190 SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



Newfoundland to Pa., west to N. D. and Manitoba. Blossoms in June, 

 fruit ripe in August. 



Ribes lacustre (Persoon) Poiret 1811 Swamp Gooseberry 



Low shrub, 4-6 dm. high, young stems and branches covered with 

 bristly prickles and weak slender spines; leaves heart-shaped, deeply 3-5 

 lobed or parted, 3-6 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, pubescent along the veins 

 beneath and on the petioles ; racemes loosely spreading or drooping gland- 

 ular-bristly, 2-5 cm. long, pedicels about 4 mm. long, flowers greenish, 

 about 4 mm. long, calyx-tube very short and broad, stamens and styles 

 not longer than the petals; fruit bristly, purplish-black, 4 mm. long: 

 lacustre, of the lake shore. 



In cool woods and swamps in the northern and northeastern part of 

 the state. Distributed from Newfoundland to Vancouver island, south 

 to northern New England, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado and northern 

 California, in the mountains to Pennsylvaia. 



Blossoms in June, fruit ripe in August. 



Ribes prostratum L'H e r i t i e r 1784 Fetid Currant 



Low shrub with reclined or decumbent branches, without prickles or 

 thorns, bark grayish or brown; leaves deeply heart-shaped, 5-7 lobed, the 

 lobes ovate-acute, doubly serrate, smooth, 2.5-7.5 cm. wide, petioles 

 slender, 2.5-7.5 cm. long, glabrous; racemes erect, appearing from the 

 same buds as the leaves, flowers about 5 mm. broad, pedicels glandular, 

 4-5 mm. long, calyx broadly campanulate, sepals spreading, about 2 mm. 

 long, petals minute, purplish, stamens short ; fruit red, glandular-bristly, 

 about 4 mm. in diameter : prostratum, prostrate. 



Common in damp woods, northern part of the state. Distributed from 

 Labrador to Athabasca south to northern New England, Mich., Minn., 

 and along the mountains to North Carolina. Blossoms in May and June, 

 fruits in August. 



Ribes triste Pallas 1797 Swamp Red Currant 

 Ribes rubrum Linne 1753 



Low straggling or reclining shrub, 2-5 dm. high, the branches often 

 rooting freely, the bark of last year's shoots brownish, often peeling off 

 in strips; leaves somewhat cordate when mature, the lobes mostly broadly 



