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The bush bears some similarity to R. trifldrum. The fruit resembles a 
small smooth gooseberry ; “ but its flavour is very different : it is entirely des- 
titute of the flatness which is more or less perceptible in even the best goose~ 
berries; in lieu of which it has a rich subacid, vinous, rather perfumed, flavour, 
which is extremely agreeable.’ The fruit is rather too acid to be eaten raw ; but, 
when ripe, it makes delicious tarts, and would, probably, afford an excellent 
means of improving the common gooseberry by cross breeding.” (Lindl) R. 
niveum, apart from these considerations (which, however, will probably lead 
to its culture in the kitchen-garden ), is, from its white pendulous flowers, a 
valuable addition to our ornamental hardy shrubs. 
a 5. R.(t.) Cyno'spat1 LZ. The Dog-Bramble Gooseberry. 
identipontion. ins Sps 2028. Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 178. 
Engravings. Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. 1. f.3.; and our fig. 846. 
Spec. Char. §c. Infra-axillary 
prickles 1—2. Leaves 3—4-lobed, 
softly pubescent. Peduncles bear- 
ing 2—3 flowers. Calyx campanu- 
lately cylindrical. Petals small, 
much shorter than the stigmas and 
stamens. Style simple, toward the 
middle hairy, rarely glabrous. Berry 
prickly. (Dec. Prod.) A prickly 
sk nb. Canada, on mountains ; and 
» Japan. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. In- 
oduced in 1759. Flowers whitish; 
April. Fruit reddish. 
Varieties. There are two forms of 
this species : — 
aa R. (t.) C. 1 fréctu glabro, with 
whitish flowers and smooth fruit. Native of Hudson’s Bay. 
» R. (4) C. 2 frictu aculeato, with prickly branches and fruit, and flowers 
pubescent and purplish. Native of Lake Huron. 
Hardly differs from R. divaricdtum, except in the broader tube of the 
corolla, and the shorter stamens. 
846. A. (t.) Cyndsbati. 
a 6. R.(v.) pivarica‘tum Dougl. The spreading-branched Gooseberry. 
Identification. Doug). in Bot. Reg., t. 1359. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 178. ; Lodd. Cat., ed, 1836. 
Synonymes. R.? trifldrum var.; 2. ? Grossularia var. trifldra subvar. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1359.; and our fig. 847. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches divaricate, bristly, 
at length naked. Spines 1—3 together, axil- 
lary, deflexed, large. 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. (Don’s Mill.) A large prickly 
shrub, with ascending branches. North Ame- 
rica, on the north-east coast, common on 
the banks of streams near Indian villages. 
Height 5 ft. to 7ft. Introduced in 1826. 
Flowers white; April. Fruit black, smooth, 
spherical, agreeable to eat; ripe in July. 
Nearly allied to 2. triflorum, of which, like 847. R. (t.) divaricitum. 
R. Cynésbati and some of the following sorts, it is, probably, only a variety. 
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