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GROSSULARIACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



5. Ribes glandulosum Grauer. Fetid 

 Currant. Fig. 2201. 



Ribes glanditlosinn Grauer, PI. Min. Cog. 2. 1784, 

 R. prostratum L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 3. pi. 2. 1785. 



Branches decumbent or spreading, thorn- 

 less and without prickles. Petioles slender, 

 i '-3' long, pubescent or glabrous, the dilated 

 base sometimes ciliate; leaves nearly orbicular, 

 sharply and deeply 5~7-lobed, i'-3' wide, usu- 

 ally somewhat pubescent along the veins be- 

 neath, the lobes acute or acutish, dentate- 

 serrate; flowers racemose, about 2.\" broad; 

 pedicels 2"-2s" long, glandular, calyx broadly 

 campanulate, its lobes short and broad ; sta- 

 mens short, not exserted ; fruit red, glandular- 

 bristly, about 3" in diameter. 



In cold wet places, Newfoundland to Atha- 

 basca, British Columbia, south, especially along 

 the mountains, to North Carolina, Michigan and 

 Wisconsin. Plant with a disagreeable odor. As- 

 'cends to 6000 ft. in North Carolina. Skunk-cur- 

 rant. May-June. 



6. Ribes inebrians Lindl. White-flowered 

 Currant. Fig. 2202. 



Ribes inebrians Lindl. Bot. Reg. pi. 1471. 1832. 



Unarmed. Petioles slender, more or less glan- 

 dular-pubescent, 3"-io" long; leaves reniform- 

 prbicular, cordate at the base, i'-ii' wide, spar- 

 ingly glandular-pubescent, or glabrate on both 

 sides, 3~5-lobed, the lobes very obtuse, crenate 

 or crenulate; racemes short, pubescent, pendu- 

 lous, bractlets rhombic, much longer than the 

 pedicels, persistent, usually entire-margined and 

 glandular-ciliate ; flowers sessile or short-pedi- 

 celled, white or greenish-white; calyx tubular, 

 glandular; petals minute, nearly orbicular; sta- 

 mens short ; fruit red, insipid, glandular or rarely 

 smooth, about 3" in diameter. 



South Dakota to Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico 

 and California. May-June. Confused in our first 

 edition with the similar R. cereum Dougl. 



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7. Ribes americanum Mill'. Wild Black 

 Currant. Fig. 2203. 



Ribes americanum Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 4. 



1768. 



Ribes floridum L'ller. Stirp. Nov. 1:4. 1 784. 

 Ribes nigrum var. pennsylvanicum Marsh. Arb. 



Amer. 132. 1785. 

 Ribes pennsylvanicum Lam. Encycl. 3: 49. 1789. 



Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slender, 

 loosely pubescent, or glabrous ; leaves nearly 

 orbicular, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent 

 and resinous-dotted beneath, i'-3' wide, sharply 

 3~5-lobed, the lobes dentate-serrate, acutish ; 

 racemes pendulous, rather loosely flowered, 

 pubescent ; bractlets linear, much exceeding the 

 pedicels, or shorter; flowers greenish-white, 

 or yellowish, 4"-s" long; calyx tubular, its 

 lobes short, broad, obtuse ; stamens not ex- 

 serted ; fruit globose-ovoid, black, glabrous, 

 3"-5" in diameter. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to Virginia, Manitoba 

 Assiniboia, Kentucky, Iowa and Nebraska. Alsc 

 in New Mexico. Quinsy-berry. April-May. 



