GEXUS i. 



GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. 



2. Ribes hudsonianum Richards. Xorth- 

 ern Black Currant. Fig. 2198. 



Ribes hudsonianum Richards. Bott. App. Frank. 

 Journ. Ed. z, 6. i>_ . 



Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slender, 

 I '-4' long; leaves broader than long, i'~4' 

 wide, more or less pubescent and resinous- 

 dotted beneath, 3~5-lobed, the lobes obtuse or 

 acutish, coarsely dentate ; racemes 2\' long or 

 less ; pedicels 2" long or less ; flowers white, 

 2"~3" broad; calyx broadly campanulate, its 

 lobes oval, obtuse, spreading; stamens short, 

 not exserted; ovary dotted with sessile glands; 

 bracts setaceous, usually nearly equalling the 

 pedicels, deciduous; fruit black, glabrous, 3"- 

 5" in diameter. 



Hudson Bay and western Ontario to Alaska, 

 Minnesota and British Columbia. Quinsy-berry. 

 May-June. 



Ribes nigrum L., the black currant of the gar- 

 dens, with similar leaves, loosely flowered droop- 

 ing racemes, the calyx-lobes ascending and recurved, has escaped from cultivation in the Middle 



States. 



3. Ribes vulgare Lam. Red Garden 

 Currant Fig. 2199. 



Ribes vulgare Lam. EncycL 3 : 47. 1 789. 



L'nanned; stems nearly erect. Petioles 

 slender, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, 

 i '-3' long; leaves pubescent beneath, at least 

 when young, orbicular or broader, cordate 

 at the base, 3-5-lobed, the lobes acutish, 

 sharply dentate; racemes pendulous, loosely 

 flowered; pedicels 2"$" long, curved and 

 sometimes ascending, longer than the ovate 

 bractlets ; flowers greenish, about 2" broad ; 

 calyx flat-campanulate ; stamens short; an- 

 ther-sacs divergent; fruit red, glabrous, 

 2"-^" in diameter. 



Raisin-tree. Garnet-berry. Wine-berry. 

 May June. Escaped from cultivation, Mas- 

 sachusetts to Ontario, Virginia and Wisconsin, 

 and in Oregon and British Columbia. Native 

 of Europe. Included in our first edition in 

 R. rubrum L. 



4. Ribes triste Pall. American Red Cur- 

 rant. Fig. 2200. 



Ribes triste PalL Nova Acta Acad. Petrop. 10: 378. 



1/97. 



Ribes rubrttm subglandulosum Maxim. Bull. Acad. 

 St. Petersb. 19: 261. 1874. 



Similar to the preceding species, unarmed, the 

 stems creeping or ascending. Leaves glabrous 

 above, more or less pubescent beneath; racemes 

 several-flowered, as long as the leaves or shorter, 

 drooping; pedicels 4" long or less, longer than 

 the ovate bractlets; flowers purplish; calyx 

 saucer-shaped; anther-sacs contiguous, parallel 

 or nearly so ; ovary glabrous ; fruit red, glabrous, 

 3"~4" in diameter. 



Wet woods and bogs, Newfoundland to Alaska, 

 Xew Jersey, Michigan, South Dakota and Oregon. 

 Northern Asia. June-July. 



