18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40406 to 40496— Continued. 



black-purple, round, smooth, one-third inch in diameter. Native of 

 the central United States; introduced in 1812. Thi- species and 

 R. sanguim um are by far the most attractive of the currants in their 

 blossom, and it is very distinct among them in its long, tubular, 

 yellow calyx." (IT. ./. liimi. Trees and shruh.s Hardy in tin British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. 398-391). ) 



The so-called variety chrysorovrum is simply a yellow-fruited form. 



40422. " 7305." Typical Ribes aureum. 



See S. P. I. No. 40421 for description. 



40423. Ribes fascictjlatum Siebold and Zuccarini. 

 "7540." 



"A deciduous, unarmed shrub, 3 to 5 feet high; young shoots finely 

 downy. Leaves 3 to 5 lobed, the largest 2 inches long, 2£ to 3 inches 

 wide; the lobes coarsely toothed, usually more or less downy: stalk 

 downy and with feathered bristles near the base. Flowers unisexual, 

 the sexes on separate plants. Males clustered four to nine together in a 

 stalkless umbel — i. e., each flower is on its own stalk without uniting on 

 a common ope — yellow, fragrant, smooth; females usually in pairs, some- 

 times three or four. Fruits erect on a stalk one-fifth inch long, round, 

 one-third to one-half inch diameter, smooth, bright scarlet. Native of 

 China, Japan, and Corea. and distinct from all other species in cultiva- 

 tion in having the flowers clustered in fascicles. 



" Var. chinensi Maximowicz (R. billardii Carr.) is a taller shrub, par- 

 tially evergreen, more downy than the type. The fruits of both are or- 

 namental, and remain long on the branches."' (W. J. Bean, Trees and 

 shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 



40424. Ribes bubejense F. Schmidt. Gooseberry. 



" 7532." 



"A small shrub covered with copious fine prickles ; blooms as early as 

 R. aciculare. Leaves sparingly pilose, somewhat glandular-setaceous. 

 Inflorescence pale or reddish. Calyx small, retlexed. Corolla white, tri- 

 angular. Stamens longer than the corolla. Manchuria, northern Corea, 

 northern China." (C. K. Schneider, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 

 2, p. 98',, 1912.) 



40425. X Ribes cakriekei Schneider. Black currant. 

 "7358. Qlutinosum var. albidum $ X nigrum $." 



"Vigorous shrub, 1£ meters high, without the disagreeable odor of the 

 black currant. Young shoots pubescent, rather large and stiff. Buds 

 ovoid-oblong, of good size, but smaller than those of R. glutinosum, with 

 herbaceous greenish scales a little touched with red. Leaves of medium 

 size or rather large, up to 11 cm. long and 12 cm. wide, ordinarily trilo- 

 bate, with the middle lobe usually as predominant as in the black currant, 

 the base cordate, often asymmetrical, pubescenl on the nerves and dotted 

 below with small sessile glands. Leaves falling late. Racemes hori- 

 zontal ii] i to >s cm. in length, loose, with 1(> to 15 Bowers. Buds almost 

 red. Flowers medium, flesh colored, tomentose, and glandulose. Fruit 

 round, as large as a currant, black, not pruinose, entirely similar to that 

 of the black currant, which it also resembles in taste. Ripens in July 

 and August. R. rarrierei is a chance hybrid which was found among the 

 seeds of R, glutinosum var. albidum by Billard at Fontenay aux Roses 



