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RIB 



JR. vernici'fera (varnish-bearing). 10. Green, 

 yellow. Nepaul. 1823. 



RHYNCOGLO'SSUM. (From rhynchos, 

 a beak, and ylossa, a tongue; form of 

 the lip of the flower. Nat. ord., Gcs- 

 nerworts [Gesneraceas]. Linn., 2-Di- 

 andria l-Monogynia. Allied to Didy- 

 mocarpus.) 



Greenhouse biennial. Seeds, in hotbed, in 

 spring, and, after being potted off, flowered in 

 the plant stove or greenhouse ; peat and loam, 

 with a little silver sand and leaf-mould. 

 R. Zeyla'nicum (Ceylon). 1. Blue. July. 

 Ceylon. 1844. 



RHYNCOSPE'KMUM. (From rhynchos, 

 a beak, and spcrma, a seed. Nat. ord., 

 Dogbanes [Apocynacese], Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria \-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Apocynum.) 



An evergreen climber requiring hothouse 

 treatment, to be grown in loam and peat, and 

 to be propagated by cuttings, under a bell- 

 glass in sand. 



R.jasminoi'des (Jasmine-like). 3. White. July. 

 Shanghai. 1846. 



RHYTIDOPHY'LLUM. (From rhylis, a 

 wrinkle, and phyllon, a leaf. Nat. ord., 

 Gesnerworts [Gesneraceo?]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Gloxinia.) 



For culture see Gesnera. 



R, auricula' turn (cared). Red, yellow. August. 

 Brazil. 1834. 



RIBBON GKASS. Aru'ndo. 



RI'BES. Currant. (From the Arabic 

 name of a plant. Nat. ord., Currant- 

 worts [Grossulariacete]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria l-Monogynia.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs, except punctutum, 

 which requires shelter. Nearly all bloom in 

 April. Seeds, chiefly, for fresh varieties ; cut- 

 tings of ripened shoots, in spring or autumn, in 

 the open ground ; good garden soil. See Cur- 

 rant and Gooseberry. 

 R.acicula're(nee3[e-spined). White. Siberia. 



acumina'tum (pointed-leaved). 5. Greenish- 



yellow. Nepaul. 183J. 



albine'roium (white - nerved). 4. Green. 



North America. 



Alpi'num (Alpine). 3. Green. Britain. 

 .*. . bacci'ferum (berry-bearing). 3. 



Green. Britain. 



_ fo'liis - variega'tis (variegated - 



leaved). 4. Green. May. Britain. 



. pu'milum (dwarf). 2. Green. 



~ - ste'rile (barren). 3. Green. 



Britain. 



atropurpu'reum (dark-purple). 4. Purple. 



Siberia. 1826. 



au'rcum (golden). 8. Yellow. May, Missouri. j 



R. au'reum pra'cox (early). 8. Yellow. North 

 America. 1812. 



sero'tinum (late). 8. Yellow. June. 



North America. 1812. 



villo'sum (shaggy-leaved). 8. Yel- 

 low. North America. 1812. 



Carpa'thicum (Carpathian). 4. Green. 



Carpathia. 1818. 



ce'reum (waxy-leaved). 2. W T hite. North 



America. 1827. 



cyno'sbati (Dog-bramble). 4. Green. Canada. 



1759. 

 fruc'tu-nculea'to (prickly- fruited). 



4. Purplish. Lake Huron. 

 fru'ctu-glabro (smooth-fruited). 4. 



Whitish. Hudson's Bay. 



diaca'ntha (twin-prickled). 4. Green, yel- 



low. May. Siberia. 1/81. 



divarica'tum (straggling). 7> White, red. 



North America. 1826. 



fla'vum (yellow). 6. Yellow. North America. 



1812. 



jio'ridum (florid). 4. Yellow. North Ame- 



rica. 1729. 



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). 4. 



Yellow. North America. 



^ parviflo'rum (small - flowered). 4. 



North America. 



glacia'le (frozen). 4. Yellow. Nepaul. 1823. 



glandulo'sum (glanded). 8. Green, yellow. 



Peru. J820. 



Gordo'ni (Gordon's). 6. Yellow, red. 



gra'cile (slender). 4. Green, white. North 



America. 1812. 



grossula'ria (rowg7t-Gooseberry). 4. Green. 



England. 

 Besseria'na (Besser's). 4. 



White. Cracow. 

 bractea'ta (bracted). 4. Green, 



white. 

 Himalaya' na (Himalayan). 4. 



Green, white. March. Himalayas. 



1838. 

 macroca'rpa (large-berried). 4. 



Green, white. 

 reclina'ta (reclined). 4. Green, 



white. Germany. 1781. 

 spinosi'ssima (most-spiny). 4; 



Green, white. Britain. 

 subine'rmis (few-prickled). 4< 



Green, white. 

 u'va-cri'bpa (smooth-berried}. 



4. Green, white. Britain. 



hetero' trichum (variable-haired). 2. Purple. 



Altai. 1837. 



Hudsonia'num (Hudson's Bay}. 4. White. 



Hudson's Bay. 



lacu'stre (lake). 4. Yellow, green. North 



America. 1812. 



echina'tum (hedge -hog). l. 



Greenish-yellow. 



macroca'nthum (large-spincd). 4. Green. 



May. 



Menzic'sii (Menzies's). 5. Red. May. Ca- 



lifornia. 1830. 



microphy'llum (small- leaved). 5. Red. 



Mexico. 



multiflo'rum (many-flowered). 5. Green. 



Hungary. 1822. 



ni'grum (black). 5. Green. Britain. 



ba'cca-vi'i'idc (green -berried). 5. 



Russia. 



