Tas. 8849. 
RIBES NIvEvUM. 
North-west America. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe Rressreaz. 
Ries, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 654. 
* 
Ribes niveum, Lindl., Bot. Reg. t. 1692; Loudon, Encyc. Trees € Shrubs, 
p- 470, fig. 845; Hastwood in Proc. Calif. Acad. ser. 3, vol. ii. p. 251; 
Heller in Muhlenbergia, vol. i. p. 64; Schneid. Handb. Laubholzk, vol. i. 
p. 409, figs. 262, h-l; 263, d. e., partim; Jancz. Monogr. Grosseill. in 
Es Mem. Soc. Phys. d¢ Hist. Nat. Genéve, vol. xxxv. 393; species R. 
divaricato, Douglas, affinis, sed sepalis albis longioribus, filamentis pilosis 
E diversa. 
Frutex 3-metralis, ramulis hincinde ad nodos aculeis plerumque 1-3 validius- 
culis circiter 1 cm. longis armatis vel inermibus, rarius in surculis robustis 
¥ parce aculeolatis. Gemmae oblongae, 5 mm. longae; perulae exteriores 
u subcoriaceae, brunneae, triangulari-ovatae, subacutae, interiores scariosae, 
elongatae, pallidae, glabrae. Folia in macrocladiis sparsa, in_brachy- 
cladiis brevissimis arcte fasciculata, petiolo longitudine valde vario 
plerumque 1-2 cm. interdum vero ultra 4 cm. longo suffulta; lamina 
ambitu rotundata, basi truncata vel latissime cuneata, breviter 3-5-loba, 
2-8 em. longa, 2°5-3°5 lata, lobis obtusis grosse crenatis, basin versus et 
secus margines parce pubescentia, caeterum glabra, raro subtus undique 
: molliter pilosula. Racemi graciles, subpenduli, 3-4-flori, axi 1-175 
is : (interdum ad 2°5) cm. longi pedunculo plerumque brevi incluso; bracteae 
submembranaceae, obovato-éllipticae, interdum lobulatae, glabrae vel 
parce ciliolatae, 2 mm. longae, pedicellorum bases manicae modo circum- 
dantes. Receptaculum inferum ellipsoideum, superum infundibuliforme, 
2 mm. longum, totum glabrum. Sepala anguste oblonga, obtusa, 8-9 mm. 
longa, alba, basi roseo-tincta, sub anthesi patula, deinde recurva. Petala 
obovato-spathulata, 2 mm. longa, porrecta. Stamina longe exserta; 
filamenta 8 mm. longa, patule pilosa; antherae rotundatae, 1 mm. longae. 
Stylus antheras paulo superans, ad 1°5 mm. bifidus, patule pilosus. 
Fructus globosus, 8-9 mm. diametro, glaber, atropurpureus, calyce 
persistente coronatus.—R. gracile, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. vol. i. p. 546; 
8. Watson, Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 333, pro parte; Wilks, Journ. D. 
Dougl. 835; Howell, Fl. N.W. Am. vol. i. p. 210; Eastwood in Proc. Cal. 
Acad. 8, ser. 3, vol. ii. p. 241; Heller in Muhlenbergia, vol. i. p. 63. 
R. divaricatwm, Hook. in London Journ. Bot. vol. vi. p. 229; non Dougl. 
Grossularia nivea, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. vol. vi. p. 179.—O. Srapr. 
The Gooseberry now figured, for the material of which 
we are indebted to the Rev. W. E. Blathwayt, Dyrham 
Rectory, Chippenham, is one that has long been known 
in cultivation in this country. According to Loudon, 
Aprit-JUNE, 1920. 
