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diameter, fascicled on short, lateral branches, shining aboTe ; 

 lobes irregularly crenate. Europe (Britain), &c. A small, 

 spreading shrub, witll one to three spines under the leaf-buds. 

 See Fig. 377. (Sy. En. K. 618.) In the form Uva crispa (formerly 

 regarded as a species), the ripe fruit is glabrous, and the leaves 

 are smaller. There are many other varieties. For culture, &c., 

 see Gooseberry. 

 R. hirtellum (slightly hairy). A synonym of R. oxyacanthmdes. 





Fig. 379. Flowering Branch of Ribes sanguineum. 



R. lacnstre (lake-loving).* ./(. greenish-yellow ; calyx broad and 

 flat ; racemes four to nine-flowered, slender, nodding, fr. bristly, 

 .small, unjdeasant to the taste. (. heart-shaped, three to Rve- 

 parted, with the lobes deeply cut. Young stems clothed with 

 bristly prickles and weak tliorns. Ii. 4ft. North America (in 

 colli woods and swiini)is), 1812. (B. M. 6192.) 



R. Lobbil (Lobli's). /. drooping, two or three to a peduncle, large ; 

 calyx dark purple ; lind) of five segments, marked with lines of 

 hairs ; petals erect, almost white. April and May. I. small, 

 cordate, tliree to flve-lobed, glabrous above, downy beneath, 

 sometimes glandular ; petioles hairy. Branches harsh, rigid, 

 beset with stipulary, spreading spines in threes or fours, h. 6ft. 

 California. (B. M. 4931, under name of R. siibvestitum.) 



R. Loudonil (Loudon's). A synonym of R. Gordonianum. 



R. missouriense (Missouri). A garden synonym of R. floridum. 



R. tnultlflorum (many-flowered), /f. greenish-yellow, in very 

 long, pendulous, drooping racemes, fr. red, small, and seldom 

 produced. I. five-lohed, large, cordate, tomentose beneath. 

 Branches vigorous, spreading, iinarmed. h. 4ft. to 6ft. Eastern 

 Europe, 1822. (B. M. 2368.) 



R. nigrum (black).* Black Currant; Quinsy Berry. /. green, 

 Jin. to Jin. in diameter ; calyx campanulate, glandular ; pedicels 

 long; racemes drooping, loose-flowered, tomentose, eglandular. 

 Jr. black, Jin. in diameter, globose. I. 2in. to 3in. in diameter, flve- 

 to seven-lobed, similar to those of /(. ruhnim. but rather deeply 

 lobed ; petioles slender, pubescent, h. 5ft. Europe (Britain, but 

 probably a garden escape). Unarmed shrub, emitting a strong 

 odour when bruised. For culture, itc, see Currant. 



R. niveum (snowy). A synonym of E. gracile. 



R. oxyacanthoides (Hawtborn-like).* fi. greenish, one or more 

 on a sliort ijeduncle. ./)•. red and green, or purplish-blue, small, 

 of an agreeable flavour. I. glabrous, plaited ; lobes toothed ; 

 petioles villous and a little hispid. Infr.a-axillary prickles larger 

 and mostly solitary ; smaller prickles .scattered here and there. 

 /(. 2ft. to 3ft. North America, 1705. See Fig. 378. SYN. R. hirtellum. 



R.pennsylvanicum (Pennsylvanian). A synonym of R. floridum. 



R. punctatum (dotteil). fl. yellowish-green ; racemes petluncu- 

 late, pendulous, at first ovate, becoming oblong and looser. 

 ,/V. small, glabrous. (. trilobed, serrated, shining vellowish- 

 green, dotted beneath ; petioles pubescent and ciliated, h. 3ft. 

 Chili, 1826. A compact, shining, resinous shrub. (B. R. 1658.) 



R, Roezlli (Roezl's). /. solitary or in pairs, pendulous ; calyx 

 lobes red, lanceolate, revolute ; petals white, linear-truncate, not 

 spreading. I. roundish, sub-cordate, lobed. Branches armed at 

 the nodes with trifld spines, h. 3ft. North-west America, 1879. 

 (R. G. 982, Figs. 1-3.) 



R. rubrum (red).* Wild Currant ; Garnet Berry. «. green, iin. 

 in diameter ; racemes lin. to 3in. long, many-flowered, pubescent 

 or glabrous, never glandular ; bracts ovate, jr. red, acid, Jin. in 

 diameter. I. 2in. to 4in. in diameter, three to five-angled and 

 lobed, cordate at base, glabrous or pubescent above, usually 

 tomentose beneath ; lobes triangular, crenate ; petioles pubescent 

 or bristly, h. 4ft. Europe (Britain), &c. Unarmed shrub. For 

 culture, Ac, see Currant. 



R. r. album (white). A form with white berries. 



Bibes — continued. 



R. r, hortense (garden), fr. sweeter and larger than in 

 R. r. s;/lvestre. I. large, sometimes variegated. 



R. r. sativum (cultivated), tl. in glabrous, always drooping 

 racemes. Jr. globose. /. glabrous" on both surfaces when 

 mature. An escape from cultivation. (Sy. En. B. 520.) 



R. r, splcatum (spiked), fr. contracted at the top. I. hairy 

 above when ytuing, and tomentose beneath. (Sy. En. B. 522.) 



R, r. sylvestre (wood). fl. purplish ; racemes pu- 

 bescent, usually sub-erect when in flower, and drooping 

 when fruiting, fr. contracted at the top. I. hairy 

 above, tomentose beneath. 



R. sanguineum (bloody-flowered).* Flowering Cur- 

 rant, ft. deep rose-colour ; racemes drooping, pubescent, 

 twice the length of the leaves. /;•. purplish, with a 

 glaucous bloom. I. cordate, somewhat five-lobed, 

 serrated, veiny, smoothish above, clothed with villous 

 tomentum beneath, h. 4ft. to 8ft. North-west America, 

 1826. Unarmed shrub. See Fig. 379. (B. M. 3335 ; 

 B. R. 1349 : I,. B. C. 1487 ; S. B. F. Ci. ser. ii. 109 ; 

 T. H. S. vii., p. 508.) 



R. s. atro-rubens (dark-reddish), fl. much deeper and 

 darker red, smaller, and in smaller racemes, than in 

 the type. 



... -J, R. s. glutlnosum (glutinous), fl. very pale rose-colour ; 



*^ racemes rather larger than in the species. I. destitute 



of down, slightly \ isrous. 



R. S. malvaceum ( Mallow-like), fl. rather darker than 



in Jl. s. <ihitini>stiiit, and having more (pf a lilac tinge, 



almost sessile ; racemes short and close. /. rough and 



hispid on the upper side, clothed beneath with 



whitish, cottony down. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 340, under 



name of A', inalracetim.) 



R. setosum (bristly). /. white, tubular, in pairs. 



May. Jr., berries black, spherical, hispid, with a 



pleasant, sub-acid, somewhat musky flavour. I. nearly round, 



cordate at base, pubescent, three to tive-lobed. Branches 



densely bristly ; prickles unequal, subulate. 1810. (B. R. 1237.) 



R. speciosum (showy).* Fuchsia-flowered (Jooseberry. fi. deep 



red, four-paried ; calyx cylindrical; pedicels glandul ir-hairy ; 



stamens twice as long as the calyx ; peduncles longer than the 



leaves, one to three-flowered. Jr. red. I. wedge-shaped at base, 



rounded at the outer end, indistinctly three-lobed, incisely 



crenate, glabrous and nerved ; petioles short. Branches hispid. 



Prickles infra-axillary, triple, /i., in a wild state, 3ft. to 4ft. ; 



twice as much in cultivation. California, 1829. (B. 33 ; B. M. 



3530; B. R. 1557; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 149.) 



BIBZ:SIE.S:. A tribe of Saxifragew. 



RIB GBASS. 

 lanceolata. 



BICE. See Oryza. 



BICE FLOWER. See Pimelea. 



RICE PAPER PLANT, CHINESE. A common 

 name for Fatsia pnpijrifera. 



RICE PAPER PLANT, MALAY. See Scaevola 

 Kcenigii. 



BICHABDIA (named in honour of L. C. Richard, 

 1754-1821, an eminent French botanist). Syn. Zante- 

 descliia (in part). Ord. Aroiclem {Amcew). A genus com- 

 prising five species of greenhouse or nearly hardy, marsh- 

 loving, South African, perennial herbs, with thick rhizomes, 

 four of which have been introduced to this country. 

 Flowers monoecious, all perfect ; spathe white or yellowish, 

 erect ; tube short, convolute, funnel-shaped, accrescent, 

 persistent; throat opening; blade obliquely explanate, 

 marcescent, with a cuspidate, recurved apex ; spadix 

 shorter than the spathe, substipitate, erect, cylindrical; 

 inflorescence dense-flowered ; peduncles usually several, 

 elongated. Leaves sagittate, sometimes with white, trans- 

 lucid, fenestrate dots ; petioles elongated, thick, sheathed 

 at base. Richardias are very distinct and attractive 

 subjects, both on account of their handsome foliage and 

 tall-growing, elegant flower spathes. They are easily 

 cultivated, and the spathes, particularly those of the 

 well-known K. africaiia. are greatly favoured for cutting 

 purposes. In a greenhouse, few things are more attrac- 

 tive than a group of these plants in flower. Propagation 

 is easily effected from suckers, which are produced in 

 quantity. They may be taken at any time, when the 

 old plants are being repotted ; spring is, perhaps, the 

 best season, as yoang suckers will then have time to 



The common name for Plantacjo 



