AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS: 
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Or the Gooseberry and Currant family, Nat. 
Ord. Ruipesiace#, there is only one genus, 
Ribes; Rtbes Grossularia is the Gooseberry ; 
R. nigrum, and &. rubrum, the black and red 
currant. The various coloured kinds of 
currants are only varieties of rubrum. North 
America sends us several ornamental species 
of Ribes, including the pink-flowering currant, 
R. Sanguineum, with leaves in form and odour 
like the black currant, and A. aureum, the 
golden-flowering currant, with large glossy 
lobed leaves and bright yellow calyx, with a 
ring of scarlet-tipped petals at the mouth of 
its tube. 
In warm countries these shrubs become ever- 
greens, and cease to bear fruit. Five small 
stamens within the circle of the petals place the 
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