CHAPTER VI. 



THE CTTEEAirr. 



NATURAL FAMILY GliOSSULACKA. 



RIBES. THB CURRANT ASD GOOSEBERRY. 



[French name, GroseUler comrmm ; German, Gemdne Johannlsbur* ; Dufcu 

 AaO**<sboom ; Italian, Ribes rosso ; Spanish, Gnxsdla.} 



GENERAL CHARACTERS. 



Low, deciduous shrubs, with smooth stems; leavei 

 variable, more or less lobed, in some species nearly heart/ 

 shaped ; flowers small, greenish-yellow in the commonly 

 cultivated varieties, in others yellow, crimson, or white. 



SPECIES. 



Ribes prostratrum. Fetid Currant. Stems reclined 

 leaves deeply heart-shaped, five to seven-lobed, smooth 

 fruit pale red. In cold, damp woods in most of the North 

 ern States. 



Ribes floridum, Wild Black Currant. Leaves sprink- 

 led with resinous dots, slightly heart-shaped, three to 

 five-lobed, doubly serrate ; fruit round-ovoid, black, 

 smooth, with a slight musky flavor ; leaves also scented 

 Common hi low grounds throughout the Northern Statei 

 nd Canadaa, 

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