410 i. n. SAXIFEAGACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Ribes. 



1. R. Grossularia, Linn; Wall. Cat. 6835 and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 515 ; Eng. Sot. t. 1292 ; H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 86 ; Sows. Fl. Orient. 

 ii. 815 ; Brand. For. Fl. 213. K. Himalensis, Roylelll. 225. R. alpestre, Dene, 

 in Jacq. Yoy. Bot. t. 75. 



Alpine Western Himalaya, from KUMAON to KASHMIR, alt. 9000-12,000 ft.; 

 frequent. DISTRIB. North and Alpine Europe ; the Atlas, Greek and* Caucasus 

 ranges. 



Prickles usually 3 beneath each axil ; stems smooth or with numerous prickly 

 setae. .Leawssuborbicular, obtusely 3-5-lobed, the lobes incise-crenate, somewhat vil- 

 lous beneath. Peduncles usually solitary. Calyx-tube long, produced above the fruit. 

 Berry in. long, oblong, inedible in the Indian plant. 



SECT. II. Ribesia. Flowers racenied. Unarmed. 

 * Calyx-tube hardly produced above the fruit. 



2. R. orientale, Poir. Diet. Suppl. ii. 856 ; sticky glandular and minutely 

 hairy, leaves round-reniform crenate obscurely 3-5-lobed, bracts -| in. long, linear 

 often exceeding the pedicels, berry \ in. long yellow or reddish glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Boiss. Fl, Orient, ii. 817; Brand. For. Fl. 214. R. leptostachyum, 

 Dene, in Jacq. Toy. Bot. t. 76 ; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn, Soc. ii. 86. R. vil- 

 losum, Wall, Cat. 6832 ; and in Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 514. R. glutinosum, Jacq. 

 Journ, 



KASHMIR and BALTISTAN, alt. 8000-12,000 ft. ; Jacquemont, Munro, Boyle, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Cabul, Persia, Armenia, Asia Minor and Greece. 



A shrub 6 ft. high, polygamo-dicecious. Leaves 1-lj in. diam. Racemes, erect, 

 somewhat dense in flower, lax and pendent in fruit. Flowers small, greenish. R. ke- 

 tcrotrichum, Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Boss. t. 235, only differs by the eglandular fruits ; and 

 there is a whole series of closely allied species from the Altai to Persia. 



3. R. g-laciale, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 513 ; stem glabrous, leaves 

 glabrous or with scattered hairs above, bracts \-\ in. linear-lanceolate usually 

 much exceeding the pedicels, calyx-segments oblong, berries in. long glabrous 

 or minutely pubescent. Wall. Cat. 6833 ; H. f. fy T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 88 ; Brand. For. Fl. 214. R. acuminatum, Wall. Cat. 6834. 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA, fromBnOTAN to KASHMIR, alt. 7000-1 2, 000 ft. ; 

 common and often epiphytic. 



Polygamo-dicecious. Leaves 1-2 in., cordate, 3-5-lobed, crenate-serrate, the 

 middle lobe often elongate ; or simple, cordate-ovate, acuminate, sometimes 4^ 

 in. long. Eacemes pubescent, sometimes elongate. Flowers brownish or pink. VAR. 

 2. laciniatum, H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 87 (sp.), differs by the calyx- 

 segments lanceolate. (The leaves are often not more laciniate than in examples of 

 R. glaciale.) 



4. R. desmocarpum, H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 87 ; stem 

 glabrescent, leaves softly pubescent beneath, bracts f-^ in. long linear- 

 lanceolate often exceeding the pedicels, calyx-segments ovate-oblong obtuse, 

 berry \ in. long glandular-pubescent. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAX, alt. 8500-10,000 ft. ; Griffith ; Lachen in SIKKIM, J. D. H. 



Dioecious. Leaves 1-4 in., cordate, 3-5-lobed, erenate-serrate, the lobes often 

 elongate. Racemes pubescent, often elongate. Flowers brownish. Very near R. 

 (jlaciale, Wall., differing chiefly by its very hairy berries. 



5. R. luridum, H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 87 ; branchlets and 

 leaves glabrous, bracts \ in. long, spatliulate-oblong much exceeding the pedicels, 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate, berries glabrous small less than -?- in. long. 



