192 SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



Ribes floridum L'H e r i t i e r 1784 Wild Black Currant 



Shrub with erect, unarmed branches, bark gray or grayish; leaves some- 

 what heart-shaped, 3-5 lobed, the lobes acutish, doubly serrate, glabrous 

 above, somewhat pubescent below, 2.5-7 cm. wide, petioles 2-4 cm. long; 

 racemes appearing from the same buds as the leaves, pubescent, 3-8 cm. 

 long, the elongated bracts persistent, flowers yellow and whitish, calyx 

 tubular-campanulate, 8-10 mm. long, smooth, sepals spreading, longer than 

 the petals ; fruit black, smooth, 6 mm. in diameter : floridum, flowery. 



ft.aureurr? 



"Ribeb lacuifre 



In rich woods, thickets and banks, throughout the wooded part of the 

 state. Distributed from New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, south to Va., 

 Ky., la. and Neb. Blossoms in May, fruit ripe in August. 



Ribes aureum Purs h 18 14 Golden Currant Buffalo Currant 



Tall unarmed shrub, 1-2 m. high; bark gray or brown, peeling off on 

 the old branches; leaves broadly wedge-shaped or truncate at the base, 

 3-5 lobed, pubescent and ciliate or at length glabrous, thick, convolute 



