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RIBES SANGUINEUM. RED-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—GrossuLaRIEz. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-lobus, laciniis plus minisve coloratis. Pet. 5 
parva albida lutea vel rubra. Stam. 5, rarissimé 6, fila- 
mentis liberis. Styli 1—2—3—4-fida. Bacca unilocu- 
laris, receptaculis lateralibus. Semuzna arillata (an in om- 
nibus ?) oblonga compressa. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Rises sanguineum ; inerme, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis 
serratis venosis supra glariusculis subtus villoso-tomen- 
tosis, racemis laxis pubescentibus folio duplo longio- 
ribus, calycibus tubuloso-campanulatis laciniis oblon- 
gis obtusis patentibus petala (rubra) integerrima supe- 
rantibus, bracteis lineari-oblongis, baccis turbinatis 
hirsutis. 
Rises sanguineum. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 164. Smith, in 
Rees’ Cycl. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 5. p. 497. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 811. Dougl. in Hort. 
Trans. v. 7. p. 509. t. 13. Bot. Reg. t. 1349. Hook. 
Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1, p. 234. i 
Rises malvaceum. Sm. in Rees’ Cycl. 
Few, if any of the numerous interesting and hardy plants, 
introduced to our gardens by Mr. Dovexas from the North- 
west coast of America, are more truly deserving of cultiva- 
tion, and of a place in our borders and in our shrubberies, 
than the subject of the present plate. Its original disco- 
verer was Mr. Menzizs, and it has since been gathered by 
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