134 SAXIFRAGES. [RiBES. 



SECTION 1. Grossxilaria. Branches spinous. Leaves plaited iu bud. 

 Peduncles 1-3-flowered. 



1. R. Grossularia, L.\ leaves orbicular 3-5-lobed. Wild Gooseberry. 

 Copses in the hilly districts of the N. of England, ascending to near l.ooii ft. : 



an escape elsewhere ; fl. April-May. A small spreading shrub with 1-3 

 spines under the leaf-buds. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., fascicled on short lateral 

 branches, lobes irregularly crenate. Flowers ^ in., greenish, drooping ; 

 peduncle short, pubescent, 1-3-bracteate about the .middle. CV 

 reflexed, purplish, throat and stamens bearded. Petals white, erect, minute. 

 /'/ >"'( $-1 in. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N.W. Himalaya. 

 VAR. 1, (rroxxula'ria proper ; leaves shining above, fruit glandular-hairy. 

 VAR. 2, Uva-cris'pa, L. (sp.) ; leaves smaller, ripe fruit glabrous. 



SECTION 2. Ribe sia. Branches not spinous. Leaves plaited in bud. 

 Racemes many-flowered. 



2. R. alpi'num, L. ; dioecious, leaves deeply 3-5-lobed coarsely serrate 

 almost glabrous and shining beneath, racemes glandular erect in flower and 

 fruit, bracts exceeding the pedicels. 



Woods in the N. of England, indigenous in Yorkshire, &c., not so in Scotland 

 or Ireland ; fl. April-May. A small, all but glabrous bush ; branches 

 slender. Leaves 1^-2 in. diam., broadly ovate, lobes usually 3 acute cut and 

 serrate ; slender petiole and both surfaces sparingly hairy. Racemes glan- 



dular-pubescent ; male 2-2 in., 20-30-flowered ; female shorter, 

 flowered. Flowers J in. diam., yellowish ; bracts linear. Petals much 

 shorter than the calyx- lobes. Styles very short, cleft. Fruit Jin. diam., 

 globose, scarlet, insipid. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia to Kamtschatka, Hima- 

 laya, N. America, Labrador. 



3. R. rn'brum, L. ; leaves 3-5-angled and lobed, base cordate, loins 

 triangular-crenate, racemes drooping in fruit eglandular, bracts shorter 

 than the pedicels. Wild Currant. 



Woods and thickets from Mid. Scotland southwards, ascending to 1,000 ft. in 

 Yorkshire, usually an escape; not a native of Ireland; fl. Apri 

 Leaves 2-4 in. diam., glabrous or pubescent above, usually tomentose 

 beneath; petiole pubescent or setose. Racemes 1-3 in., many-flowurcd, 

 pubescent or glabrous, never glandular ; bracts ovate. Floirers $ in. diam. 

 Calyx glabrous, limb flat. Petals minute. Fruit in. diam., red, acid. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia to Kamtschatka, N.W. Himalaya, E. and W. 

 N. America. 



VAR. 1, tylveJtre, Reich. ; leaves hairy above tomentose beneath, raceme 

 pubescent usually suberect in flower and drooping in fruit, flowers purplish. 

 filaments very short, fruit contracted at the top, pedicels equalling or 

 exceeding the fruit. Vars. Smif/tia'nam and Bromfieldia' num., Syme. R. 

 pe/rof'MW, Sm. not of Wulfen. VAK. 2. x/,t'ni'tnni, Robson (sp.); leaves hairy 

 above when young and tomentose beneath, fruit as in VAR. 1, its pedicel's 

 short. Isle of Skye. VAR. 3, sati'vnm, Reich. ; leaves glabrous on both 

 surfaces when mature, racemes glabrous always drooping, flowers green, 

 fruit globose. An escape from cultivation. 



4. R. ni'grum, L. ; leaves angled ~> 7-lnbed glandular-dotted beneath, 

 lobes triangular acute serrate, racemes drooping lax-flowered, bracts minute, 

 pedicels long. Black Currant. 



