RiBEs. GROSSULACEiE. ?4? 



2. RiBEs ROTUNDiFOLiuM, Michx. Round-leavcd Gooseberry. 



Stems not prickly ; subaxillary spines short, usually solitary (sometimes absent) ; leaves 

 roundish, 5-lobed, nearly smooth, a little shining above ; the lobes short and obtuse, incisely 

 toothed ; peduncles slender, 1 - 2-flowered, smooth ; calyx cylindrical, narrow, smooth as 

 well as the ovary ; the segments linear-oblong, twice the length of the tube ; filaments ex- 

 gerted, smooth, twice or thrice the length of the broadly-spatulate unguiculate petals ; style 

 deeply 2-parted, hairy below; fruit smooth. — Michx. fl. I. p. 110; Torr. <^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 

 I. p. 547. R. triflorum, Willd. hort. Berol. t. 61, and enum. 1. p. 51 ; Pursh,fl. 1. p. 165 ; 

 Torr. fl. 1. p. 269 ; DC. prodr. 3. p. 479 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 230 ; " Guimp. Otto 

 <^ Hayne, holz. t. 3." R. gracile, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 165, not oi Michx. 



A shrub 3-4 feet high, with spreading recurved branches, often destitute of spines. Leaves 

 1-2 inches in diameter (at the time of flowering often only about half an inch), cordate or 

 obtusely cuneate at the base, smooth or a little pubescent underneath; the lobes obtuse. 

 Flowers greenish with a tinge of purple. Fruit about the size of a large black currant, 

 purplish when ripe, pleasantly flavored. 



Mountain woods ; common in the Highlands, Fl. May - June. Fr. July. 



3. RiBES LACUSTRE, Potr. Simmp Gooseberry. 



Young stems very hispid-prickly ; subaxillary spines few, weak ; leaves cordate, 3-5- 

 parted , the lobes deeply incised ; racemes 5 - 9-flowered, loose ; calyx broad and flattish ; 

 stamens as long as the petals ; style short, smooth, 2-cleft ; fruit hispid. — Poir. suppl. 2. 

 p. 856; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 165; Nutt. gen. 1. p. 140; Torr. fl. 1. p. 270; Bigel. fl. Bost. 

 p. 91 ; DC. prodr. 3. p. 478 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. I. p. 230 ; " Guimp. Otto ^ Hayne, holz. 

 t. 136;" Torr. 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 548. R. oxycanthioides, Michx. fl. 1. p. HI (not 

 of Linn.). R. oxycanthoides, fi. lacustris, Pers. syn. 1. p. 252. 



Stem 3-4 feet high ; the branches of a reddish color, thickly covered with slender rather 

 soft prickles, which are spreading or a little reflexcd. Subaxillary spines 2-5, united at the 

 base. Leaves lobed nearly to the middle, slightly pubescent on both sides ; petioles villous. 

 Peduncles slender, pendulous, mostly 5 - 6-flowered, pubescent. Calyx greenish-yellow. 

 Petals minute. Fruit dark purple, and ill-flavored. 



Mountain swamps. Catskill. I have also seen specimens which I believe were collected 

 in the northern part of the State. May - June, 



