RIBES 



RIBES 



1533 



BB. F'ls. large, tubular, red or yellow, 

 c. Racemes leafless. 



16. sangulneum, Pursh. Red -flowered Currant. 

 Pig. 2124. Branches red, smooth ; young parts pu- 

 bescent or glandular-hairy: Ivs. 2-4 in. broad, round- 

 cordate: racemes long, pendulous: bracts obovate, mem- 

 branous, as long as the pedicel: lis. purple-red or rose- 

 colored; calyx, ovary and peduncles beset with short, 

 glandular-tipped hairs: fr. bluish black, rough, glandu- 

 lar-hairy, dry and bitterish. British Columbia, through 

 California and IMexico to South America. B.M. 3335. 

 B.R. lG:134y. Gn. 51:1110. 



Var. varieg^tum, Watson. Bush low: racemes short 

 and dense, ascending, barely glandular: Ivs. thicker, 

 downy beneath. 



Var. dlbidum, Hort. {H. albidiim, Hort.), is a form 

 with whitish, dirty yellow or yellowish red flowers and 

 light-colored fruit. R.H. 1843:419. Gn. 51:1110 (as H. 

 album). Var. atrbrubens, Hort., one with dark, blood- 

 red flowers. Var. fibre plbno, Hort., has dark, clear 

 double flowers. R.H. 1845:245. G.C. II. 14:144. All the 

 forms of this species are worthy ornamental plants. 



17. Gordoniinum, Lem. A hj'brid between 72. san- 

 guineum and R. aureum, intermediate in character: fls. 

 resemble M. sanguineum, but lighter: bush resembles 

 R. aureum, but generally fruitless. F.S. 2:165 and 

 plate. Gn. 51:1110 (as R. hyhridum).- Of. English 

 origin. Hardy and useful. 



cc. Racemes leafy. 



18. ailreum, Pursh. Missouri, Flowering, Golden 

 or Buffalo Currant. Fig. 2125; also Fig. 613, Vol. I. 

 Plant free-growing, sprouting from root: Ivs. cuneate or 

 truncate, smooth, shining, when very young densely cov- 

 ered with brown'or yellow resinous beads, which disappear 

 with age: peduncles short, few-fld.; bracts large, leaf- 

 like: fls. spicy-scented, yellow and showy; calyx-tube 

 %-% in. long; petals red: fr. dark brown or black, with 

 bluish bloom. Mississippi valley to Rockj' Mts. B.R. 

 2:125. — Much grown for its yellow fragrant flowers. It 

 has given rise to the Crandall and some other fruit-bear- 

 ing sorts. 



Var. tenuiflorum, Torrey. Leaves light green, broadly 

 3-5-lobed: fls. usually scentless: berries amber-colored, 

 approaching a pale cherry-red, acidulous, without aroma. 

 The Pacific coast, eastward beyond the Rocky Mts. 

 B.R. 15:1274. 



19. cdreum, Dougl. Fig. 2126. Upright branching 

 shrub, reaching 3-4 ft., the young parts minutely pu- 

 bescent and more or less glutinous : Ivs. nearly orbicu- 

 lar to reniform, rather small (seldom more than 1 in. 

 across), 3-5-lobed and crenate-toothed, waxy-dotted: 

 racemes short and drooping, glandular-hairy: fls. % 

 in. or less long, narrow tubular, white or pinkish : fr. 

 bright red, rather small, sometimes glandular, sweet 

 but mawkish. Rocky Mts. and west. B.M. 3008. B.R. 

 15:1263; 17:1471 (as R. ineftriaws). — Sometimes grown 

 for ornament. 



20. viscosissimum, Pursh. Branchy, upright, to 6 ft., 

 the young growths viscid: Ivs. round-cordate, 3 in. or 



less wide, 3-5-lobed with obtuse doubly crenate some- 

 what out divisions: racemes erect, viscid: fls. large, 

 fragrant, yellowish or whitish green, the calyx-lobes not 



2123. Ribes rubrum, the common Currant. 



Natiiral size. 



reflexed, the petals small and white: berry black, mostly 

 glandular-hairy, scarcely edible. Rocky Mts. and west 



R. acerifhlium, Hort.=rubruin. — JS. amfciMwi, Greene. Fls 

 large, showy, purple. Related to Californicum. California 

 —B. Biatonii, Hort.=Gordonianum.— i^. Californicum, Hook 

 & Am. Branches zigzag: fls. showy: fr. very prickly. Calif.— 

 li. cognatum, Greene. Related to leptanthum. Ore.—R. cur- 

 vAtum, Small. Related to gracile. Ga. — R. erythrocdrpum, Co 

 ville & Leiberg. Trailing: related to prostratum. Ore. G.P 

 10 : 184. — R. fragrans, Lodd. = R. aureum. — R. glutinbsum 

 Benth. Related to R. sanguineum: blooms earlier: fr. large as 

 a Gooseberry. Pacific Coast.— if. grdeile, Michx. Fls. fragile, 

 finely divided: fr. good. The Gooseberry of the Plains. Mis- 

 sissippi Basin.— i2. HudsonianuTn, Rich. Resembles R. nigrum 

 in fruit and odor. Hudson Bay region and northward. — 

 R. leptdnthum, Gray. Sturdy, rigid shrub: Ivs. and fls. small: 

 berry smooth. Rocky Mts., westward.— i2. Loudoni, Hort.=R. 

 Gordonianum.— iJ. malvaceum.. Smith. Resembles R. sanguin- 



2124. 

 Ribes sanguineum 



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2125. Yellow-flowering Currant— Ribes aureum (X K). 



