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Ribes—continued. | Ribes—continued. 
R. aureum (golden-flowered).* Buffalo Currant. fi. golden- with a mealy bloom; lobes bluntly toothed at the apex. A. 6ft. : 
yellow ; petals much shorter than the calyx segments ; racemes to 8ft. North America, 1812. (B. R. 1274.) In the con fructu- 7 
many-flowered. April and May. fr. yellow, seldom black, nigro, the berries change from yellow to red, and finally become 
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glabrous, of exquisite flavour. l. three-lobed; lobes divaricate, | deep blackish-purple ; in fructu-luteo, they are always yellow. 
with a few deep teeth, shorter than the petioles, which are | 9) i i : 
dlisted at the base. A 6fk to 8% Northwest Ameria. | oe ee © eee 
1812. Glabrous, unarmed shrub. (B. R. 125.) 5 
R. cereum (waxy). jl. white, three to five in a pendulous, 
pubescent raceme as long as the leaves; calyx segments reflexed. 
Jr. red, glabrous. l, nearly round, obtusely trilobed, iate, 
viscid. h. 3ft. North America, 1827. Unarmed shrub. (B. M. 
3008 ; B. R. 1263; B. R. 1471, under name of R. inebrians.) 
R. Cynosbati (Dog-Bramble). fl. green, two or three to a slender 
peduncle. fr. large, armed with long prickles like a burr, or 
rarely smooth. 2. on slender ape age slighty cordate, roundish, 
three to five-lobed, pubescent, lin, to 2in. in diameter. h. 4ft. 
Stems spiny and commonly bristly. North America, 1759, : 
R. divaricatum (spreading-branched). fl. white, three on a oo 
drooping peduncle; calyx —— Jr. black, smooth, Bu 
spherical, of an agreeable flavour. l. roundish, three-lobed, 
deeply toothed, nerved, glabrous. Branches divaricate, bristly, 
at — naked ; spines one to three er axillary. A. 5ft. 
Tft. North America, 1826. (B. R, 1359.) 
R. floridum (flowery).* American Wild Black Currant. fl. 
whitish, large; calyx tubular-campanulate, smooth; racemes 
drooping, downy. fr. black, smooth, round-ovoid, — 
the common Black Currant in smell and flavour. J. sprinkl 
with resinous dots, slightly heart-shaped, sharply three to five- 
lobed, doubly serrate. h. 4ft. North America, 1729. Unarmed 
shrub. Syns. R. missouriense (of gardens), R. pennsylvanicum. 
The decaying foliage assumes a prens purplish-bronze colour in 
autumn, and the plant is then highly ornamental. 
BR. Gordonianum (Gordon’s). A hybrid between R. aureum 
and R. sanguineum, intermediate between the two in all its 
characters. (H. d. S. 165.) Syns. R. Beatonii, R. Loudonii. : 
R. gracile (slender).* fl. white, pendulous, about two her 
FIG. 377. FRUITING BRANCH OF RIBES GROSSULARIA. | on peduncles ; sepals reflexed ; stamens very prominent. „fr. deep 
i ! rich purple, about 2in. in diameter, having a rich sub-acid, vinous, 
R. a. preecox (early-flowering). fl., racemes bracteate. fr. | rather perfumed flavour. l. glabrous, roundish, entire at base 
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neath. The flowers and fruit appear earlier than in the type. Branches aap pant prickles one, two, or three together. h. 4ft. to 
smaller, copious, turbinate. l. cuneate at base, pubescent be- having in the outward part three crenately cut, blunt lobes 
(L. B. C. 1533, under name of R. fragrans.) | 5ft. North America, 1826. SYN. R. niveum (B. R. 1692). 
Fig. 378. FRUITING BRANCH OF RIBES OXYACANTHOIDES. 
R. Grossularia (Grossularia).* Cat Berry ; Wild Goose k 
R. a. serotinum (late-flowering). jl., racemes naked, produced c a‘ r 
—— — in ge — 8 few, round. 7. variable; | — —— — — — encod a — * 
| ; $ ? -pubescen! ; 
R. a. 1 bao — fl. yellow. fr. purple or | to three-bracteate about the —— x żin. — — —— 
yellow, glabrous. J. roundish, three-lobed, covered, when young, | /. orbicular, glandular-hairy, three to five-lobed, 2 i 
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