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bitter; of no value, except as an ornamental shrub; 

 flowers yellow, fragrant. There is another resembling 

 this, except that the fruit is edible, but not very good. 

 All the varieties of the R. aureum have deeply lobed 



Fig. 85. LEAF OF RISES SANGtlUJTEUM. 



leaves, while the R. sangidneum, (Red Flowering Cur- 

 rant,) which is found west of the Rocky Mountains, ha? 

 leaves of the form shown in figure 85. 



Sweet Fruited Missouri, Large, black, roundish-ovoid ; 

 bunches small, containing few berries ; sweet, musky fla- 

 vor. A variety of R. floridum, and not of the R. 

 aureum, as its name would indicate. It is a very slight 

 improvement upon the common wild Black Currant, 

 which may be found in almost any low, moist woods. 



