CHAPTER YII. 



GOOSEBERRY. 



NATURAL FAMILY GROSSULACILE. 



iJiibes Gr'ossulaiia, of Botanists ; Bibes Uva Ci^a, of Linnaeus ; G^vsseiUer^ o! 

 the French ; Stachelbeere-strauch^ German ; Uva-sjnm, Italian ; GrosseUa, Spanish; 

 Kruisbes, of the Dutch.] 



GENERAL CHARACTER. 



Low, deciduous shrubs ; steins mostly bearing thorns 

 at the base of the leaf-stalks, in some the spines or prickles 

 scattered, usually more abundant at the base of the 

 stems than above ; leaves alternate, palmately lobed ; 

 fruit a one-celled berry, produced in small clusters, smooth 

 or prickly. 



SPECIES. 



The following are indigenous to the "United States, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Gray and Chapman. 



Ribes Cynosbati,— "Wild Gooseberry.— Leaves pubes- 

 cent ; peduncles slender, two to three flowered ; spines 

 strong; berry large, armed with long prickles, like a burr, 

 ^arely smooth. 



R. hirtellum. — Smooth Gooseberry. — Leaves somewhat 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles very short, one to two 

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