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BUSH-FRUITS 



Fig. 97. Ribres rubrum (X%). 



of fruit and foliage. The species is the parent of all our red and 

 white currants, and appears to thrive equally well in either hemi- 

 sphere. 



34. R. ALPINUM, Linn. Tasteless Mountain Currant. E. saxatile, 



hort., not Pall. (Fig. 98.) 



Low shrub, 2-3 feet (6-9 decimeters) high; branches upright, 

 whitish; leaves 3-5-k>bed, the lobes coarsely incised serrate, acute, 

 slightly hairy on the upper surface, the petioles commonly bear- 

 ing short, scattered, glandular-tipped hairs; flowers small, yel- 

 lowish green, dioecious, staminate clusters long, 20-30 flowered, 

 pistillate clusters shorter, 5-10-flowered; pedicels short; bracts 



