22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40406 to 40496— Continued. 



noticeably predominant, .sometimes strongly pointed or almost acuminate 

 with subcordate or truncate base, sometimes even rounded, a little glossy, 

 glabrous, dotted with glandular hairs. Leaves but little developed at 

 flowering. Male racemes erect, 1$ to 4* cm. Ions, with from 7 to 30 

 flowers. Flowers subturbinate, purplish maroon on the inside, glabrous. 

 Female racemes very short, one-half to 2 cm., loose, hearing three to six 

 (lowers in wild plants, 2 to 3 cm. long in cultivation, with about ten 

 flowers. Pedicels very short at flowering. Bracts caducous. Flowers 

 subrotate, smaller than the males, purplish or reddish maroon, sometimes 

 greenish. Fruit small, like a currant, round or obovate, reddish scarlet, 

 glabrous, occasionally shortly pedunculate (one-half mm.), crowned with 

 withered flower. Pulp flesh colored, subacid or a little sweet, not gelati- 

 nous. Seeds rather small, oblong. Matures in middle July. Native of the 

 high mountains of southern China, Yunnan, Hupeh, Szechwan. Tibet, and 

 in the Himalayas. Wallich confused R. glaciate with R. acuminatum, but 

 accepting the opinion of Govan that they are specifically distinct, I pro- 

 pose to apply the name R. glaciate to the plant having the smaller leaves 

 more like those of R. alpinum. Hooker fil. and Thomson do the contrary, 

 and describe R. acuminatum under the name of R. glaciate" (E. Janc- 

 zewski, Monographic des Groseilliers, p. 467.) 



40440. Ribes trilobum Me.ven. 

 (Ribes gayanum Spach.) 



"7325. 5." 



"An unarmed evergreen shrub. 3 to 5 feet high ; the young wood, leaf- 

 stalks, flower stalks, ovary, and calyx shaggy with soft hairs. Leaves 

 stout, greyish, very broadly or roundish ovate; 1 to 2 inches long and 

 broad; the three lobes rounded and toothed, the base usually straight; 

 downy on both sides. Flowers bell shaped, yellow, honey scented, closely 

 packed in erect cylindrical racemes, 1 to 2 inches long, one-half inch 

 diameter. Berries about the size of peas, purple-black, hairy. Native of 

 Chile. A handsome evergreen and distinct in the shape and color of 

 its inflorescence and the hairiness of its various parts. Some forms 

 are less downy. Flowers in early June. It has been cultivated at Kew 

 for many years and is quite hardy." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 'i01-Jf02.) 



40441. Ribes trilobum Meyen. 

 [Ribes gayanum Spach.) 



" 7325. $ ." 



See S. P. I. No. 40440 for description. 

 40442 and 40443. Ribes glaciale Wallich. Currant. 



40442. "7380 $." 



See S. P. I. No. 10439 for previous introduction and description. 



40443. " 75.15 K." 



"Wilson No. 180. From woods, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, at an 

 altitude of 2.250 meters. September, T.MI7; a form with large sepals." 

 ( Wilson.) 



See S. P. I. No. 40439 for previous introduction aud description. 



40444. X Ribes Gordon iaSum Lemaire. Currant. 





