548 GROSSULACEiE. Ribes. 



pects this plant to be the same as R. triflorum, Willd. "We possess a frag- 

 ment gathered by Dr. James in the Rocky Mountains (about lat. 41°), which 

 may be the R. irriguum of Douglas ; but the description of that species is too 

 imperfect to determine the question. It has slightly pubescent leaves, very 

 short peduncles ; the narrow calyx-segments are longer than the tube -, the 

 stamens are included and not longer than the spatulate petals ; the style is cleft 

 at the summit only, and is a little longer than the stamens ; the fruit is smooth. 



12. R. Missonriense (Nutt. ! mss.) : " subaxillary spines 1-3, stout; leaves 

 roundish or somewhat reniform, cuneate at the base, 3-5-lol)ed, pubescent 

 beneath ; the lobes nearly equal, short and obtuse, crenately toothed or in- 

 cised ; peduncles elongated, 2-3-flowered ; tube of the calyx shorter than the 

 linear elongated at lengtli reflexed segments ; petals very short, retuse ; sta- ' 

 mens glabrous and, with the hairy 2-cleft style, greatly exserted ; fruit brown, 

 smooth. 



" Missouri, common throughout Independence County, where it is some- 

 times cultivated ; bearing abundance of flowers and fruit ; the latter somewhat 

 glaucous, and agreeably subacid. Stems smooth, 4-6 feet high ; the 

 branches also smooth : spines at length very stout, as in R. Uva-crispa. 

 Peduncles nearly glabrous ; the bracts roundish and glandularly ciliate. 

 Calyx yellowish-green. Style at length exserted beyound the stamens." 

 Nuttall. — Flowers rather large. Allied to R. rotundifolium and R. niveum ? 



13. R. niveum (Lindl.) : branches spiny, the spines 1-3 ; leaves roundish, 

 obtusely 3-lobed, crenately incised, entire at the base, glabrous ; peduncles 

 about 2-flov/ered ; the sepals reflexed ; stamens much exserted, connivent, 

 hairy, longer than the hairy style ; fruit black, smooth. Lindl. hot. reg. t. 

 1692. 



North West America [Oregon], Douglas. — Berry similar in size and 

 appearance to R. nigrum, with a rich subacid and perfumed vinous flavor. 

 Flowers pendulous. Segments of tlie calyx and petals white. Lindl. 



14. R. Californicum (Hook. & Arn.) : glabrous; branches not prickly; 

 subaxillary spines 3, stout ; leaves reniform-cordate, 3-5-lobed, the lobes in- 

 cisely crenate ; peduncles 1-3-flowered, with roundish bracts ; segments of 

 the calyx lanceolate, thrice the length of the tube, at length reflexed; 

 stamens thrice the length of the petals ; style simple, glabrous, much 

 exserted ; ovary glandular. — Hook. 4* -Am. ! I. c. 



CaUfornia, Douglas ! — Leaves very small. Anthers lai-ge, ovate, mu- 

 cronate. 



1.5. R. occidentale (Hook. & Am.): glabrous; branches not prickly; 

 subaxillary spines 1-3 ; leaves reniform, 3-5-lobed, the lobes crenately in- 

 cised ; peduncles 1-3-flowered; calyx tubular-campanulate; the segments 

 spreading, longer than the tube, about the length of the stamens ; style ex- 

 serted, cleft to the middle, glabrous ; ovary hispid. — Hook. Sf Arn. ! lot. 

 Beechey, suiipl. p. 346. 



California, Douglas! — Leaves very small. Petals broadly obovate, trun- 

 cate, involute. Anthers ovate, rather large, mucronate. 



16. R. lacustre (Poir.) : young stems very prickly ; subaxillary spines 

 several, weak ; leaves cordate, 3-5-parted, the lobes deeply incised ; 

 racemes 5-9-flowered, loose ; calyx rotate ; stamens about the length of 

 the petals ; style short, glabrous, 2-cleft ; ovary glandular-hairy ; fruit 

 small, hispid.— Poir. supj^l- 2. p. 856; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 165; Nutt.! gen. 

 1. p. 140; Torr.! fl. 1. p. 270; DC! prodr. 3. p. 478; Hook.! I. c. 

 p. 232; Guimp. Otto, S^- Haync, holz. t. 136. R. oxyacanthoides, Michx.! 

 fl,.\.p.\\l. R. oxyacanthoides /?. lacustre, Ptrs. R. echinatum, Dougl. ; 

 Lindl. hot. reg. sub t. 1349, ex Hook. 



