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BB Fh latge tidniUii ml ni ydloii 

 c Jiacemei> leaflebK 



16 sanguineum Pursh Red flowered Currant 

 Fig. 2124 Branches red smooth \oung parts pu 

 besceut or glandular hiin h 2-t in bio id round 

 cordate racemes 1 lu i m lul u Ii i i 1 \ it lu m 

 brauous as long i tli i h I II iiii|l i 1 i i i 

 colored calyx o\ u \ in I | Inn 1 I i \ iil h it 

 glandular tipped li 111 ti I lui h I I I i ii_li _l m hi 

 lar-hair-( dr\ in 1 ' 

 Califormi ml M 

 B.R 10 1 41 1 11 1 111(1 



Var vanegitum \A it on Bush low racemes short 

 and densL i cmliii^ I irelj glanauUr Ivs thicker 

 downy beneath 



Var ilbldum Hort {R albidiim Hort ) is a form 

 with whitish dirt> yellc n or j ellowish red flowers and 

 light colored fruit RH 184J 419 Gn 51 1110 (as i? 

 album) Var atr6rubens Hort one with dark blood 

 red flowers. Var. fldre pl^no, Hort., has dark, clear 

 double flowers. R.H. 1845:245. G.C. II. 14:144. All the 

 forms of this species are worthy ornamental plants. 



17. Gordoniinum, Lem. A hybrid between H. sun- 

 guineum and B. aureum, intermediate in character: fls. 

 resemble M. sanguineum, but lighter: bush resembles 

 R. aureum, but generally fruitless. F.S. 2:165 and 

 plate. Gn. 51:1110 (as M. liybridum) .- Ot English 

 origin. Hardy and useful. 



cc. Bacemes leafy. 



18. ailreum, Pursh. Missouri, Flowering, Golden 

 or Buffalo Currant. Fig. 2125; also Fig. 613, Vol. I. 

 Plant free-growing, sprouting from root: Its. cuneate or 

 truncate, smooth, shining, when very young densely cov- 

 ered with brown'or yellow resinous beads,which disappear 

 with age: peduncles short, few-fld.; bracts large, leaf- 

 like: fls. spicy-scented, yellow and showy; calyx-tube 

 %-yi in. long; petals red: fr. dark brown or black, with 

 bluish bloom. Mississippi valley to Rocky Mts. B.R. 

 2:125. — Much grown for its yellow fragrant flowers. It 

 has given rise to the Crandall and some other fruit-bear- 

 ing sorts. 



Var. tenuifldrum, Torrey. Leaves light green, broadly 

 3-5-lobed: fls. usually scentless: berries amber-colored, 

 approaching a pale cherry-red, acidulous, without aroma. 

 The Pacific coast, eastward beyond the Rocky Mts. 

 B.R. 15:1274. 



19. oSreum, Dougl. Fig. 2126. Upright branching 

 shrub, reaching 3^ ft., the young parts minutely pu- 

 bescent and more or less glutinous : Ivs. nearly orbicu- 

 lar to reniforra, rather small (seldom more than 1 in. 

 across), 3-5-lobed and crenate-toothed, waxy-dotted: 

 racemes short and drooping, glandular-hairy: fls. ii 

 in. or less long, narrow tubular, white or pinkish : fr. 

 bright red, rather small, sometimes glandular, sweet 

 but mawkish. Rocky Mts. and west. B.M. 3008. B.R. 

 15:1263; 17:1471 (as if. ineftWaHs). — Sometimes grown 

 for ornament. 



20. yiscosissimum, Pursh. Branchy, upright, to 6 ft., 

 the young growths viscid: Ivs. round-cordate, 3 in. or 



less wide, 3-5 lobed with obtuse doublj irenite some- 

 what out divisions iicemes erect Mscid fls large, 

 fragrant ^ ellowish or \\hiti h green the tih*s lobes not 



mt^ 



ural size. 



reflexed, the petals small and white : berry black, mostly 

 glandular-hairy, scarcely edible. Rocky Mts. and west. 

 B. acerifdlium, Hort.=rubnim. — iJ. amlctum, Greene. Fls. 

 large, showy, purple. Related to Califomieum. California. 

 —B. Blatonii, Hort.=Gordonianum.— ii. CaliKmicnm, Hook. 

 & Am. Branches zigzag: fls. showy: fr. very prickly. Calif.— 

 B. cognatum. Greene. Related to leptanthum. Ore.— J?, mr- 

 vdtum, Small. Related to gracile. Ga.— iS. erythrocarpmn, Co- 

 ville & Leiberg. Trailing: related to prostratum. Ore. 6.F. 

 10:184.— JJ. fragrans. Lodd. = R. aureum. — J2. glutinisum, 

 Benth. Related to R. sanguineum : blooms earlier: fr.largeas 

 a Gooseberry. Paciiic Coast.— ii. grdcile, Miehx. Fls. fragile, 

 finely divided: fr. good. The Gooseberry of the Plains. Mis- 

 sissippi Basin.— ii.J?udsomdnum, Rich. Resembles R. nigrum 

 in fruit and odor. Hudson Bay region and northward.— 

 B.leptdnthum.Gr&Y. Sturdy, rigid shrub: Ivs. and fls. small: 

 r smooth. Rocky Mts., westward.-ii. ioMdoni, Hort.=R. 

 -B. malvAcmm, Smith. Resembles R. sanguin- 



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2124. 

 Ribes sanguineum, 



