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10. Ribes floridum I/ Her. Wild 

 Blackcurrant. (Fig. 1874.) 



Ribes floridum L'Her. Stirp. Nov. i: 4. 1784. 

 Ribes nigrum var. Pennsylvanicum Marsh. Arb. 



Amer. 132. 1785. 

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



Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slen- 

 der, loosely pubescent, or glabrous; leaves 

 nearly orbicular, glabrous above, somewhat 

 pubescent and resinous-dotted beneath, i f $ f 

 wide, sharply 3-5-lobed, the lobes dentate- 

 serrate, acutish; racemes appearing from the 

 same buds as the leaves, pendulous, rather 

 loosely flowered, pubescent; bractlets linear, 

 much exceeding the pedicels, or shorter; 

 flowers greenish-white, 4 // -5 // long; calyx 

 tubular, its lobes short, broad, obtuse; sta- 

 mens not exserted; fruit globose-ovoid, black, 

 glabrous, about 3" in diameter. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to Virginia, west to 

 Manitoba, Kentucky, Iowa and Nebraska. 

 April-May. 



ii. Ribes rubrum L,. Red Currant. (Fig. 1875.) 



Ribes rubrum L. Sp. PI. 200. 1753. 



R. albinervium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: no. 1803. 



Ribes rubrum var. subglandulosum Maxim. 



Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 19: 261. 1874. 



Unarmed. Petioles slender, glabrous or 

 sparingly pubescent, i / ~3 / long; leaves pubes- 

 cent beneath, at least when young, orbicular 

 or broader, cordate at the base, 3-5-lobed, the 

 lobes obtuse or acutish, sharply dentate; ra- 

 cemes appearing from different buds than the 

 leaves, pendulous, loosely flowered; pedicels 

 2 //_y/ long, curved and sometimes ascend- 

 ing, longer than the ovate bractlets; flowers 

 greenish or purplish, about 2" broad; calyx 

 flat-cam panulate; stamens short; fruit red, 

 glabrous, 2 // ~4 // in diameter. 



In cold woods, Labrador to Alaska, south to 

 northern New England, New Jersey, Indiana and 

 Minnesota.and freely escaped from cultivation in 

 the Middle and Eastern States. Also in Europe 

 and Asia. The European plant has been more 

 or less modified in cultivation. May-June. 



12. Ribes cereum Dougl. White- 

 flowered Currant. Squaw Cur- 

 rant. (Fig. 1876.) 



Ribes cereum Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 512. 

 1830. 



Unarmed. Petioles slender, more or less gland- 

 ular-pubescent, 3 // -io // long; leaves reniform- 

 orbicular, cordate at the base, X / ~ I X / wide, 

 sparingly glandular-pubescent, or glabrate on 

 both sides, 3-5-lobed, the lobes very obtuse, cre- 

 nate or crenulate; racemes short, pubescent, 

 pendulous, appearing from the same buds as the 

 leaves; bractlets persistent; flowers sessile or 

 short-pedicelled, white or greenish-white; calyx 

 tubular, glandular; petals minute, nearly orbicu- 

 lar; stamens short; fruit red, insipid, glabrous or 

 slightly glandular, about 3" in diameter. 



Nebraska to British Columbia, Arizona and Cali- 

 fornia. May-June. 



