472 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
a 7. R.(v.) rRRIeuuM Dougl. The well-watered Gooseberry. 
Identification. Doug. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 516. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 178. 
Synonyme. R.? trifldrum var. . ; 
Engraving. Our jig. 848. from a plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles axillary, ter- 
nary. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5- 
lobed, toothed, ciliated, pilose on 
both surfaces, nerved. Peduncles 3- 
flowered, beset with glandular hairs. 
Calyx campanulate. Segments linear, 
about equal in length to the tube. 
Berries glabrous, spherical, half an inch 
in diameter, smooth, juicy, and well- 
flavoured. (Don's Mill.) A prickly 
shrub. America, on the north-west 
coast, on moist mountains and rocks, 
near springs and streams. Height 3 ft. gids Relea Gvteudias 
to 4{t. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 
white; April. Fruit reddish, glabrous ; ripe in August. 
= 8. R, winTE’LLUM Miche. The slightly hairy-branched 
Gooseberry. 
Identification. Michx. Fl]. Bor. Amer., 1. p.111.; Dec. Prod., 3. p.479.; Don’s 
Mill, 3. p. 178. 
Engraving. Our fig. 849 . from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char. §c. Spines infra-axillary. Branches sparingly 
hispid, with short hairs. Leaves sinall, cleft half-way down 
into 3 dentate lobes. Peduncles 1 -flowered. Berries glabrous. 
(Dec. Prod.) A prickly shrub. Canada and Virginia, on 
rocky mountains. Height 3 ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1812. 
Flowers greenish white; April and May. Fruit red; ripe , 
in August. . 849. R.hirtéllum. 
a 9. BR. Gra’cite Michz. The slender-branched Gooseberry. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 1]1.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. 
Engraving. Our fig. 850. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §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. Prod.) A prickly shrub. 
North America, on the mountains of Tennessee, and in 
mountainous meadows from New York to Virginia. 
Height 3 ft. to. 4 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 
850. R. grdcile. whitish ; April and May. Fruit purple or blue, high- 
flavoured; ripe in July and August. ee) 
a 10. R. actcuLa‘RE Smith. The acicular 
spined Gooseberry. 
Identification. Smith in Rees’s Cycl.; Don’s Mill.,3. p. 178. ge 
Synonyme. R. U'va-crispa Sievers in Pall. Nord. Beytr.7. EM 
p- 274., ? Pall. Fl. Ross. 2. p. 37. 
Engravings, Led. Fl, Ross, Alt. Ill., t. 230.; and our jig. 851. 
Spec. Char, §c. Very prickly. Prickles sti- 
pular, 3—5-parted. Leaves rather pubescent, 
nearly orbicular, 3—5-lobed. Lobes bluntish, 
deeply serrated. Peduncles usually 1-flowered, 
bractéolate in the middle. Calyx campanulate, 
smoothish. Berries bractless, and, as well as the 
