Tap. 8543. 
RIBES LavuRIFOLiuM. 
West China. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. ‘Tribe RIBESIEAE. 
Rises, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 654. 
un 
Ribes laurifolium, Janczewski in Bull. Acad. Cracovie, sér. B, 1910, p. 97, 
fic. 6; species R. Henryi, Franch., affinis, ramul's etiam junioribus oe 
foliis magis coriaceis distincte serrato-crenatis eciliatis subtus eglan ulosis, 
petiolo multo longiore, racemis fructigeris baceas ad 7 gerentibus, rbachi 
pedicellis fructuque tenuiter tomentellis distinguenda. 
Frutex sesquimetralis ramis crassiusculis inermibus etiam juvenilibus glabris, 
maturis cortice castaneo lucidulo tectis. Gemmae majusculae, ovoideae, 
1 cm. longae; perulae scariosae, rotundato-ovatae, obtusae, minute 
apiculatae, praeter margines minutissime ciliolatos glabrae, brunneae. 
Folia breviter petiolata, secundum ramos disposita, lamina ovata vel ovato- 
oblonga, basi rotundata, apice acuta, raeter trientem vel quadrantem 
inferiorem serrato-crenata crenis glanduloso-apiculatis, 6-10 cm. longa, 
3-5 cm. lata, coriacea, glaberrima, 3-5-plinervia nervis lateralibus superiori- 
bus paucis valde obliquis; petiolus crassus, 5-15 mm. longus, magis 
minusve setosus setis interdum glanduligeris. Hacemi mars penduli, 
graciles, 2°5-4 em. longi, ad 12-flori, pedunculo circiter 1 cm. longo 
suffulti, bracteati; pedicelli ad 7 mm. longi; bracteae submembranaceae, 
oblongae, acutae, virescentes, sparse glanduloso-ciliolatae, ad 12mm. longae. 
Flores virescentes, 10-12 mm. diametro, praeter receptaculum sub- 
patelliforme minute pubescens glabri. Sepala late oblonga vel subrotun- 
data, obtusa, 4 mm. longa. Petala_ spathulata, 2 mm. longa. Stamina 
petala subaequantia; filamenta 1°5 mm. longa, antherae rotundatae. 
Stylus apice 2-fidus. Racemi feminet primo erecti, sub fructu penduli, 
graciles, circiter 2 cm. longi, ad 12-flori, penduneulo sub anthesi brev! 
suffulti, indumento maris induti; pedicelli sub anthesi 3 mm. longi, sub 
fructu ad 7 mm. longi; bracteae maris, deciduae. Flores virescentes, 6-8 
mm. diametro, praeter receptaculum lageniforme vel ambitu oblongum, basi 
attenuatum, griseo-tomentellum glabri. Q 
formia sed minora. Stamina ad corpuscula minuta rubra redacta. ¢ 
vix 2 mm. longus ; stigmata 2, brevia, subglobosa. Fructus late ellipsoideus, 
calyce paulo accrescente coronatus, 15 mm. et: 
tenuissime tomentellus, rubescens.—O. STAPF. 
The Ribes here figured is one which has been raised from 
seed collected in 1908 at an altitude of about 5,000 ft. at 
Wa-Shen in Western Szechuan by Mr. E. H. Wilson, and 
presented by Professor Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum to 
the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew and Glasnevin and to 
Mr. Vicary Gibbs; the material on which our illustration 
has been based has come in part from all three sources. At 
Marcu, 1914. 
