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4 7 2 A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E 'i'U M B R IT A N N IC U M .
J* 7. It. ( t . ) irr i'g u um Dougl. The well-watered Gooseberry-
Identification. Bougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 516.; Don’s Mill., 3. p, 178.
Si/nonipne. R . V triflOrum var.
Engraving. Oar fig. 848. from a plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.
Spec. Char., 4^-
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.
to 4 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers
white ; April. Fruit reddish, glabrous ; ripe in August.
Ji 8. R. h ib teT lum Michx. The slightly hrixry-branchcd
Gooseberry.
R . (t.j irriguum
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 11!. i Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479. 5 Don’s
Mill., 3. p. 178.
Engraving. Oar fig. 849 . from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium.
Spec. Char., 4<i’ Spines infra-axillary. Branches sparingly
hispid, with short hairs. Leaves small, cleft half-way down
Flowers greenish white; April ami May. Fruit re d ; ripe
in August. R-hirtélIunr.-
jtk 9. R. GRACILE Michx, The sXcndev-branched Gooseberry.
Identification. Michif.. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. {x 111.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 479.
Engraving. Ourjfg. 850. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium.
Spec. Char., 4c. 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. Pi'od.) A prickly shrub.
North America, on tbe mountains of Tennessee, and in
mountainous meadows from New York to Virginia.
Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers
850. «.gràcile. whitish ; April and May. Fruit purple or blue, highflavoured
; ripe in July and August.
jt 10. R. a c i c u l a ' r e Smith. The acicular
spined Gooseberry.
Identification. Smith in Rees’s Cycl. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 178.
Synonyme. R. U'va-crispa Sievers in PaU. Nord. Beytr. 7.
p. 274., ? Pall. in . Ross. 2. p. 37.
Engravings. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t . 230. ; and our fig. 851.
Spec. Char., 4c. Very prickly. Prickles stipular,
3—5-parted. Leaves rather pubescent,
nearly orbicular, 3—5-lobed. Lobes bluntish,
deeply serrated. Peduncles usually I-flowered,
bracteolate in the middle. Calyx campanulate,
smoothish. Berries bractless, and, as well as the
X X X I I . g r o s s u l a ' c E ì ì i : r Y b e s . 473
glabrous. (Do« sA i j) i f t to 2 f t . Introduced ? 1815. Flowers whitish ;
S Ì m ? . ffilf.it yeiflwish or purpH/r ;^grateful to the taste; npe
? ju ly and A ? u s ‘- Horticultural Society s Garden.
1) Ä. G b o s s u l a ' b i a i . T h e commo« Gooseberry.
J l t r r i f o i l T o T T t Gfteiller àfe,uerean.i>.; Grisella » Furiuwn,.
gemeine Stachellieere, Ger-è U'“ ^pma, Iwl. Feaberry Is a corruption ot fever-berry from
G™SeL°Maftó?eft'r f tm ^
sauco tor mackerel. of th£ bush resembling that ot the gorse,
Ä ' r ? ? - tr„it as a sauce to young, or green,
ESSngs. Eng. Bot, t, 1292.; and ourÄ. 852.
Spec. Char., f r . Prickles 2 or 3 under each bud.
Branches otherwise smooth, and spreading or
erect Pedicels I—2-flowered. Leaves 3 - 5 -
lobed rather villous. Bracteas close together,
Calvx campanulate, with reflexed segments,
which are shorter than the tube. Petals rounded
at the apex, glabrous, but bearded in the throat.
Stvle always beset with long down. (Dons
Mill.) A prickly spreading shrub. Europe and
Nepal, in woods and hedges. Height 2 it. to
4 ft Flowers greenish ; April. Fruit commonly
red, sometimes yellow or green; npe
in August.
Vaiieties. .
J* R G. 2 iTva-crispa Smitl.
Engl. Fl. ii. p. 333. ; E. U'va
crispa Lin. Sp. 292., Smith
Engl. Bot. t. 2057. (our f g .
852.); U'va-crispa Fuch. Hist.
t. 187. ; U'va spina Math.
Valgr. 1. t. 151. f. 1.; E- U'va-crispa var. 1 sylvéslris
Berlamlier ; has the berries smooth. n .n- , i
, 11. G. 3 spinosissima Berk MSS. has the branches thickly
beset with spines. ^ „
. R. G. 4. reclinàta Berk MSS., B. rechnatnm Lm. f r .
291., Grossulària reclinàta MtU. Diet. No. 1., has the
branches rather prickly, and reclmate.
. R. G. 5 Besserikua Bert. MSS E. hybndum Bessw-
Prim. Fl. Gall. Austr. p. 186., has the branches priftly,
and the fruit pubescent, intermixed with glandular
bristles. Native of Cracow, m hedges. t, , ' ra
a R. G. 6 « iòm ém is B e rk M S S .- -P la n t nearly glabrous. Bark smooth,
brown. Prickles axillary. Flowers and leaves small. Native about
(4pneva Perhaps a subvariety of R. G. reclinata,
a J ¿ 7 macrocirfia Dec. Prod, iii, p 478. - Stigmas often longer
than the petals. Flowers and berries large. -ra o a s
R G 8 òmrfeùtó Berk MSS. — Berries clothed with 2 - 4 - 5
'stright coloured, nearly opposite, bracteas and bristles, resembling
sepals, ¿hich fall off before the berry arrives at maturity. (Dons
himalayànus, It. himalayànus Boyle,Mill.) was raised in the
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