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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Ribes continued. 



diameter, fascicled on short, lateral branches, jUntaC above ; 



lobes irregularly crenate. Europe (Britain), Ac. A small, 



jhtly hairy). A synonym of R. oxyacanthoidet. 



FIG. 379. FLOWERING BRANCH OF RIBES SANGUINEUM. 



R. lacustre (lake-loving).* fl. greenish-yellow ; calyx broad and 

 flat ; racemes four to nine-flowered, slender, nodding, fr. bristly, 

 small, unpleasant to the taste. I. heart-shaped, three to five- 

 parted, with the lobes deeply cut. Young stems clothed with 

 bristly prickles and weak thorns, h. 4ft. North America (in 

 cold woods and swamps), 1812. (B. M. 6492.) 



R. Lobbil (Lobb's). fl. drooping, two or three to a peduncle, large ; 

 calyx dark purple ; limb of five segments, marked with lines of 

 hairs ; petals erect, almost white. April and May. I. small, 

 cordate, three to flve-lobed, glabrous above, downy beneath, 

 sometimes glandular ; petioles hairy. Branches harsh, rigid, 

 beset with stipulary, spreading spines in threes or fours, h. 6ft. 

 California. (B. M. 4931, under name of R. mbvestitum.) 



R. Loudonii (London's). A synonym of R. Gordonianum. 



R. missouricnsc (Missouri). A garden synonym of R. floridum. 



R. mnltlflornm (many-flowered), fl. greenish-yellow, in very 

 long, pendulous, drooping racemes, fr. red, small, and seldom 

 produced. I. flve-lobed, large, cordate, tomentose beneath. 

 Branches vigorous, spreading, unarmed, h. 4ft. to 6ft. Eastern 

 Europe, 1822. (B. M. 236a) 



R. nigrnm (black).* Black Currant ; Quinsy Berry, fl. green, 

 Jin. to 4in. in diameter ; calyx campanulate, glandular ; pedicels 

 long; racemes drooping, loose-flowered, tomentose, eglandular. 

 fr. black, in. in diameter, globose. I. 2in. to Sin. in diameter, flve- 

 to seven-lobed, similar to those of R. rubrum, but rather deeply 

 lobed ; petioles slender, pubescent, h. 5ft. Europe (Britain, but 

 probably a garden escape). Unarmed shrub, emitting a strong 

 odour when bruised. For culture, &c., see Currant. 



R. nivcum (snowy). A synonym of R. gradle. 



R. oxyacanthoides (Hawthorn-like).* fl. greenish, one or more 

 on a short peduncle, fr. red and green, or purplish-blue, small, 

 of an agreeable flavour. I. glabrous, plaited ; lobes toothed ; 



petioles villous and a little hispid. Infra-axillary prickles larger 

 and mostly solitary ; smaller prickles scattered here and there. 

 h. 2ft. to 3ft. North America, 1705. See Fig. 378. SYN. R. hirtellum. 



R. pennsylvanlcum (Pennsylvanian). A synonym of JR. floridum. 



R. punctatum (dotted), fl. yellowish-green ; racemes peduncu- 

 late, pendulous, at first ovate, becoming oblong and looser. 

 fr. small, glabrous. I. trilobed, serrated, shining yellowish- 

 green, dotted beneath ; petioles pubescent and ciliated, h. 3ft. 

 Chili, 1826. A compact, shining, resinous shrub. (B. R. 1658.) 



R. Roczlii (Roezl's). fl, solitary or in pairs, pendulous ; calyx 

 lobes red, lanceolate, revolute ; petals white, linear-truncate, not 

 spreading. I. roundish, sub-cordate, lobed. Branches armed at 

 the Anodes with trifld spines, h. 3ft. North-west America, 1879. 



R. rubrnm (red).* Wild Currant; Garnet Berry, fl. green, iin. 

 in diameter ; racemes 1m. to 3m. long, many-flowered, pubescent 

 or glabrous, never glandular ; bracts ovate, fr. red, acid, Iin. in 

 diameter. I. 2in. to 4in. in diameter, three to five-angled and 

 lobed, cordate at base, glabrous or pubescent above, usually 

 tomentose beneath ; lobes triangular, crenate ; petioles pubescent 

 or bristly, h. 4ft. Europe (Britain), &c. Unarmed shrub For 

 culture, &c., see Currant. 



R. r. album (white). A form with white berries. 



Ribes continued. 



^^. hortense (garden), fr. sweeter and larger than in 

 . r. sylvestre. I. large, sometimes variegated. 

 R. r. sativum (cultivated), fl. in glabrous, always drooping 

 racemes, fr. globose. I. glabrous on both surfaces when 

 mature. An escape from cultivation. (Sy. En. B. 520.) 



R. r. spicatum (spiked), fr. contracted at the top. I. hairy 

 above when young, and tomentose beneath. (Sy. En. B. 522.) 

 R. r. sylvestre <wood). fl. purplish ; racemes pu- 

 bescent, usually sub-erect when in flower, and drooping 

 when fruiting, fr. contracted at the top. I. hairy 

 above, tomentose beneath. 



R. sangulneum (bloody-flowered).* Flowering Cur- 

 rant, ft. deep rose-colour ; racemes drooping, pubescent, 

 twice the length of the leaves, fr. purplish, with a 

 glaucous bloom. I. cordate, somewhat flve-lobed, 

 serrated, veiny, smoothish above, clothed with villous 

 tomentum beneath. A. 4ft. to 8ft. North-west America, 

 1826. Unarmed shrub. See Fig. 379. (B. M. 3335 ; 

 B. R. 1349 ; L. B. C. 1487 ; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 109 ; 

 T. H. S. vii., p. 508.) 



R. s. atro-rubens (dark-reddish), fl. much deeper and 

 darker red, smaller, and in smaller racemes, than in 

 the type. 



R. 8. glntinosum (glutinous), fl. very pale rose-colour ; 

 racemes rather larger than in the species. I. destitute 

 of down, slightly viscous. 



R. B. malvacenm (Mallow-like). /. rather darker than 

 in R. s. fflutinosum, and having more of a lilac tinge, 

 almost sessile ; racemes short and close. I. rough and 

 hispid on the upper side, clothed beneath with 

 whitish, cottony down. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 340, under 

 name of JR. malvaceum.) 

 R. setosnm (bristly), fl. white, tubular, in pairs. 

 May. fr., berries black, spherical, hispid, with a 

 pleasant, sub-acid, somewhat musky flavour. I. nearly round, 

 cordate at base, pubescent, three to flve-lobed. o Branches 

 densely bristly ; prickles unequal, subulate. 1810. (B. R. 1237.) 

 R. spcciosum (showy).* Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry, fl. deep 

 red, four-parted ; calyx cylindrical ; pedicels glandular-hairy ; 

 stamens twice as long as the calyx ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, one to three-flowered, fr. red. I. wedge-shaped at base, 

 rounded at the outer end, indistinctly three-lobed, incisely 

 crenate, glabrous and nerved ; petioles short. Branches hispid. 

 Prickles infra-axillary, triple. A., in a wild state, 3ft. to 4ft. ; 

 twice as much in cultivation. California, 1829. (B. 38 ; B. M. 

 3530; B. R. 1557; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 149.) 



RIBESIE2E. A tribe of Saxifragece. 



RIB GRASS. The common name for Plantago 

 lanceolata. 



RICE. See Oryza. 



RICE FLOWER. See Pimelea. 



RICE PAPER PLANT, CHINESE. A common 

 I name for Fatsia papyrifera. 



RICE PAPER PLANT, MALAY. See Scsevola 

 Kcenigii. 



RICHARDIA (named in honour of L. C. Richard, 

 1754-1821, an eminent French botanist). SYN. Zante- 

 deschia (in part). OBD. Aroidece (Aracece). A genus com- 

 prising five species of greenhouse or nearly hardy, marsh- 

 loving, South African, perennial herbs, with thick rhizomes, 

 four of which have been introduced to this country. 

 Flowers monoecious, all perfect ; spathe white or yellowish, 

 erect ; tube short, convolute, funnel-shaped, accrescent, 

 persistent; throat opening; blade obliquely explanate, 

 marcescent, with a cuspidate, recurved apex; spadix 

 j shorter than the spathe, sub-stipitate, erect, cylindrical ; 

 inflorescence dense-flowered; peduncles usually several, 

 elongated. Leaves sagittate, sometimes with white, trans- 

 lucid, fenestrate dots ; petioles elongated, thick, sheathed 

 at base. Richardias are very distinct and attractive 

 subjects, both on account of their handsome foliage and 

 tall-growing, elegant flower spathes. They are easily 

 cultivated, and the spathes, particularly those of the 

 well-known R. africana, are greatly favoured for cutting 

 purposes. In a greenhouse, few things are more attrac- 

 tive than a group of these plants in flower. Propagation 

 'is easily effected from suckers, which are produced in 

 quantity. They may be taken at any time, when the 

 old plants are being repotted ; spring is, perhaps, the 

 best season, as young suckers will then have time to 



