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Rhynchospermum* See Trachelospermurru 



Ribes (Saxifrageae). 



KIBES ALPINUM PUMILUM AUREUM. Golden Mountain 

 Currant. The ordinary green form is a native of Britain, 

 of which the plant named above is a dwarf, golden-leaved 

 variety. The flowers are yellow. 



E. AUREUM. Buffalo Currant. North-West America, 

 1812. In this species the leaves are lohed and irregularly 

 toothed, while the flowers are yellow, or slightly reddish 

 tinted. It is of rather slender and straggling growth. E. 

 aureum praecox is an early -flowering variety; and E. 

 aureum serotinum is valued on account of the flowers 

 being produced much later than are those of the parent 

 plant. 



E. CEREUM (syn E. inebrians). North America, 1827. 

 One of the dwarf er-gr owing species of Flowering Currant, 

 forming a low, dense bush of Gooseberry-like appearance, 

 but destitute of spines. By May it is in full flower, and 

 the blooms, borne in large clusters, have a pretty pinkish 

 tinge. The foliage is small, neat, and of a tender green 

 that helps to set off the pretty flowers to perfection. It is 

 a native of North-West America, and perfectly hardy in 

 every part of the country. Though not equal in point of 

 floral beauty with our common flowering Currant, still the 

 miniature habit, pretty and freely-produced pink-tinted 

 flowers, and fresh green foliage will all help to make it an 

 acquisition wherever planted. Like the other species of 

 Eibes, the present plant grows and flowers very freely in 

 any soil, and almost however poor. 



E. FLORIDUM (syns R. missouriense, R. Amincanum, and 

 R. pennsylvanicuni) . American Wild Black Currant. North 

 America, 1729. This should be included in all collections 

 for its pretty autumnal foliage, which is of a bright purplish 

 bronze. 



