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40406 to 40496— Continued. 



"A hybrid between R. aureum and R. sanguineum, raised at Shrubland 

 Park, near Ipswich, about 1837, by Donald Beaton, a famous gardener of 

 his time. It is intermediate in most respects between its parents in habit, 

 in the leaves being smaller and less hairy than those of R. sanguineum, 

 and in the colour of the flowers, which are reddish outside, yellowish 

 within, a curious blend. It is hardier than R. sanguineum and can be 

 grown in parts of the New England States where that species is too 

 tender to thrive. It is interesting and not without beauty, but is inferior 

 to either of its parents." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 402.) 



40445. Ribes cynosbati L. Gooseberry. 



" 7505." 



" Dogberry. A native of eastern North America, introduced in 1759. 

 Its stems are weakly armed or not at all ; leaves and leafstalks downy, 

 calyx green, bell shaped with reflexed sepals ; petals white ; ovary bristly, 

 the bristles not gland tipped ; style downy toward the base ; fruit red- 

 dish purple, scarcely one-half inch in diameter, more or less covered with 

 slender prickles." (IF. ./. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. 403.) 



40446. Ribes grossularioides Maxim. Gooseberry. 



" 7484." 



"A native of China and Japan, with smooth or bristly stems armed with 

 triple spines ; leaves smooth or with glandular bristles. It differs from 

 R. grossularia in the style not being downy and in the red berries being 

 smooth. Introduced to Kew from North China by the late Dr. Bret- 

 schneider in 1881." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol, 2, p. 403.) 



40447. Ribes himalayense ukceolatum Jancz. 

 " 7515 B." 



" Wilson No. 4414. A bush 2 to 3 meters high, with black fruits from 

 woodlands, Fanghsien, western Hupeh, altitudes, 2,300 to 2.G00 meters. 

 September, 1910." (Wilson.) 



For a more complete description of the species, see S. P. I. No. 40448. 



40448. Ribes himalayense Decalsne. 



" 7515." 



"Tall shrub 2 to 4 meters. Young shoots glabrous, a beautiful red in 

 springtime (May and June). Buds, very small, lengthened. Vegetation 

 and flowering very much later than in the currants of the gardens, con- 

 temporaneous with R, petraeum var. bullatum. Leaves rounded or ovoid, 

 up to 12 cm. in length and breadth, lobed or more deeply cut, with lobes 

 little developed and subobtuse, more often pointed, cordate at base, some- 

 times very deeply, dotted with glandular hairs above and rarely pubescent 

 beneath. Flowers subcampanulate, or suburceolate, greenish, mottled with 

 red or even purple on the outside, subglabrous or pubescent. Fruit rather 

 large, red or black, insipid, oligospermous, crowned with a fleshy collarette 

 and with the withered flower. Seeds rather large. Native of the Chinese 

 Empire from the Himalaya Mountains and those of Yunnan at the south 

 as far as Shensi on the north. Always in the high mountains. We know- 

 three varieties of this species, var. decaisnei Jancz. Leaves with acute 

 lobes, flowers with sepals exposed from the middle of their length, ciliate 



