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RIBES 



2122. Ribes Lobbii. Natural size. 



deeply cut or notched lobes, the stalks glandular: pe- 

 duncles long and filiform: fls. small, reddish, open and 

 the tube nearly wanting; berry small and bristly. Cold 

 bogs, N. Eng. to Calif. B.M. 6492. L.B.C. 9:884.-Of- 

 fered by dealers as a bog shrub. Intermediate between 

 Currants and Gooseberries. Fls. in short racemes. 



7. L6bbii, Gray. Fig. 2122. Upright shrub, to 5 ft., 

 the young shoots glandular-pubescent, without prickles, 

 but provided with slender, mostly triple thorns: Ivs. 

 small (rarely 1 in. across), round-cordate, 3-5-cleft and 

 notched, glandular on both surfaces : peduncles droop- 

 ing, 1-2-fld. : fls. showy, with purple tube and reflexed 

 lobes, the small, erect petals white, the anthers ex- 

 serted: berry glandular-hairy. N. Calif, to B. C. B.M. 

 4931 (as R. subvestitum). G.C. II. 19:11. Showy. 



AA. Stems thornless and prickleless. (Currants.) 



B. Fls. small, wide open, greenish white or yellowish. 



c. Lvs. without resinous dots: fr. red. 



8. multifldrum, Kit. Younger parts pubescent, bear- 

 ing glandular-tipped hairs : Ivs. glabrous above, whit- 



2121. Ribes Cynosbati (X %). 



ened downy beneath : racemes long, dense, pendulous:, 

 fls green or reddish green: fr. dark red, large as a pea. 

 Southeastern Europe. B.M. 2368. L.B.C. 14 ; 1331. 

 Grown for ornament. 



9 prostratum, L'Her, FETID CURRANT. Stems trail- 

 ing and rooting, bearing erect branches: Ivs. cordate, 

 5-7-lobed, the stalks long and slender- racemes erect, 

 bearing flattish greenish white or greenish purple fls. : 



fr. glandular hispid, red, fetid. Cold swamps, eastern 

 United States and Canada. Offered as a bog and rock- 

 work plant. Lvs. bright colored in the fall. 



10. rubrum, Linn. GARDEN CURKANT. Fig. 2123; also 

 Fig. 610, Vol. I. Branches thick and stocky: Ivs. pu- 

 bescent when young, becoming glabrous : racemes droop- 

 ing: fls. small, yellowish green or purplish; calyx saucer- 

 shaped: fr. thin-skinned, shining, bright red, yellowish 

 white or striped. Eu., Asia and N. Amer. R.H. 1861: 

 191. Parent of all the domestic red and white Currants. 



11. alpinum, Linn. (R. saxatile, Hort., not Pall.). 

 MOUNTAIN CURRANT. Branches upright, whitish: Ivs. 

 slightly hairy above: fls. yellowish green, dioecious, 

 staminate clusters 20-30-fld., pistillate clusters 5-10-fld. : 

 peduncles glandular-hairy: bracts longer than pedicel 

 and flower: calyx flat: "fr. smooth, scarlet, insipid or 

 sweetish. Mountains of Europe and the Orient. L.B.C. 

 15:1486. Var. aureum, Hort., has yellow foliage. 



12. fasciculatum, Sieb. & Zucc. Very like R. alpinum. 

 Plant reaching 4 ft.: fls. all green, often imperfect, the 

 male fls. somewhat larger than the female by reason of 

 the longer sepals: Ivs. firmer than those of R. alpinum, 

 bright green, the lobes and serratures more obtuse, the 

 younger ones pubescent below and on the nerves but be- 

 coming glabrate: fr. sweetish musky, scarlet. Japan. 

 Var. Chinense, Maxim., from N. China, with Ivs. soft 

 pubescent, is offered by Franceschi. S. Calif. M.D.G. 

 1899:571. 



cc. Lvs. bearing resinous dots on the under surf off: 

 fr. black. 



13. bractedsum, Dougl. CALIFORNIA BLACK CURRANT. 

 Strong, erect bush, often several feet high, glabrous or 

 nearly so, the young growths resinous-dotted: Ivs. large 

 (sometimes 9 in. across, 5-7-cIeft, coarsely and doubly 

 serrate, hairy and resinous: racemes erect or ascending, 

 4-8 in. long, many-fld. : fls. small, greenish or purplish: 

 berry % in. in diam., black and resinous-dotted, edible. 

 N. Calif, to Alaska. B.M. 7419. 



14. nigrum, Linn. EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT. Fig. 

 Gil, Vol. I. Stem upright: branches thick, grayish: Ivs. 

 sprinkled with minute bright yellow resinous dots be- 

 neath: racemes drooping, 5-10-fld.: fls. greenish white; 

 calyx-tube broadly urn-shaped; lobes small, thick and 

 greenish : ovary and calyx pubescent and resinous - 

 dotted: fr. black, mawkish. Eu\ and Asia. Parent of 

 the domestic Black Currants. 



15. Americanum, Mill. (R. fUridum, L'Her. ). AMERI- 

 CAN BLACK CURRANT. Fig. 612, Vol. 1. Bush spreading: 

 branches slightly angular: Ivs. bearing bright yellow 

 resinous dots, few above, many below: racemes long, 

 pendulous, many-fld. : fls. greenish white or yellow, 

 M-% in. long ; calyx -tube bell -shaped, not resinous- 

 dotted; lobes large, petal-like- ovary smooth- fr. black, 

 resembling R nigrum in flavor. Nova Scotia to Vir- 

 ginia, westward to Colorado and Manitoba. 



