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4 6 8 A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R IT A N N IC U M .
Seldom rising more than 3 ft. in height; and, in Bj-itish gardens, thriviii»
best in a dry soil, composed partly of lime rubbish, which should be, about
once a year, strewed with a thin coat of salt. Propagated by cuttings.
J. 1. N. Scho'berj L. Schober’s Nitraria.
Idcntifcatmn. Lin. S p ., 638.; Dec. P roJ., 3. p. 456. ¡ Don’s Mill., 3. p. 166.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves oblong, perfectly entire. Drupes
ovate. (Dec. Prod.) A low bushy shrub, varying with
branches spiny, and hranches smooth. Russia, in the nei«h-
bourhood of salt lakes. Height 1 ft. to .3 ft. Introd. in 1788.
Flowers white ; May to August. Fruit blackish blue or red,’
rather larger than peas ¡ rarely seen
in England.
Varieties.
Jk N. S. 1 sibirica. N. sibirica
Pail. PI. Ross, t SO. f. A.,
and our Jig. 840.—Fruit o f a
blackish blue colour. Siberia.
Hort. Soc. Garden.
jsk N. S. 2 cáspica. N. cáspica
Pall. Flora Ross. t. SO. f.
B., and our Jig. 841 Fruit
red. Leaves longer. Young n . s,oS>¡,;„.
branches pubescent. Fruit larger, and iimch
840. N .S C 6 3 6 » . - . « * . . S « ’ Gai’deii.
N Mcntata Desf., a native of Africa, is described in our first edition,
but IS rather teuder in British gardens.
O r d e r X X X I I . G R O S SU LA 'C EÆ .
^ T r a f T ,aa»ie„3 4 - S . Anthers ìntrorsa.
Ovanum l-oeWei, with two opposite parietal placenta. Stvle 2 -3 - or 4-
cleft. Frmt succulent, crowned by the persistent calyx, many-seeded
S fd s auliate. Albumen horny. Diflers from Cactacea; in definite stamens
albuiiiinoiis seed, calyx, corolla, and habit. (G Don ) ’
Leaves simple, /te rn a te stipulate, deciduous;’ lobed or cut, plaited
ve?o"w?r re I™ Ih h’ a ftla i’y, or terminal, greenish, whitish
. ? c } u d e ? ? L t e u s t i r ‘’™" ‘"“■’fo America; all
G e n u s I .
I —
R l'B E S L. T h e R i b e s . Lin. St/st. Pentándria Monogynia.
Identificatim. Lin. Gen., 281.; Deo. Prod., a o. 477 ■ Don’s Mm s „ ise
Derivaupn. T h e word H iiis i, from the nam” £f In acid nlkm "ü,“” ’ .
Gen. Char. The same as that of the order.
X X X I I . g r o s s u l a ' c e æ ; r P b b s .
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; lobed or cut, plaited
while in the bud. F ’/omiot greenish white, yellow, or red ; very rarely unisexual.
There is one bractea at the base of each pedicel, which is cut more
or less ; and two much smaller ones, called bracteoles, under each ovarium
— Unarmed or spiny shrubs ; natives of Europe, Asia, and North America •
two of which (the common currant and gooseberry) are well known in’
British gardens, for their valuable fruits.
Many of the sorts here set down as species are, we have no doulit only
varieties ; but, as we are not able to refer these to their aboriginal form’s we
have followed the usual authorities, and more especially the nomenclature
adopted in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. All the species of Ribes
strike root readily from cuttings ; and grow freely in any soil that is tolerably
dry; but, as they are only ligneous in a subordinate degree, and are but of a
temporary duration under any circumstances, they require to be grown in dug
teds or border.8 and are, therefore, more fitted for scientific collections oi
flower-borders, than for general shrubbei'ies, undug arboretiims, or lawns.
The most showy species are Bibes sanguineum and aúreum, and tbeir varieties
R. speciosum has a singular fuchsia-like appearance when in blossom ; and R.
multiflorum, though the flowers are greenish, is remarkably elegant, on account
of the long many-flowered racemes in which they are disposed.
§ i, Grossularits Ach, Rich. Goosebervies.
S '“ *'““ ’« « » « ra u c h , G rr.; Kruisbes, DirfcA ; Uva
Sed. Char., f r . Stems, in most instances, prickly. Leaves plaited. Flowers
in racemes ; L 2. or 3, in a raceme. Calyx more or less bell-shaped. (Dec.
Prod., Ill p. 4 /8.) — hhriibs with prickles; and with the leaves and fruit
more or less resembling those of the common gooseberry.
A. Flowers greenish white.
M 1. R. O X Y A C A N T H O I D E S L. The Hawthorn-fcaoc« Gooseberry
' ‘‘“ ‘“ O'“ “ M"™- S ic , Phys. Gen.. 3. pars 2., not o.
Mém. Suo. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. 1. f. 1. ; Dill, Elth., t. 13S. p. 166. ; and our
Spec. Char., 4c. Infra-axillary prickles
laiger, and mostly solitary ; smaller
prickles scattered here and there.
Leaves glabrous, their lobes dentate,
their petioles villous, and a little hispid.
Peduncles short, bearing 1—2 dowers.
Berry globose, glabrous, purplish blue.
(Dec. Prod.) A prickly shrub. Canada,
on rocks. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced
in 1705. Flowers greenish ;
Aprih Fruit small, red and green, or
purpli.sh blue; ripe in August; and
agreeable to eat.
This shmb varies much in the number
and colour of its prickles, and its more
or less dense ramification and pubescence.
The fruit resembles that of the ttk,, u.A,aGclttAtlutuC&i
common gooseberry. It is not common in British gardens, the R. oxya-
canthoides of Michaux {R. lacustre Poir.) being different from it. Periiaps
JO IS only one of the wild states of the common gooseberry; wliich varies so
veiy much when in a state of culture, that it is reasonable to suppose that it
^ili vary much also in a wild state.
H H 3
812. Ä. üxyacanthüidus.