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linear; fr. smooth, oblong or globous, yellow, finally brown. Mo., W. to Or. A 

 beautiful shrub 6 to lOf high, common in cultivation. Fls. numerous, very fra- 

 grant. Apr., May. f 



2 R. sanguineuxn Ph. Lvs. canesdfent-tomentous beneath ; glabrous above, 

 cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, doubly serrate ; rac. long and loose ; bracts red, spatulate, 

 rather longer than the pedicels; fls. rose-red; caL tubular-campanulate, segm. 

 spreading, obovate, as long as the spatulate petals; sty. united into 1 ; stig. Z-lobed; 

 fr. dryish, with sparse glandular hairs. Oregon (Rev. G>. Atkinson). A beauti- 

 ful shrub with large showy racemes, f 



3 R resinosum Ph. Plant clothed throughout with resinous-glandular hairs; 

 Ivs. 3 to 5-lobed, roundish; rac. erect; cal. segm. spreading; petals obtusely 

 rhomboidal ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. hairy. Mts. of N. Car. 

 (Parker. See N. Am. FL p. 550). We have seen no specimens of this obscure 

 species. 



4 R. prostratum L'Her. MOUNTAIN CURRANT. St reclined ; Ivs. smooth, deeply 

 cordate, 5 to 1-lobed, doubly serrate, reticulate-rugous; rac. erect, lax, many- flow- 

 ered ; caL rotate ; berries globous, glandular-hispid, red. A small shrub, on moun- 

 tains and rocky hills, Penn. to Can., ill-scented and with ill-flavored berries 

 sometimes called Skunk Currant. Prostrate stems, with erect, straight branches. 

 Lvs. about as large as in No. 1, lobes acute. Petioles elongated. Rac. about 

 8-flowered, becoming erect in fruit. Bracts very short. Fls. marked with pur- 

 ple. Berries rather large. May. (R. rigens MX.) 



5 R. rubrum L. COMMON RED CURRANT. Lvs. obtusely 3 to 5-lobed, smooth 

 above, pubescent beneath, subcordate at base, margin mucronately serrate ; rac. 

 nearly smooth, pendulous ; cal. short, rotate ; bracts much shorter than the pedi- 

 cels; fr. globous, glabrous, red. "Woods, St. Johnsbury, Vt (Carey), "Wis. (Lap- 

 ham), N. to the Arc. Ocean. Cultivated universally in gardens. 



/9. (WHITE CURRANT). Fr. light amber-colored, larger and sweeter. 



6 R. floridum L'Her. WILD BLACK CURRANT. Lvs. subcordate, 3 to 5-lobed, 

 sprinkled on both sides with yellowish, resinous dots ; rac. many-flowered, pendu- 

 lous, pubescent ; cal. cylindrical ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. obo- 

 void, smooth, black. A handsome shrub hi woods and hedges, Can. to Ky., com- 

 mon, 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, the width something more, lobes acute, 

 spreading, 3, sometimes with 2 small additional ones ; dots just visible to the 

 naked eye. Petioles 1 to 2' long. Fls. rather bell-shaped, greenish yellow. 

 Fr. insipid. May, Jn. 



7 R. nigrum L. BLACK CURRANT. Lv s. 3 to 5-lobed, punctate with yellotoish 

 dots beneath, dentate-serrate, longer than their petioles ; rac. lax, hairy, somewhat 

 nodding; cal. campanulate; bracts nearly equaling the pedicels; fr. roundish- 

 ovoid, nearly black. Native of Europe, etc. Cultivated and esteemed for its 

 medicinal jelly. Fls. yellowish. This species much resembles R. floridum. 



8 R. Cynosbati L. PRICKLY GOOSEBERRY. St. prickly or not; subaxillary 

 spines about in pairs; Ivs. cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, pubescent, lobes hicisely den- 

 tate ; rac. nodding, 2, to 3-flowered ; cal. tube ovate-cylindric, longer than the 

 segm. ; pet. obovate, shorter than the cal. segm. ; sty. united to the top ; berries 

 prickly. N. and W. States, about 4f high, in hedges and thickets, mostly with- 

 out prickles, but armed with 1 to 3 sharp spines just below the axil of each lea 

 Petioles downy. Fls. greenish white. Fr. mostly covered with long prickles, 

 brownish-purple, eatable. May, Jn. 



9 R. lacustre Poir. SWAMP GOOSEBERRY. St. covered with prickles ; subaxil- 

 lary spines several ; Ivs. deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate at base, lobes deeply incised ; 

 rac. 5 to 8-flowered, pilous; cal. rotate, sty. 2-cleft; berries small, hispid. In 

 swamps, N. States, and Brit. Am. Shrub 3 to 4f high. Sts. reddish from the 

 numerous prickles, which differ from the spines only in size. Lvs. shining above, 

 Hto2'diam. Petioles ciliate, hispid, longer than the Ivs. Fls. green. Fr, 

 covered with long prickles, dark purple, disagreeable. May. The older stems 

 are unarmed save with a few spines. 



10 R hirtellum MX. St. unarmed, rarely prickly; svbaxillary spines short, 

 solitary, or nearly so ; Ivs. roundish, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, toothed, pubescent be- 

 neath ; ped. short, 1 to 2-flowered ; cal tube smooth, campanulate, segm. twice 



