Order 55.— GROSSULACE^E. 36 1 



linear; fr. smooth, oblong or globous, yellow, Anally brown. — Mo., TV. to Or. A 

 beautiful shrub 6 to lOf high, common in cultivation. Fls. numerous, very fra- 

 grant. Apr., May. f 



2 R sanguineum Ph. Lvs. canescent-tomentous beneath ; glabrous abova, 

 cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, doubly serrate ; rac. long and loose ; bracts red, spatulate, 

 rather longer than the pedicels; fls. rose-red; caL tubular-campanulate, segm. 

 spreading, obovate, as long as the spatulate petals; sty. united into 1 ; stig. 2-lobed; 

 fr. dryish, with sparse glandular hairs. — Oregon (Rev. G. Atkinson). A beauti- 

 ful shrub with large showy racemes, f 



3 R resinosum Ph. Plant clothed throughout with resinous-glandular hairs! 

 lvs. 3 to 5-lobed, roundish; rac. erect; cal. segm. spreading; petals obtusely 

 rhomboidal ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. hairy. — Mts. of N. Car. 

 (Parker. See N. Am. Fl. p. 550). "We have seen no specimens of this obscuro 

 species. 



4 R. prostratum L'Her. Mountain Currant. St reclined; lvs. smooth, deeply 

 cordate, 5 to 1-lobed, doubly serrate, reticulate-rugous; rac. erect, lax, many-flow- 

 ered ; caL rotate ; berries globous, glandular-hispid, red. — A small shrub, on moun- 

 tains and rocky hills, Penn. to Can., ill-scented and with ill-flavored berries — 

 sometimes called Skunk Currant Prostrate stems, with erect, straight branches. 

 Lvs. about as large as in No. 1, lobes acute. Petioles elongated. Rac. about 

 8-flowered, becoming erect in fruit. Bracts very short. Pis. marked with pur- 

 ple. Berries rather large. May. (R. rigens Mx.) 



5 R. rubrum L. Common Red Currant. Lvs. obtusely 3 to 5-lobed, smooth 

 above, pubescent beneath, subcordate at base, margin mucronately serrate ; rac, 

 nearly smooth, pendulous ; cal. short, rotate ; bracts much shorter than the pedi- 

 cels; fr. globous, glabrous, red. — Woods, St. Johnsbury, Vt. (Carey), Wis. (Lap- 

 ham), N. to the Arc. Ocean. Cultivated universally in gardens. 



/?. (white currant). Fr. light amber-colored, larger and sweeter. 



6 R. fldridum L'Her. "Wild Black Currant. Lvs. subcordate, 3 to 5-lobed, 

 sprinkled on both sides with yellowish, resinous dots; rac. many -flowered, pendu- 

 lous, pubescent; cal. cylindrical; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels; fr. obo- 

 void, smooth, black. — A handsome shrub in woods and hedges, Can. to Ky., com- 

 mon, 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, the width something more, lobes acuta, 

 spreading, 3, sometimes with 2 small additional ones ; dots just visible to tho 

 naked eye. Petioles 1 to 2' long. Fls. rather bell-shaped, greenish yellow. 

 Fr. insipid. May, Jn. 



7 R. nigrum L. Black Currant. Lvs. 3 to 5-lobed, punctate with yelbivish 

 dots beneath, dentate-serrate, longer than their petioles ; rac. lax, hairy, somewhat 

 nodding; caL campanulate; bracts nearly equaling the pedicels; fr. roundish- 

 cvoid, nearly black. — Native of Europe, etc. Cultivated and esteemed for its 

 medicinal jelly. Fls. yellowish. — This species much resembles R. floridum. 



8 R Cynosbati L. Prickly Gooseberry. St prickly or not; subaxillary 

 spines about in pairs; lvs. cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, pubescent, lobes incisely den- 

 tate ; rac. nodding, 2, to 3-flowered ; caL tube ovate-cylindric, longer than tho 

 segm. ; pet obovate, shorter than the cal. segm. ; sty. united to the top ; berries 

 prickly. — N. and "W. States, about 4f high, in hedges and thickets, mostly with- 

 out prickles, but armed with 1 to 3 sharp spines just below the axil of each leaf. 

 Petioles downy. Fls. greenish white. Fr. mostly covered with long pricklea, 

 brownish-purple, eatable. May, Jn. 



9 R. laciistre Poir. Swamp Gooseberry. St. covered with prickles ; subaxil- 

 lary spines several; lvs. deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate at base, lobes deeply incised; 

 xac. 5 to 8-flowered, pilous; caL rotate, sty. 2-cleft: berries small, hispid. — In 

 ewamps, K States, and Brit. Am. Shrub 3 to 4f high. Sts. reddish from the 

 numerous prickles, which differ from the spines only in size. Lvs. shining above, 

 1£ to 2\' diatn. Petioles ciliate, hispid, longer than the lvs. Fls. green. Fr. 

 covered with long prickles, dark purple, disagreeable. May. — The older stemg 

 are unarmed save with a few spines. 



10 R hirtellum Mx. St. unarmed, rarely prickly; svbaxillary spines short, 

 solitary, or nearly so ; lvs. roundish, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, toothed, pubescent be- 

 neath ; ped. short, 1 to 2-flowered; caL tube smooth, campanulate, segm. twice 



