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7. Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. Swamp Gooseberry. 
8. Ribes prostratum L,’ Her. 
R. prostratum V)Her. Stirp. Nov. 1:3. £/. 2. 1784. 
Branches decumbent or spreading, thorn- 
less and without prickles. Petioles slender, 
1/-3/ long, pubescent or glabrous, the dilated 
base sometimes ciliate; leaves nearly orbi- 
cular, sharply and deeply 5-7-lobed, 1/-3/ 
wide, usually somewhat pubescent along the 
veins beneath, the lobes acute or acutish, 
dentate-serrate; flowers racemose, appear- 
ing from the same buds as the leaves, about 
24’ broad; pedicels 2’/-2%’’ long, glandu- 
lar, bracted at the base; calyx broadly cam- 
panulate, its lobes short and broad; stamens 
short, not exserted; fruit light red, glandu- 
lar-bristly, about 2’ in diameter. 
In cold wet places, Labrador to British Colum- 
bia and the Northwest Territory, south, especi- 
ally along the mountains, to North Carolina, 
Michigan, and in the Rocky Mountains to Colo- 
rado. Plant with a disagreeable odor. Ascends 
to 6000 ft. in North Carolina. May-June. 
GROSSULARIACEAE. 
(Vou. II- 
(Fig. 1871.) 
Ribes oxyacanthoides var. lacustre Pers. 
Syn. 1: 252. 1805. 
Ribes lacustre Poir, in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 
2: 856. 1811. 
Spines slender, weak, generally clus- 
tered. Branches usually densely bristly; 
petioles slender, more or less pubescent; 
leaves nearly orbicular, thin, pubescent 
along the veins beneath, deeply 5-7- 
lobed, 1/-2’ wide, the lobes obtuse or 
acutish, incised-dentate; flowers race- 
mose, green, about 2/’’ long; pedicels 
slender, bracted at the base, about 2’ 
long; calyx-tube short, campanulate, its 
lobes short, broad, spreading; stamens 
very short, not exserted; berry about 2’ 
in diameter, reddish, covered with weak 
bristles. 
In swamps and wet woods, Newfound- 
land to Massachusetts, New York and 
Pennsylvania, west to Michigan, British 
Columbia and Washington. Intermediate 
between Gooseberries and Currants. May- 
June. 
Fetid Currant. 
(Fig. 1872.) 
g. Ribes Hudsonianum Richards. 
Northern Black Currant. (Fig. 1873.) 
Ribes Hudsonianum Richards. Frank. Journ. 
Ed. 2,6. 1823. 
Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slender, 
1/-4’ long; leaves broader than long, 1/-4’ 
wide, more or less pubescent and resinous- 
dotted beneath, 3-5-lobed, the lobes obtuse 
or acutish, coarsely dentate; racemes from 
the same buds as the leaves, erect, densely 
flowered; pedicels 2’’ long or less; flowers 
white, 2’’-3’’ broad, calyx broadly campanu- 
late, its lobes oval, obtuse; stamens short, 
not exserted; bracts setaceous, deciduous; 
fruit black, glabrous, 2’/-3/’ in diameter. 
Hudson Bay and western Ontario to British 
Columbia and the Northwest Territory, south in 
the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. May-June. 
Ribes nigrum [,., the Black Currant of the gar- 
dens, with similar leaves, but loosely flowered 
drooping racemes, is beginning to escape from 
cultivation. 
