90 Class V. Order f. 



96. RIBES. 



RIBES TRIFLORUM. IVilld. Wild Gooseberry. 



Thorn subaxillary ; leaves smooth, three or five 

 lobed, cut-toothed ; peduncles about three flowered ; 

 pedicels elongated ; petals spatulate, undulate, style 

 hairy, semibirid, exserted ; berries smooth. Willd. 



The buds of this species produce at flowering time a small 

 tuft of leaves with two or three bell shaped flowers. Petioles 

 ciliate. Leaves smooth above, pubescent beneath. Calyx green, 

 its segments reflexed. Petals white, erect, nearly truncated, 

 curled. Style hairy below, smooth above. Fruit somewhat re- 

 sembling the common gooseberry. Woods. May. 



RIBES RIGENS. JUx. Mountain Currant. 



Unarmed, leaves lobed and toothed, the veins pu- 

 bescent beneath ; racemes erect, lax, berries hispid. 



Stems procumbent, rooting. Leaves mostly five lobed, tooth- 

 ed, smooth on both sides, the veins of the younger ones pubes- 

 cent beneath. Racemes erect, the peduncles and germs covered 

 with glandular hairs. Calyx hemispherical, the segments patu- 

 lous, greenish, with purple striae. Petals wedge shaped, shorter 

 than the calyx. Stamens converging, anthers black. Style as 

 long as the stamens, bifid. Berries hairy. 



The berries, when bruised, have the odour of Ictodes fcetidus. 



On the Wachusett, Monadnock, and White mountains. June. 



RIBES FLORIDUM. I'Herit. Large flowering Currant. 



Unarmed ; leaves dotted on both sides ; racemes 

 pendulous ; flowers cylindrical ; bractes longer than 

 the germ. Willd. 



This is a common, wild currant, having its leaves generally in 

 five lobes, toothed at the edge, and covered on both surfaces 

 with small, whitish, glandular points, just visible to the naked 

 eye. Petioles fringed with compound hairs. Racemes pendu- 

 lous, downy, many flowered. Calyx tubular-campanulate, with 

 recurved segments. Petals greenish white, straight, a little re- 

 flexed at point. Fruit black, watery and insipid. Woods. 

 Mav. 



