Genus i. 



GOOSEBERRY FAMILY, 



Petioles slender, 

 than long, i'-4' 



2. Ribeshudsonianum Richards. North- 

 ern lilack Currant. Fig. 2198. 



Ribes hudsoniamim Richards. Bott. .-^pp. Frank. 

 Journ. Ed. 2, 6. iS.^3. 



Branches erect, unarmed. 



l'-4' long; leaves broader ". 



wide, more or less pubescent and resinous- 

 dotted beneath, 3-5-lobed, the lobes obtuse or 

 acutish, coarsely dentate; racemes 2i' long or 

 less; pedicels 2" long or less; flowers white, 

 2"-3" broad; calyx broadly campanulate, its 

 lobes oval, obtuse, spreading; stamens short, 

 not exserted; ovary dotted with sessile glands; 

 bracts setaceous, usually nearly equalling the 

 pedicels, deciduous; fruit black, glabrous, 3 - 

 S" in diameter. 



Hudson Bay and western Ontario to Alaska, 

 Minnesota and British Columbia. Quinsy-berry. 

 May-June. 



Ribes nigriun L., the black currant of the gar- 

 dens with similar leaves, loosely flowered droop- 



inrracemes, the calyx-lobes ascending and recurved, has escaped from cult.vat 

 States. 



3. Ribes vulgare Lam 

 Currant. Fig. 



ion in the Middle 



. Red Garden 

 2199. 



Ribes vulgare Lam. Encycl. 3; 47. I/Sq- 



LTnarmed; stems nearly erect. Petioles 

 slender, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, 

 1-3' long; leaves pubescent beneath, at least 

 when young, orbicular or broader, cordate 

 at the base, 3-5-lobed, the lobes acutish, 

 sharply dentate ; racemes pendulous, loosely 

 flowered; pedicels 2"-3" long, curved and 

 sometimes ascending, longer than the ovate 

 bractlets : flowers greenish, about 2" broad ; 

 calyx flat-campanulate ; stamens short ; an- 

 ther-sacs divergent; fruit red, glabrous, 

 2"-^" in diameter. 



Raisin-tree. Garnet-berry. Wine-berry. 

 May-June. Escaped from cultivation, Mas- 

 sachusetts to Ontario, Virginia and Wisconsin, 

 and in Oregon and British Columbia. ^ Native 

 of Europe. Included in our first edition in 

 R. rubrum L. 



4. Ribes triste Pall. American Red Cur- 

 rant. Fig. 2200. 



Ribes triste Pall. Nova Acta Acad. Petrop. 10: 378. 

 1797- 



Ribes rubrum subglandulosum Maxim. Bull. Acad. 

 St. Petersb. 19: 261. 1874. 



Similar to the preceding species, unarmed, the 

 stems creeping or ascending. Leaves glabrous 

 above, more or less pubescent beneath ; racemes 

 several-flowered, as long as the leaves or shorter, 

 drooping; pedicels 4" long or less, longer than 

 the ovate bractlets; flowers purplish; calyx 

 saucer-shaped; anther-sacs contiguous, parallel 

 or nearly so; ovary glabrous; fruit red. glabrous, 

 3"-4" in diameter. 



Wet woods and bogs, Newfoundland to Alaska, 

 New Jersey, Michigan. South Dakota and Oregon. 

 Northern .^sia. June-July. 



