CHAP. LV. GROSSULA‘CER. RI‘\BES. 987 
Rocky Mountains, in gravelly or sandy soils. A shrub, growing 2 ft. or 3 ft. 
high, and flowering in April. Introduced in 1827. 
% 36. R. viscosi’ssimum Pursh. The very clammy black Currant. 
patie iat Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 153.; Dougl. in Trans, Hort. Soc., 7. p. 511.3; Don’s 
Speier . Careteinis viscosissima Spach Ann. des Scien. Nat., 1835. 
Engraving. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234. t. 74. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cordate, obtuse, 3—5-lobed, deeply crenated. Viscid 
and glandular pubescence. Glands on both surfaces. Racemes erect, co- 
rymbose. —Bracteas_ linear-obovate, rather 
shorter than the pedicels, which are clothed 
with glandular hairs. Calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, with erectly spreading obtuse seg- 
ments. Germens and fruit ovate-oblong, clothed 
with viscid hairs. Berries oblong-ovate, black. 
Flowers large and white. (Don’s Mill., iui. 
p. 191.) A native of North America, on the: 
Rocky Mountains, and in dry plains, in par- \ 
tially shaded places towards the sources of the ™ 
Columbia; also on the summits of the hills 
near the Spokan and Kettle Falls, at an ele- 
vation of 8000 ft. above the sea. (Dougl. in 738 
Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer.) A shrub, attaining the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft.; 
producing its flowers in April and May. Introduced in 1826. “ A very fine 
and remarkable species.”’ (Hook.) It is somewhat difficult to keep: the 
only plants we know of it, in the neighbourhood of London, are in the 
- nursery of Mr. Cree, the author of Hortus Addlestonensis, at Addlestone, 
near Chertsey, in Surrey. 

% 37. R. HUDsoNIA‘NUM Richardson. The Hudson’s Bay black Currant. 
Identification. Richards in Frankl. First Journ., ed. 2. append. p. 6.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 190. 
Synonyme. R. petiolare Dougl. Hort. Trans.,7. p. 514. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches erect. Leaves 3-lobed, quite glabrous above, 
full of resinous dots beneath, and, as well as the petioles, villous. Germens 
dotted. Berries globose, glabrous, black. Racemes erect, pubescent. 
Bracteas short. Segments of the calyx, which is campanulate, spreading. 
Flowers small. Petals white. The fruit, and peculiar odour of the plants, 
are those of FR. nigrum. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 190.) It is a native of North 
America, from Hudson’s Bay to the Rocky Mountains, in the west, and 
as far north as lat. 57°, including the mountains of Columbia, about the 
Kettle Falls. A shrub growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4ft. Plants of 
this sort are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
& 38. R. euacta‘Le Wall. The icy black Currant. 
Identification. Wall. Cat., No. 6833. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 189. ” 
Spec. Char., §c. Bracteas smooth. Leaves glabrous above, but with few 
scattered bristly hairs beneath, cordate at the base, 3—5-lobed at the apex ; 
lobes acute, serrated. Petioles long, serrated at the base. Racemes 
drooping. Calyx campanulate. Petals longer than the calyx. Flowers 
white. Berries black. (Don's Mill, iii. p. 189.) A native of Nepal, on 
Emodi and Gosainthan; growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, and flowering 
in April and May. Introduced in 1823. There isa plant of it against a 
wall, in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
a. Species or Varieties of Ribes belonging to the Division B of the Section 
Ribésia, which have not yet been introduced. 
R. Biebersteinii Berl. in Dec. Prod., 3. p. 482. ; R. caucasicum Bed. ; has cordate, sharply serrated 
leaves, having a strong scent, like those of #. nigrum ; nodding racemes, minute petals, and black 
berries. It is a native of Caucasus, and is, probably, only a variety of 2. nigrum. 
R. viscosum Ruiz et Pav. has cordate, 5-lobed, rough, clammy, 5-nerved leaves, and yellow flowers, 
with small pale purple berries. It is a native of Peru, on rocks, 
