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ARBOKETUM AND FliUTICETUJM. 



PART III. 



together, on peduncles. 

 Sepals reflexed. Stamens 

 very prominent, conniving, 

 hairy, longer than the style. 

 (LhuUey in Bot. Reg., t. 

 1G92.) A shrub, growing 

 to the height of 4 ft. or 

 5 ft. ; a native of the north- 

 west coast of North Ame- 

 rica ; whence seeds were 

 sent to the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, by Mr. 

 Douglas, in 1826. The bush 

 bears some similarity to 

 R. trifldrnm ; but the berry 

 of R. niveum is about the 

 size of that of the black 

 currant, and of the same 



deep rich purple. It resembles a small smooth gooseberry ; " but its flavour 

 is very different : it is entirely destitute of the flatness which is more or less 

 perceptible in even the best gooseberries ; in lieu of which it has a rich sub- 

 acid, 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 com- 

 mon gooseberry by hybridising." (Lindl. in Bot. Reg., Aug. 1834.) R. ni- 

 veum, 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. 



5. R. (t.) Cyno'sbati L. 



The Dog-Bramble Gooseberry. 



Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 292. ; Mill. Diet., No. 5. ; Berlandier in Mem. Soc. 



t. 1. f. 3. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 

 Sifnonyyne. R. ? triflbrum var. 

 Engravings. Mdm. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. 1. f. 3. ; and our fig. 719. 



Spec. Char. ,Src. Infra-axillary prickles 

 1 — 2. Leaves 3 — 4-lobed, softly 

 pubescent. Peduncles bearing 2 — 

 3 flowers. Calyxes campanulately 

 cylindrical. Petals small, much 

 snorter than the stigmas and sta- 

 mens. Style simple, toward the 

 middle hairy, rarely glabrous. Berry 

 prickly. A native of mountains 

 in Canada, on the authority of 

 Pursh : and of Japan, on the au- 

 thority of Thun'oerg. (Dec. Prod., 

 iii. p. 479.) It hardly differs from 

 R. divaricatum, except in the 

 broader tube of the corolla, and the 

 shorter stamens. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 178.) It was introduced in 1759. Grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., 

 and produces its flowers in April. There are two varieties: one with 

 whitish flowers, and smooth fruit; and the other with prickly branches 

 and fruit, and flowers pubescent and purplish. The former is a native of 

 Hudson's Bay ; and the latter, about Lake Huron. 



Iii! ('). R. (r.) DJVARICA X TUM DoUgl. 



The spreading-branched Gooseberry. 



Cat., til. 1836. 



Identification. DourI. in Bot. Keg., t. 1859. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. ; Ludd 

 unonynu /.' Ptrfflfcrum va\ ■ R. 1 Grossularia var. triflora subvar. 

 ng$. Jiot. Keg t 1359.; and our fig. 720. 



