1263 
RIBES* cereum. 
Waay Currant. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. GROSSULACER. 
RIBES. — Suprà, vol. 2. fol. 125. 
R. cereum ; inerme, foliis subrotundis crenatis sublobatis glanduloso-pubes- 
centibus basi truncatis integerrimis, racemis cernuis pedunculatis pauci- 
floris umbellatis, bracteis ovatis tomentosis, calycibus tubulosis coloratis 
pubescentibus. 
R. cereum. Douglas in herb. Hort. Soc. 
Frutex humilis, undique rore cereo pruinosus. Rami inermes, cortice 
Fusco deglubente. Folia petiolata, subrotunda, crenata, pubescentia, adultis 
glabris lobatis; petioli pubescentes. Flores albi, in racemis cernuis, 4-5-floris, 
umbellatis, pedicello glanduloso insidentibus dispositi; bractee ovate, to- 
mentose, apice dentate, ovariis longiores. Calyx tubulosus, cylindraceus, 
ovario duplò longior, pubescens, glandulosus. Stylus inclusus. Bacce 
parve, spherice, glabre, calyce longo coronata. 
A small hardy shrub, native of dry rocks on the north- 
west of North America, from the great falls of the Columbia 
to the Rocky Mountains, where it was discovered by 
Mr. Douglas. It flowered for the first time in April of 
the present year, in the Garden of the Horticultural So- 
ciety, where our drawing was made. 
The cultivated plant agrees entirely with the native 
specimens brought home by Mr. Douglas. It is one of 
the most distinctly marked of the genus. 
Branches unarmed, with the old bark peeling off; when 
young covered, as all the rest of the plant, with a white 
waxy exudation. Leaves stalked, roundish, crenate, pubes- 
cent, when full-grown smooth and lobed; petioles downy. 
* See fol. 1237. 
