Vot,. II.] GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. IgI 
1o. Ribes floridum L’Her. Wild 
Black Currant. (Fig. 1874.) 
Ribes floridum 1,Her. Stirp. Nov. 1:4. _ 1784. 
Ribes nigrum var. Pennsylvanicum Marsh. Arb. 
Amer. 132. 1785. 
Ribes Pennsylvanicum Yam. Encycl.3:49. 1789. 
Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slen- 
der, loosely pubescent, or glabrous; leaves 
nearly orbicular, glabrous above, somewhat 
pubescent and resinous-dotted beneath, 1/-3/ 
wide, sharply 3-5-lobed, the lobes dentate- 
serrate, acutish; racemes appearing from the 
same buds as the leaves, pendulous, rather 
loosely flowered, pubescent; bractlets linear, 
much exceeding the pedicels, or shorter; 
flowers greenish-white, 4’’-5’’ long; calyx 
tubular, its lobes short, broad, obtuse; sta- 
mens not exserted; fruit globose-ovoid, black, 
glabrous, about 3/’ in diameter. 
In woods, Nova Scotia to Virginia, west to 
Manitoba, Kentucky, Iowa and Nebraska. 
April-May. 
11. Ribes rubrum I. Red Currant. (Fig. 1875.) 
Ribes rubrum V,. Sp. Pl. 200. 1753. 
R. albinervium Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. I: 110. 1803. 
Ribes rubrum var. subglandulosum Maxim. 
Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 19: 261. 1874. 
Unarmed. Petioles slender, glabrous or 
sparingly pubescent, 1/—3/ long; leaves pubes- 
cent beneath, at least when young, orbicular 
or broader, cordate at the base, 3-5-lobed, the 
lobes obtuse or acutish, sharply dentate; ra- 
cemes appearing from different buds than the 
leaves, pendulous, loosely flowered; pedicels 
2//-3/’ long, curved and sometimes ascend- 
ing, longer than the ovate bractlets; flowers 
greenish or purplish, about 2/’ broad; calyx 
flat-campanulate; stamens short; fruit red, 
glabrous, 2’’-4’’ in diameter. 
In cold woods, Labrador to Alaska, south to 
northern New England, New Jersey, Indianaand 
Minnesota,and freely escaped fromcultivation in 
the Middle and Eastern States. Also in Europe 
and Asia. The European plant has been more 
or less modified in cultivation. May-June. 
12. Ribes céreum Dougl. White- 
flowered Currant. Squaw Cur- 
rant. (Fig. 1876.) 
Ribes cereum Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 512. 
1830. 
Unarmed. Petioles slender, more or less gland. 
ular-pubescent, 3//-10’’ long; leaves reniform- 
orbicular, cordate at the base, 4/-114’ wide, 
sparingly glandular-pubescent, or glabrate on 
both sides, 3-5-lobed, the lobes very obtuse, cre- 
nate or crenulate; racemes short, pubescent, 
pendulous, appearing from the same buds as the 
leaves; bractlets persistent; flowers sessile or 
short-pedicelled, white or greenish-white; calyx 
tubular, glandular; petals minute, nearly orbicu- 
lar; stamens short; fruit red, insipid, glabrous or 
slightly glandular, about 3/’ in diameter. 
Nebraska to British Columbia, Arizona and Cali- 
fornia. May-June. 
