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RIBES 



2122. Ribes Lobbii 



deeply cut or notched lobes, the stalks glandular: pe- 

 duncles long and filiforni: fls. small, reddish, open and 

 the tube nearly wanting; berry small and bristly. Cold 

 bogs, N. Eng. to Calif. B.M. C492. L.B.C. 9:884. -Of- 

 fered by dealers as a bog shrub. Intermediate between 

 Currants and Gooseberries. Fls. in short racemes. 



7. L6bbu, Gray. Fig. 2122. Upright shrub, to 5 ft., 

 the young shoots glandular-pubescent, without prickles, 

 but provided with slender, mostly triple thorns: Ivs. 

 small (rarely 1 in. across), round-cordate, 3-5-cleft and 

 notched, glandular on both surfaces: peduncles droop- 

 ing, 1-2-fld. : fls. showy, with purple tube and reflexed 

 lobes, the small, erect petals white, the anthers ex- 

 serted: berry glandular-hairy. N. Calif, to B. C. B.M. 

 4931 (as B. subvestitum) . G.C. II. 19:11. -Showy. 



AA. Stems ilwrnless and "prickleless. (Cxirrants.) 



B. Fls. small, wide open, greenish white or yelloivish. 



c. Lvs. without resinous dots: fr. red. 



8. multifldrum, Kit. Younger parts pubescent, bear- 

 ing glandular-tipped hairs : lvs. glabrous above, whit- 



2121. Ribes Cynosbati (X %). 



ened downy beneath : racemes long, dense, pendulous : 

 fls. green or reddish green: fr. dark red, large as a pea. 

 Southeastern Europe. B.M. 2368. L.B.C. 14:1.331.- 

 Grown for ornament. 



prostriltum, L'ller. Fetid Currant. Stems trail- 

 ing and rooting, bearing erect branches: lvs. cordate, 

 5-7-lobed, the stalks long and slender: racemes erect, 

 bearing flattish greenish white or greenish purple fls.: 



fr. glandular hispid, red, fetid. Cold swamps, eastern 

 United States and Canada. — Offered as a bog and rock- 

 work plant. Lvs. bright colored in the fall. 



10. rtibrum, Linn. Garden Currant. Fig. 2123; also 

 Fig. 610, Vol. I. Branches thick and stocky: lvs. pu- 

 bescent when young, becoming glabrous : racemes droop- 

 ing: fls. small, yellowish green or purplish; calyx saucer- 

 shaped: fr. thin-skinned, shining, bright red, yellowish 

 white or striped. Eu., Asia and N. Amer. R.H. 1861: 

 191. — Parent of all thedomestic red and white Currants^ 



11. alplnum, Linn. {R. saxatile, Hort., not Pall.). 

 Mountain Currant. Branches upright, whitish: lvs. 

 slightly hairy above: fls. yellowish green, dioecious, 

 staminate clusters 20-30-fld., pistillate clusters 5-10-fld. : 

 peduncles glandular-hairy: bracts longer than pedicel 

 and flower: calyx flat: "fr. smooth, scarlet, insipid or 

 sweetish. Mountains of Europe and the Orient. L.B.C. 

 15:1486. Var. atireum, Hort., has yellow foliage. 



12. fascicul^tum, Sieb. & Zucc. Very like^. alpimim. 

 Plant reaching 4 ft.: fls. all green, often imperfect, the 

 male fls. somewhat larger than the female by reason of 

 the longer sepals: lvs. firmer than those of R. alpinum, 

 bright green, the lobes and serratures more obtuse, the 

 younger ones pubescent below and on the nerves but be- 

 comiug glabrate: fr. sweetish musky, scarlet. Japan.— 

 Var. Cliin6nse, Maxim., from N. China, with lvs. soft 

 pubescent, is offered by Franceschi. S. Calif. M.D.G. 

 1899:571. 



CC. Li'S. bearing resinous dots on the tinder surface: 

 fr. black. 



13. bractedsum, Dougl. California Black Currant. 

 Strong, erect bush, often several feet high, glabrous or 

 nearly so, the young growths resinous-dotted: lvs. large 

 (sometimes 9 in. across, 5-7-cleft, coarsely and doubly 

 serrate, hairy and resinous : racemes erect or ascending, 

 4-8 in. long, many-fld. : fls. small, greenish or purplish: 

 berry ^4. in. in diam., black and resinous-dotted, edible. 

 N. Calif, to Alaska. B.M. 7419. 



14. nigrum, Linn. European Black Currant. Fig. 

 6il, Vol. I. Stem upright: branches thick, grayish: lvs. 

 sprinkled with minute bright yellow resinous dots be- 

 neath : racemes drooping, 5-10-fld. : fls. greenish white; 

 calyx-tube broadly urn-shaped; lobes small, thick and 

 greenish : ovary and calyx pubescent and resinous- 

 dotted: fr. black, mawkish. Eu. and Asia. — Parent of 

 the domestic Black Currants. 



15. Americ^num, Mill. (/?. ^7omf((m, L'lTer.). Ameri- 

 can Black (Ukkant. Fig. 612, Vol. 1. Bush spreading: 

 branches slightly angular: lvs. bearing bright yellow 

 resinous dots, few above, many below: racemes long, 

 pendulous, many-fld.: fls. greenish white or yellow, 

 H-Vh in. long ; calyx -tube bell -shaped, not resinous- 

 dotted; lobes large, petal-like- ovary smooth: fr. black, 

 resembling li nigrum in flavor. Nova Scotia to Vir- 

 ginia, westward to Colorado and Manitoba. 



