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RIBes CEREUM. Waxy Currant. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeyni. 
( Nat. Ord—Grossunarieg. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-lobus, laciniis minus coloratis. Pet. 5, parva, 
albida, lutea vel rubra. Stam. 5, rarissime 6, filamentis 
liberis. Styli 1, 2, 3, 4-fida. Bacca unilocularis, recepta- 
culis lateralibus. Semina arillata (an in omnibus?) oblonga, 
compressa, D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Rizes* cereum; inerme, foliis cordatis lobatis serratis glan- 
duloso-pubescentibus glabris glaucis superne albo- 
glandulosis, racemis pendulis, floribus paucis subsessi- 
libus cylindraceo-subangulatis, bracteis ovatis appressis 
dentato-serratis. 
Rives cereum, Douglas in Herb. Hort. Soc. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1263. 
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Descr. “ A much branched, compact, twiggy shrub, 
four to six feet high in its native climate.” Doveras MSS. 
Stems clothed with a greyish- brown bark, when young 
slightly downy, partially coated with a resinous or waxy 
Substance and glandular, when old, cracking and peeling 
off. Leaves small, in my living specimens not at all downy, 
Petioled, five-lobed, the lobes rounded, serrated, glaucous- 
steen, studded on the upper side with white glands, or very 
minute warts, perforated in the centre, from which a waxy 
or 
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The name of an acid plant, antiently applied to the Rheum Ribes. 
