavor. July, August. 



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