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RIBES 



RIBES 



Section 1. RIBES. Currants. 



1. odoratum, Wendl. (R. longiflorum, Nutt. R. fra- 

 grans, Lodd. R. palmdtum, Thory. R. aureum, Auth., 

 not Pursh. R. missouriense, Hort. Chrysobotrya revo- 

 liita, Spach). MISSOURI CURRANT. BUFFALO CURRANT. 

 GOLDEN CURRANT. Fig. 3402. Shrub, to 6 ft.: young 



3402. Yellow-flowering currant. Ribes odoratum. ( X J4) 



branchlets pubescent: Ivs. ovate to orbicular-reniform, 

 cuneate or truncate at the base, deeply 3-5-lobed and 

 coarsely dentate, glabrate, 1-3 in. broad; petioles 

 pubescent, shorter than blade: racemes 5-8-fld.; rachis 

 pubescent; bracts ovate to oval, foliaceous; fls. yellow, 

 fragrant; tube about }/$&. long, stout; sepals oblong, 

 scarcely half as long as tube, spreading or revolute; 

 petals nearly half as long as sepals, more or less red: 

 fr. globose or ovoid, about J^in. across, black. East of 

 Rocky Mts., S. D. to Texas, east to Minn, and Ark. 

 L.B.C. 16:1533. B.R. 125. L.D.5:301. H.F. 1872:225 

 (as R. Oregoni). A handsome shrub with yellow fra- 

 grant fls. appearing early in spring with the Ivs. A 

 form with large berries nearly %in. diam. is sometimes 

 cult, for its frs. as the Crandall. 



2. aureum, Pursh (R. tenuifldrum, Lindl. R. jasmini- 

 florum, Agardh. Chrysobotrya intermedia and C. Lind- 

 leana, Spach). Similar to the preceding species, but 

 smaller and slenderer in every part: young shoots gla- 

 brous or pubescent: Ivs. orbicular-reniform to obovate, 

 3-lobed and slightly crenate-dentate, cuneate to sub- 

 cordate at the base, 1-2 in. broad, pubescent or gla- 

 brous; petioles about as long as the blades: racemes 

 5-15^fld. ; bracts oblong to obovate ; fls. yellow, fragrant 

 or slightly fragrant; calyx-tube slender, J^-^in. long 

 or slightly longer; sepals K to nearly J^in. long, spread- 

 ing, upright in the faded fl.; petals shorter than half 

 as long as sepals: fr. globose, red or black, J^-J^in. 

 thick. Wash, to Calif., west to Assiniboia, Mont., Colo 

 and N. Mex. B.R. 1274. Var. chrysococcum, Rydb 

 Fr. yellow. Var. leiobdtrys, Zabel (R. leiobdtrys, Koehne). 

 Quite glabrous, glandular while young: sepals recurved, 

 calyx-tube longer. The shrub cult, as R. aureum is 

 usually the preceding species which has more showy 

 and fragrant fls. 



3. Gordonianum, Lem. (R. Beatonii, Hort. R. Lou- 

 donii, Hort. R. odoratum x R. 



sanguineum). Intermediate be- 

 tween the parents. Habit of R. 

 odoratum: Ivs. usually 3-lobed, 

 glabrous, truncate at the base: 

 racemes about 20-fld. ; fls. yellow, 

 tinged red outside, somewhat 

 glandular, sterile. Originated in 

 England about 1840. Hardier 

 than the following species, though 

 not quite so handsome in flower. 



4. sanguineum, Pursh (Calo- 

 bdtrya sanguinea, Spach). Shrub, 

 to 10 ft., more or less glandular 

 and aromatic: branchlets pubes- 



cent and glandular while young: Ivs. cordate or nearly 

 truncate, reniform-orbicular, 3-5-lobed with obtuse 

 irregularly dentate lobes, dark green and puberulous 

 above, whitish-tomentose beneath, 2-4 in. broad; 

 petioles pubescent and glandular: racemes many-fld., 

 pubescent and glandular; bracts oblanceolate; fls. red, 

 pubescent; ovary glandular; calyx-tube about K| n - 

 long, sepals sligntly longer; petals white 

 or reddish: fr. blue-black, bloomy, slightly 

 glandular. Brit. Col. to N. W. Calif. B.M. 

 3335. B.R. 1349. Gn. 51:208, fig. 1. H.U. 

 6:260. Of this handsome shrub several 

 varieties are in cult. Var. atrorubens, 

 Loud. (v&T.atrosanguineum, Kirchn.). Var. 

 splendens, Barbier. Fls. dark blood-red, 

 larger than those of the preceding variety. 

 R.H. 1913:428. G. 35:363. Var.carneum, 

 Dipp. (R. cdrneum grandiflorum, Carr.). 

 Fls. pink. Var. albescens, Rehd. (R. san- 

 guineum var. dlbidum, Hort., not Kirchn.). 

 Fls. whitish. Gn. 51:208, fig. 2 (as R. 

 album). G.M. 53:125. This variety is 

 usually confused with R. glutinosum var. 

 dlbidum. Jancz. (R. dlbidum, Paxt.), which 

 differs chiefly in the glabrescent under side 

 of the more deeply lobed and more sharply serrate Ivs., in 

 the more pendulous racemes with the pedicels %-]/$&. 

 long, longer than the recurved narrower bracts. Var. 

 fldre-pleno, Hort. With double red fls. P.M. 12:121. 

 F.S. 1, p. 247. G.C. II. 14:144. Var. Brocklebankii, 

 Bean. With yellow foliage. Gn. 78, p. 311. 



5. viscossissimum, Pursh. Shrub, to 3 ft.: young 

 growth and infl. glandular-pubescent and viscid: Ivs. 

 grayish green, reniform-orbicular, 5-lobed, with rounded 

 crenately dentate lobes, glandular-pubescent on both 

 sides, 2-3 in. broad; petioles shorter than blade, glandu- 

 lar-pubescent: fls. fragrant, greenish white or pinkish, 

 in 3-8-fld. racemes; ovary glandular; tube cylindric- 

 campanulate, about J^in. long; sepals about as long as 

 tube: fr. black, not bloomy, glandular-hairy. Brit. 

 Col. to Mont., Colo, and Cahf. 



6. cereum, Douglas. Much-branched, upright shrub, 

 to 4 ft.: young growth puberulous and glandular: Ivs. 

 reniform-orbicular, 3-5-lobed with obtuse crenulate 

 lobes, puberulous-glandular beneath, often glabrous or 

 nearly so above, ]^r\ l /2 in. broad: racemes few-fld., 

 pendulous; bracts cuneate-obovate, toothed at the 

 rounded or truncate apex; fls. white or greenish; calyx- 

 tube pubescent, %-%in. l n g, sepals ovate, about as 

 long; petals minute, orbicular; ovary glandular or 

 smooth; style usually hairy above: fr. bright red, about 

 Hin. across. Brit. Col. to Calif., east to Mont., Idaho, 

 Utah, and Ariz. B.M. 3008. B.R. 1263. Early leafing 

 and conspicuous with its pale grayish green foliage 

 studded with numerous white or pinkish fls.; also the 

 bright red frs. are ornamental. Var. farindsum (var. 

 farinpsum cdrneum, Jancz.). Branchlets violet: Ivs. 

 whitish-pulverulent: fls. bright pink. 



7. inebrians, Lindl. (R. Spaethidnum, Koehne). Fig. 

 3403. Similar to the preceding species in habit and 



3403. Ribes inebrians. ( X %) 



