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dular (var. molle, Gray) . This pubescence in some eases becomes 

 so pronounced and viscid as to stain the collecting sheets (var. 

 lentum, Jones). This is an interesting type, because intermediate 

 between the currants and gooseberries, but it appears to possess 

 no horticultural merit. 



29. R. MONTIGENUM, McClatchie. B. nubigenum, McClatchie. 

 "Shrub 1-2 feet (3-6 decimeters) high, with numerous rigid, 



spreading branches, armed with strong triple spines below the 

 leafy fascicles, 3-5 lines (6-10 mm.) apart; outer bark smooth 

 and light brown on 1- or 2-year-old branches, but becoming 

 loose and silvery with age ; leaves and inflorescence hirsute, 

 some of the hairs bearing glands; leaves /i-)4 inch (6-12 mm.) 

 broad, deeply 5-parted, the lobes incised and toothed; racemes 

 3-6-flowered, bracts cordate, acuminate; calyx about /^ inch 

 (6 mm. ) broad, its rounded lobes spreading from place of inser- 

 tion on ovary; petals minute; stamens less than a line (2 mm.) 

 long; anthers broader than long, deeply lobed; red berries, glan- 

 dular, hirsute, 2-3 lines (4-6 mm.) in diameter, containing 1-3 

 large seeds." — McClatchie, Erythea, 2:80. 



Described from the summit of Mt. San Antonio, southern 

 California, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. It is evidently closely 

 related to B. lacustre. The plant is very thorny and rugged, 

 with the thorns in whorls. 



30. R. MULTIFLORUM, Kit. 



Shrub 3-4 feet (9-12 decimeters) high, with upright, spread- 

 ing branches; younger twigs, petioles and peduncles pubescent, 

 bearing scattered glandular-tipped hairs; leaves long-petioled, 

 roundish, mostly 5 -lobed, dark green and glabrous above, whitened 

 downy beneath; racemes long, dense, pendulous; flowers small, 

 green or reddish green; calyx tube broadly bell -shaped, short; 

 stamens and 2-cleft style longer than the reflexed calyx lobes; 

 fruit dark red, as large as a good-sized pea. 



Original distribution. — Southeastern Europe. 



This species has long been in limited cultivation in Europe, 

 but is little known in the United States. It is grown at the Arnold 

 Arboretum* and reported as a handsome and interesting shrub, 

 worthy of more general culture. 



31. R. PROSTRATUM, L'Her. Fetid Currant. (Fig. 96.) 



Stems long, prostrate, trailing and rooting; branches erect, 



*Garden and Forest, 1:189. 



