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deltoid, white-tomentose on the lower surface, 5-10 cm. wide, petioles 2-5 

 cm. long; racemes drooping, 3.5-9 cm. long, borne on the old wood, mostly 

 below fascicles of leaves, pedicels mostly glandular, flowers 5-6 mm. broad, 

 calyx mostly purplish, its lobes broadly triangular, about as broad as long, 

 petals broadly wedge-shaped, disk conspicuous; fruits small and hard, 

 4-6 mm. in diameter, dark red : t r i s t e, dark. 



In cool woods and swamps, from Minneapolis northward and north- 

 eastward. Distributed from Newfoundland, to Alaska, south to Me., Vt., 

 Mich, and Minn. Blossoms in May, fruit ripe in July. 



This species has been confused with the common red currant of the 

 garden. 



Ribes vulgare Lamarck 1786 Red Currant 

 Ribes rubrum Linne 1753 



Cultivated shrub, 0.5-1.5 m. high, unarmed, bark gray or brownish; 

 leaves mostly cordate, slightly pubescent beneath, or glabrate, broadened 

 upward, 3-5 lobed, the lobes mostly short-ovate and coarsely dentate, 3.5- 

 6.5 cm. wide, 3-6 cm. long, petioles 2-5 cm. long, pubescent; racemes 3-7 

 cm. long, mostly drooping, borne among the leafy shoots, pedicels mostly 

 glandular, flowers flat, 6-9 mm. broad, calyx yellowish-green, the lobes 

 oval and narrowed below the middle, 1-2 mm. long, petals narrowly 

 wedge-shaped, style cleft partly down ; fruit a red juicy berry : vulgare, 

 common. 



The common cultivated currant, sometimes escaping from cultivation. 

 Native of Europe and naturalised from thence. Blossoms in May and 

 June, fruit ripe in July. 



Ribes hudsonianum Richardson 1823 Northern Black Currant 



Shrub with erect, unarmed branches, bark grayish, peeling off in thin 

 layers ; leaves broader than long, 3-5 lobed, the lobes obtuse or acute, more 

 or less pubescent and resinous dotted beneath, 2.5-10 cm. wide, petioles 1-7 

 cm. long; racemes short, upright or spreading, from the same buds as the 

 leaves, 3-10 cm. long, about 2 cm. in diameter, flowers numerous, whit3, 

 5-6 mm. long, calyx broadly campanulate, its lobes 2 mm. long, tube less 

 than 2 mm. long, stamens short, not exserted ; fruit smooth and black, 4-6 

 mm. in diameter : hudsonianum, found about Hudson's Bay. 



In swamps, northern and northeastern part of the state. Distributed 

 from Hudson's Bay westward and northward. Blossoms in June, fruit 

 ripe in August. 



