CHAP. LV. 



GRCSSULA CE/E. Rl BES. 



971 



Spec. Char.y cfc. Branches divaricate, bristly, at 

 length naked. Spines 1 — 3 together, axillary, 

 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- 720 

 mens exserted. Berries glabrous, black, 

 smooth, and spherical ; pleasant to the taste. 

 Petals white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 178.) A 

 common bush, on the banks of streams, near 

 Indian villages, on the north-east coast of 

 North America ; where it forms a shrub, grow- 

 ing from 5 ft. to 7 ft. high. ; flowering in April, 

 Introduced in 1826. It is nearly allied to R. triflorum, of which, like 

 R. Cynosbati and some of the following sorts, it is, probably, only a variety. 



Dougl. 



p. 516. 



The well-watered Gooseberry. 

 Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 231. } Don's Mill., 3. 



• 7. R. (t.) irri'guum 



Identification. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. 



p. 178. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonyme. R. Ptriflbrum var. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 721. 



Spec. Char., Sec Prickles axillary, ter- 

 nary. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5- 

 lobed, toothed, ciliated, pilose on both 

 surfaces, nerved. Peduncles 3-flow- 

 ered, beset with glandular hairs. Calyx 

 campanulate. Segments linear, about 

 equal in length to the tube. Berries 

 glabrous, spherical, half an inch in dia- 

 meter, smooth, juicy, and well-fla- 

 voured. Apparently closely allied to 

 R. trifldrum'. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 178.) 

 Found on the north-west coast of Ame- 

 rica, on moist mountain rocks, near springs and streams ; on the Blue Moun- 

 tains; and on the banks of the Spokan river. A shrub, growing to the height 

 of 3 ft. or 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. 



a 8. R. hirte'llum Michx. The slightly hairy-branched Gooseberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 



S})cc. Char., cfc. Spines infra-axillary. Branches sparingly hispid, with short 

 hairs. Leaves small, cleft half-way down into 3 dentate lobes. Peduncles 

 1-flowered. Berries glabrous, red. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 479.) A native of 

 rocky mountains in Canada and Virginia. It was introduced in 1812. 

 Grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. ; produces its greenish white flowers in 

 April and May ; and ripens its red fruit in August. 



fife 9. R. gra'cile Michx. The s\ender-b?*anched Gooseberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 111. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. 



Spec. Char., Sj-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., iii. p. 479.) Wild in the mountains 

 of Tennessee, and in mountainous meadows from New York to Virginia. 

 Introduced in 1812. Growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft.; and flowering 

 in April and May. 



sfe 10. R. acicula v re Smith. The acicular-sp*W/ Gooseberry. 



Identification. Smith in Rees's Cycl. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 178. 

 Si/nonyme. R. ITva-crispa Sievers in Pall. Nord. Beytr., 7. p. 274. 

 Engraving. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 230. 



'Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 37. 



