1263 



RIBES* cereum. 

 Waocy Currant. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. GiiossuLACEi?:. 

 RIBES. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 125. 



R. cereum ; inerme, foliis subrotundis crenatis sublobatis glanduloso-pubes- 

 centibus basi truncatis integerrimis, racemis cernuis pediinculatis pauci- 

 floris umbellatis, bracteis ovatis tomentosis, calycibus tubulosis coloratis 

 pubescentibus. 

 R. cereum. Douglas in herb. Hort. Soc. 



Frutex humilis, undique rove cereo pruinosus. Rami inermes, cortice 

 fusco deglubente. Folia petiolata, suhrotunda, crenata, pubescentia, adultis 

 glabris lohatis; petioli pubescentes. Flores albi, inracemis cernuis, 4:-5-Jloris, 

 umbellatis, pedicello glanduloso insidentibus disposifi ; bractece ovatce, to- 

 mentosce, apice dentatce, ovariis longiores. Calyx tubulosus, cylindraceus, 

 ovario duplh longior, pubescens, glandulosus. Stylus inclusus. Baccae 

 parvce, sphcei'icce, glabrce, calyce longo coronatce. 



A small hardy shrub, native of dry rocks on the. north- 

 west of North America, from the great falls of the Columbia 

 to the Rocky Mountains, where it was discovered by 

 Mr. Douglas. It flowered for the first time in April of 

 the present year, in the Garden of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, where our drawing was made. 



The cultivated plant agrees entirely with the native 

 specimens brought home by Mr. Douglas. It is one of 

 the most distinctly marked of the genus. 



Branches unarmed, with the old bark peeling off; when 

 young covered, as all the rest of the plant, with a white 

 waxy exudation. Leaves stalked, roundish, crenate, pubes- 

 cent, when full-grown smooth and lobed; petioles downy. 



* See fol. 1237. 



