ORDEU 55. GROSSULACE^E. 35 1 



linear; fr. smooth, oblong or globous, yellow, finally brown. Mo., W. to Or. A 

 beautiful shrub G to 1 Of high, common in cultivation. Fls. numerous, very fra- 

 grant. Apr., Maj r . f 



2 R. sanguineum Ph. Lvs. canescent-tomentous beneath ; glabrous above, 

 cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, doubly serrate ; rac. long and loose ; bracts red, spatulate, 

 rather longer than the pedicels; fls. rose-red; caL tubular-campanulate, segm. 

 spreading, obovate, as long as the spatulate petals; sty. united into 1 ; stig. 2-lobed; 

 fr. dryish, with sparse glandular hairs. Oregon. (Rev. G. Atkinson). A beauti- 

 ful shrub with largo showy racemes, f 



3 R resinostim Ph. Plant clothed throughout with resinous-glandular hairs 5 

 Ivs. 3 to 5-lobed, roundish; rac. erect; cal. segm. spreading; petals obtusely 

 rhomboidal; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels; fr. hairy. Mts. of N. Car. 

 (Parker. See N. Am. Fl. p. 550). Wo have seen no specimens of this obscuro 

 species. 



4 R. prostratnm L'Her. MOUNTAIN CURRANT. St. reclined; Ivs. smooth, deeply 

 cordate, 5 to ^-lobed, doubly serrate, reticulate-rugous; rac. erect, lax, many-flow- 

 ered ; caL rotate ; berries globous, glandular-hispid, red. A small shrub, on moun- 

 tains and rocky hills, Penn. to Can., ill-scented and with ill-flavored berries 



sometimes called Skunk Currant. Prostrate stems, with erect, straight branches. 

 Lvs. about as large as in No. 1, lobes acute. Petioles elongated. Rac. about 

 8-flowered, becoming erect in fruit. Bracts very short. Ms. marked with pur- 

 ple. Berries rather large. May. (R. rigens MX.) 



5 R. rubrum L. COMMON RED CURRANT. Lvs. obtusely 3 to 5-lobed, smooth 

 above, pubescent beneath, subcordate at base, margin mucronately serrate ; rac. 

 nearly smooth, pendulous; cal. short, rotate; bracts much shorter than the pedi- 

 cels; fr. globous, glabrous, red. Woods, St. Johnsbury, Vt. (Carey), Wis. (Lap- 

 ham), N. to the Arc. Ocean. Cultivated universally in gardens. 



j3. (WHITE CURRANT). Fr. light amber-colored, larger and sweeter. 



6 R. floridum L'Her. WILD BLACK CURRANT. Lvs. subcordate, 3 to 5-lobed, 

 sprinkled on both sides with yellowish, resinous dots ; rac. many-flowered, pendu- 

 lous, pubescent ; cal. cylindrical ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. obo- 

 void, smooth, black. A handsome shrub in woods and hedges, Can. to Ky., com- 

 mon, 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, the width something more, lobes acute, 

 spreading, 3, sometimes with 2 small additional ones ; dots just visible to the 

 naked eye. Petioles 1 to 2' long. Fls. rather bell-shaped, greenish yellow. 

 Fr. insipid. May, Jn. 



7 R. nigrum L. BLACK CURRANT. Lvs. 3 to 5-lobed, punctate with yellowish 

 dots beneath, dentate-serrate, longer than their petioles; rac. lax, hairy, somewhat 

 nodding; cal. campanulato; bracts nearly equaling the pedicels; fr. roundish- 

 ovoid, nearly black. Native of Europe, etc. Cultivated and esteemed for its 

 medicinal jetty. Fls. yellowish. This species much resembles R. floridum. 



8 R. Cynosbati L. PRICKLY GOOSEBERRY. St. prickly or not; subaxillary 

 spines about in pairs; Ivs. cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, pubescent, lobes incisely den- 

 tate ; rac. nodding, 2, to 3-flowered ; cal. tube ovate-cylindric, longer than tho 

 segm. ; pet. obovate, shorter than the cal. segm. ; sty. united to the top ; berries 

 prickly. N. and W. States, about 4f high, in hedges and thickets, mostly with- 

 out prickles, but armed with 1 to 3 sharp spines just below tho axil of each leaf. 

 Petioles downy. Fls. greenish white. Fr. mostly covered with long prickles, 

 brownish-purple, eatable. May, Jn. 



9 R. lacustre Poir. SWAMP GOOSEBERRY. St. covered with prickles ; subaxil- 

 lary spines several ; Ivs. deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate at base, lobes deeply incised ; 

 rac. 5 to 8-flowered, pilous; cal. rotate, sty. 2-cleft; berries small, hispid. Iii 

 swamps, K States, and Brit. Am. Shrub 3 to 4f high. Sts. reddish from tho 

 numerous prickles, which differ from the spines only in size. Lvs. shining above, 

 1 to 2' diam. Petioles ciliate, hispid, longer than tho Ivs. Fls. green. Fr. 

 covered with long prickles, dark purple, disagreeable. May. The older stems 

 are unarmed save with a few spines. 



10 R hirtellum MX. St. unarmed, rarely prickly; svbaxiLlary spines short, 

 solitary, or nearly so ; Ivs. roundish, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, toothed, pubescent be- 

 neath ; ped. short, l.to 2-tlowered; cal tube smooth, campanulate, segm. twice 



