RIBES 



RIBES 



foliage : racemes few-fld. ; bracts rhombic, usually acute, 

 entire or occasionally with a lateral lobe; fls. usually 

 pink ; style glabrous ; ovary wit h stalked glands : fr. bright 

 red, usually glandular. S. D. and Mont, to Nev., Cent. 

 Calif., Ariz, and New Mex. B.R. 1471. B.B. (ed. 2) 

 2:238. A hybrid between this and the preceding 

 species is R. Berlandieri, Jancz. 



8. americanum, Mill. (R.flbndum, L'Her. R. penn- 

 sylfdnirum, Lam. R. missovriense, Hort.). AMERICAN 

 BLACK CURRANT. Upright shrub, to 5 ft., with rather 

 slender arching branches : young shoots slightly pubes- 

 cent and glandular: Ivs. suborbicular, cordate or 

 nearly truncate. 3-5-lobed with acute, or sometimes 

 obtuse, dentate lobes, more or less pubescent at least 

 on the veins, resinous-dotted beneath, 1-3 in. broad: 

 racemes pendulous, many-fld.; bracts linear to linear- 

 lanceolate; fls. greenish white or yellowish ; bracts longer 

 than pedicels: ovary glabrous; tube cylindric-campanu- 

 late, } ein- long, sepals obtuse, slightly longer, pubescent ; 

 petals and stamens about two-thirds as long as sepals: 

 fr. black, smooth. Nova Scotia to Va., west to Man. 

 and Colo. G.O.H. 1. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:238. Foliage with 

 the peculiar heavy odor of the following species, turn- 

 ing crimson and yellow in autumn. 



9. nigrum, Linn. EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT. 

 Upright shrub, to 6 ft., with rather stout branches, of 

 strong disagreeable odor: Ivs. suborbicular, cordate, 

 3-5-lobed, with broad, acutish irregularly serrate lobes, 

 sparingly pubescent, resinous-dotted beneath, to 4 in. 

 broad: racemes 5-10-fld.; bracts small, much shorter 

 than the pedicels; ovary and calyx pubescent and 

 glandular: calyx-tube broadly campanulate; sepals 

 oblong, recurved; petals reddish or whitish, about hah* 

 as long as sepals: fr. black, subglobose, J^-%in. thick. 

 Eu.. X. and Cent. Asia. Himalayas. S.E.B. 4:523. 

 R.F.G. 23 : 137. Sometimes cult, for its fr. and escaped 

 in the eastern and middle states. Var. heterophyllum, 

 Pepin (var. aconitifblium, Kirchn., var. crispum, Hort., 

 var. laciniatum. Lav.). With divided Ivs., sometimes 

 nearly to the base, the lobes irregularly and deeply 

 incised. Var. apiifdlium, Kirchn. (var. dissectum, 

 Nichols.). Lys. 3-parted. usually to the base, the lobes 

 pinnatifid with narrow segms. Var. xanthocarpum, 

 Spaeth (var. fnictu-luteo, Hort.). Fr. yellow. Var. 

 chlorocarpum, Spaeth (var. fructu-nridi" Hort.). Fr. 

 greenish. Gt. 16:562, fig. 16. There are also forms with 

 variegated Ivs. as var. variegatum, Nichols., var. 

 mannoratum, Mouillef., and var. reticulatum, Nichols. 



10. bracteosum, Douglas. CALIFORNIAN BLACK 

 CCRRANT. Shrub, to 8 ft., with upright or ascending 

 sts.: young growth sparingly pubescent and resinous- 

 dotted: Ivs. thin, cordate, deeply 5-7-lobed, with ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate lobes, 2-8 

 in. broad: racemes narrow, slender, upright, often 8 in: 

 long; bracts spatulate, half as long as the pedicels, the 

 lower foliaceous; fls. greenish or purplish; calyx-tube 

 cup-shaped; sepals spreading, ovate-oblong, J^in. long; 

 petals minute, obtuse: fr. globose, black with whitish 

 bloom, resinous-dotted, edible. Alaska to N. Calif. 

 B.M. 7419. Hardy at the Arnold Arboretum; remark- 

 able for its large maple-like Ivs. and the long bracted 

 racemes. A hybrid of this species with R. nigrum is 

 R. fuscescens, Jancz. (R. bradeosum var. fuscescens, 

 Jancz.); it differs chiefly in its reddish brown fls., in 

 the small linear bracts of the spreading or arching infl., 

 and in the larger fr. Gt. 55, p. 162. Originated in 

 Scotland. 



11. glandulosum, Grauer (R. prostratum, L'Her. 

 R. ri0fn.s,-Michx.). FETID CURRANT. SKUNK CCRRANT. 

 Decumbent shrub with prostrate or spreading and 

 reclining sts. and ascending branches: young growth 

 sparingly pubescent and sparingly glandular: TVS. thin, 

 fetid, orbicular, cordate, deeply 5-7-lobed, with ovate- 

 acute or acutish, doubly serrate lobes, glabrous above, 

 pubescent on the veins beneath, lJ^-3 in. broad: 



racemes ascending, 8-12-fld. ; pedicels filiform, glandu- 

 lar, much longer than the narrow bracts; fls. whitish 

 or pinkish; ovary glandular-hispid; calyx-tube cup- 

 shaped; sepals short, spreading, glabrous outside: fr. 

 red, glandular-bristly. Newfoundland to Brit. Col.; 

 south to Mich, and Minn, and in the mountains to 

 N. C. B.B. (ed.2)2:238. 



12. triste, Pall. SWAMP RED CURRANT. Low shrub 

 with creeping or ascending, often rooting sts.: young 

 growth sparingly pubescent and sparingly glandular: 

 Ivs. thin, suborbicular, 3-5-lobed, with acute or obtuse, 

 coarsely serrate lobes, dark green and glabrous above, 

 pubescent or wbitish-tomentose beneath, 2-4 in. broad: 

 racemes drooping, 1^-3}^ in. long; pedicels longer 

 than the ovate bracts; fls. purplish; calyx-tube saucer- 

 shaped; sepals spreading, obtuse; petals reddish: fr. 

 red, smooth. N. Asia and boreal N. Amer., south to 

 Maine and Vt. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:237. Var. albinervium, 

 Fern. (R. attrinerrium, Michx.). Lvs. glabrous or nearly 

 so beneath. N. Amer., south to N. H., Mich, and Wis. 



13. petr&um, Wulf. (R. buOatum, Otto and Dietr.). 

 Upright shrub, to 8 ft.: branches usually glabrous: Ivs. 

 roundish, subcor- 



date or truncate, 

 usually 3-lobed, 

 with acutish lobes, 

 rugose, pubescent 

 beneath, 3-4 in. 

 broad: racemes 

 dense, to 4 in. 

 long; fls. red or 

 pink; pedicels 

 short; bracts very 

 small; calyx-tube 

 broadly campanu- 

 late with short 

 spreading rounded 

 ciliate sepals; 

 petals nearly half 

 as long as sepals, 

 with a callosity 

 below the base: 

 fr. dark red, acid. 

 Mts. of Cent, and 

 S. Eu., Caucasus, 

 N. Asia. R.F.G. 

 23:138. Var. car- 

 pathicum, Jancz. 

 ( R. carpathicum, 

 Kit.). Lvs. usu- 

 ally 3-lobed, ru- 

 gose, glabrescent: 

 racemes looser and 

 smaller. Carpath- 

 ian Mts. Var. Bie- 

 bersteinii, Jancz. 

 (R. Biebersteinii, 

 Berl. R. caucdsi- 

 cum, Bieb. jR. 

 macrobotrys, Hort.). Lvs. usually 5-lobed, with short 

 obtuse lobes, cordate, not rugose, glabrescent or 

 pubescent: racemes long; fls. reddish: fr. red or blackish 

 purple. Caucasus. Var. atropurpureum, Jancz. (R. 

 atropurpureum, C. A. Mey.). Lvs. subcordate or 

 truncate, usually 3-lobed, with acutish lobes, not 

 rugose, glabrescent or pubescent beneath, to 6 in. broad: 

 racemes short; fls. purple; the disk inside without cal- 

 losities: fr. red or blackish purple. Siberia. 



14. multiflorum, Kit. Upright shrub with stout 

 branches: winter buds large: Ivs. roundish, subcordate 

 or truncate, 3-5-lobed with acutish or obtusish, crenately 

 dentate lobes, pubescent beneath, to 4 in. broad: 

 racemes pendulous, dense, to 6 in. long, sometimes 

 about 50-fld.; pedicels short; fls. greenish yellow; calyx- 

 tube saucer-shaped; sepals reflexed; petals minute; 



3404. Ribes vulgar e. The common 

 currant. (Natural size.) No. 15. 



