LIX. 



RIBES NlGllUM. 



Black Currant. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Mgnogynia, 



Nat. Old. Grossularieje. 



Gen. Char. Calyx superior, campanulate, five-cleft, 

 bearing the petals and stainens. Style divided. Berry 

 one-celled, many-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Unarmed, Racemes lax, pilose, pendulous, 

 with a solitary simple flower at their base. Flowers 

 campanulate. Leaves dotted with glands beneath. 



SYNONYM ES. 



f Grossularia non spinosa fructu nigro. Bauk. Pin. 455. 



I Ribes fructu nigro. Ger. Em. 1593 ; Park Theatr. 1562. 



Latin ^ Ribes nigram vulgo dictum folio olente. Raii Syn. 466. 



Ribesium fructu nigro. Dod, 737. 



Ribes nigrum. Lin. Sp. PI. 291 ; Enff. Bot. t. 1291. 



French .... Cassis ; Groseiller noir. 



Italian .... Ribes nero. 



Spanish . . . Ribes negro. 



„ S Sclnvarze Johannesbeere ; GicUtbeere ; Johannesbeereu mit 



German ..... 



i scwartzen traublein. 



Dutch Zwarte A&lbezien. 



Danish ., . . Soclloer. 



Bohemian.. Rybes Nebwjnos ; Jana cerne. 



Swedish . . • Swarta Wiubcer ; Distron. 



Fin Ludin-maria. 



Description. — The Black-currant is a deciduous shrub, from 

 five to seven feet in height ; the old wood covered with a dark 

 brown bark, the younger branches of a lighter hue. The leaves 

 arc alternate^ pctiolate, subcordate, smooth, mostly three-lobed, 



