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GROSSULARIACEAE. 



Vol. II 



5. Ribes glandulosum Craucr. Fclid 

 Currant. l'"ig. 2201. 



l^ihcs glaiidnlosum Grauer, PI. Min. Cog. 2. 1784. 

 R. prostratum L'ller. Stirp. Nov. 3. pi. 2. 1785. 



Branches decumbent or spreading, tliorn- 

 less and without prickles. Petioles slender. 

 l'-3' long, pubescent or glabrous, the dilated 

 rfif^i^ base sometimes ciliate; leaves nearly orbicular, 

 O^Z-O sharply and deeply s-7-lobed, 1-3' wide, usu- 

 ,<^ ally somewhat pubescent along the veins be- 

 neath, the lobes acute or , acutish, dentate- 

 serrate ; flowers racemose, about 2i" broad ; 

 pedicels 2"-2J" long, glandular, calyx broadly 

 campanulate, its lobes short and broad ; sta- 

 mens short, not exserted ; fruit red, glandular- 

 bristly, about 3" in diameter. 



In cold wet places, Newfoundland to Atha- 

 basca, British Columbia, south, especially along 

 the inouhtains, to North Carolina, Michigan and 

 Wisconsin. Plant with a disagreeable odor. As- 

 cends to 6000 ft. in North Carolina. Skunk-cur- 

 rant. May-June. 



6. Ribes inebrians Lindl. \\liite-flowered 

 Currant. Fig. 2202. 



Ribes inebrians Lindl. Bot. Reg. p\. 1471. 1832. 



Unarmed. Petioles slender, more or less glan- 

 dular-pubescent, 3"-io" long; leaves reniform- 

 orbicular, cordate at the base, i'-iY wide, spar- 

 ingly glandular-pubescent, or glabrate on both 

 sides, 3-5-lobed, the lobes very obtuse, crenate 

 or crenulate ; racemes short, pubescent, pendu- 

 lous, bractlets rhombic, much longer than the 

 pedicels, persistent, usually entire-margined and 

 glandular-ciliate ; flowers sessile or short-pedi- 

 celled, white or greenish-white; calyx tubular, 

 glandular; petals minute, nearly orbicular; sta- 

 mens short ; fruit red, insipid, glandular or rarely 

 smooth, about 3" in diameter. 



South Dakota to Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico 

 and California. May-June. Confused in our first 

 edition with the similar A", eerenm Dough 



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7. Ribes americanum ]\Iill. Wild Black 

 Currant. Fig. 2203. 



Ribes americanum Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 4. 



1768. 

 Ribes floridnm L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 1:4.. 1784. 

 Ribes nigrum var. pennsylvanicum Marsh. Arb. 



Amer. 132. 1785. 

 Ribes pennsylvanicum Lam. Encycl. 3: 49. 1789. 



Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slender, 

 loosely pubescent, or glabrous ; leaves nearly 

 orbicular, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent 

 and resinous-dotted beneath, i '-3' wide, sharply 

 3-S-lobed, the lobes dentate-serrate, acutish ; 

 racemes pendulous, rather loosely flowered, 

 pubescent ; bractlets linear, much exceeding the 

 pedicels, or shorter; flowers greenish-white, 

 or yellowish, 4"-5" long; calyx tubular, its 

 lobes short, broad, obtuse ; stamens not ex- 

 serted ; fruit globose-ovoid, black, glabrous, 

 Z's" iti diameter. 



In woods. Nova Scotia to Virginia, Manitoba. 

 Assiniboia, Kentucky, Iowa and Nebraska. Also 

 in New Mexico. Quinsy-berry. April-May. 



