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RIBES 



cuneate, 3-5-lobed with crenulate-dentate, obtusish 

 lobes, pubescent or glabrous, %-2^ in. broad: fls. 1-2, 

 greenish; bracts small; ovary pubescent and often 

 glandular; calyx-tube short-campanulate, about as long 

 as the usually pubescent reflexed sepals; stamens 

 shorter than sepals; style pubescent: fr. globose to 

 ovoid, usually pubescent and glandular-bristly. Eu., 

 N. Afr., Caucasus. S.E.B. 4:518. R.F.G. 23:134. Var. 

 Uva-crispa, Smith (var. pubescens, W. D. Koch. R. 

 (jva-crispa, Linn.). Low shrub: Ivs. smaller, pubescent: 

 ovary pubescent, not glandular: fr. very small, yellow- 

 ish, pubescent. Var. reclinatum, Berl. (var. glabrum, 

 W. D. Koch. R. reclinatum, Linn.). Lvs., calyx and 

 fr. glabrous. This species is the parent of the Euro- 

 pean gooseberries. 



31. Cyno'sbati, Linn. (R. grdcile, Michx. Grossu- 

 iaria Cynosbaii, Mill.). Fig. 3406. Shrub, to 5 ft., but 

 usually lower, with spreading branches: spines slender, 

 1-3, %-%iii. long: bristles few and weak or none: lys. 

 orbicular, truncate or cordate, deeply 3-5-lobed, with 

 crenately or incisely dentate lobes, usually pubescent 

 beneath, %-lH in. broad: fls. 1-3, on slender stalks, 

 green, ovary setose; calyx-tube broadly campanulate; 

 sepals shorter than tube; petals about half as long; 

 stamens little longer than petals: fr. globose or ovoid, 

 vinous-red, prickly, edible. New Bruns. to N. C., west 

 to Man., Mo. and Ala. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:239. Var. 

 inerme, Rehd. Fr. without prickles, smooth. Var. 

 glabratum, Fern. Lvs. glabrous or only sparingly 

 pilose on the veins. 



32. alpestre, Decne. Upright shrub, to 10 ft.: 

 branches with stout spines to %in. long and usually in 

 3's, often bristly: Ivs. cordate to truncate, 3-5-lobed, 

 with incisely dentate, obtusish lobes, 1-2 in. broad: fls. 

 1-2, short-peduncled, greenish or sometimes reddish; 



far north as Mass.; in W. China, E. R. Wilson found 

 hedges 6-8 ft. high so thick and spiny that a yak, an 

 animal as strong as an ox, could not break through 

 them. 



33. pinetSrum, Greene (Grossuiaria pinetdrum, Cov. 

 & Brit.). Shrub, to 6 ft., with spreading and reclining 

 branches, without bristles: spines 1-3, ^in. long or 

 less: Ivs. suborbicular, thin, cordate, usually 5-cleft, 

 with obtuse irregularly incised-dentate lobes, dull 

 green and glabrous above, puberulous beneath at least 

 on the veins, %-!% in. broad: fls. solitary, orange-red; 

 bracts small, ciliate; ovary bristly; calyx-tube cam- 

 panulate, pilose; sepals spatulate, reflexed, nearly 

 twice as long as tube; petals orange, only one-third 

 shorter than the sepals; stamens as long as petals: fr. 

 globose, prickly, purple. Ariz., New Mex. Hardy at 

 the Arnold Arboretum; very striking on account of the 

 unusual orange-red color of the fls. 



34. Roezlii, Regel (R. amictum, Greene. R. dridum, 

 Greene. R. Wilsonidnum, Greene. Grossuiaria Roezlii, 

 Cov. & Brit.). Shrub, to 5 ft., with pubescent branch- 

 lets; bristles wanting; spines slender, about J^in. long: 

 Ivs. thin, reniform-prbicular, truncate or subcordate, 

 3-5-lobed with incisely crenate-dentate lobes, finely 

 pubescent on both sides or glabrous above, J^-l in. 

 broad: fls. 1-3, purple; bracts longer or sometimes 

 shorter than pedicels; ovary bristly and usually white- 

 hairy; calyx-tube cylindric-campanulate, pubescent; 

 sepals lanceolate, longer than tube; petals white or 

 pinkish, nearly hah 7 as long as sepals; stamens slightly 

 longer than sepals; anthers sagittate: fr. globose, 

 prickly, purple. Cent, and S. Calif. Gt. 28:982, figs. 

 1-3. R.H. 1899, p. 177. Var. cruentum, Rehd. (R. 

 cruentum, Greene. R. amictum var. cruentum, Jancz.). 

 Lvs. and fls. glabrous. Ore. to Cent. Calif. B.M. 8105. 



3407. Ribes Lobbii. (Natural size.) 



calyx-tube campanulate, glandular; sepals oblong, 

 reflexed, about as long as tube; petals white, elliptic, at 

 least half as long as sepals; ovary with gland-tipped 

 bristly hairs: fr. globose or ovoid, to %in. long, with 

 gland-tipped bristles. Himalayas, W. China. Var. 

 giganteum, Jancz. Shrub, to 15 ft. with stout spines 

 over 1 in. long: fls. glabrous, with smooth ovary: fr. 

 larger, smooth, green. W. China. R. alpestre may 

 prove to be a desirable hedge-plant, hardy at least as 



R.H. 1908, p. 32. Very handsome in fl., particularly 

 on account of the contrast between the purple calyx 

 and the white petals. 



35. L6bbii, Gray (Grossuiaria Lobbii, Cov. & Brit.). 

 Fig. 3407. Shrub, to 6 ft. ; branchlets pubescent, rarely 

 with a few bristles; spines 3, %-%in. long: Ivs. thin, 

 suborbicular, cordate or subcordate, 3-5-lobed, with 

 crenate-dentate obtuse lobes, sparingly pubescent when 

 young and glandular, or glabrous above, M~l^ in. 



