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curled. Style hairy below, smooth above. Fruit somewhat re- 

 sembling the common gooseberry. — Woods. — May. 



RiBES RiGENS. Mx. Mountain Currant. 



Unarmed, leaves lobed and toothed, the veins pu- 

 bescent beneath; racemes erect, lax, berries hispid. 



Stems procumbent, rooting. Leaves mostly five lobed, tooth- 

 ed, smooth on both sides, the veins of the younger ones pubes- 

 cent beneath. Racemes erect, the peduncles and germs covered 

 with glandular hairs. Calyx hemispherical, the segments patu- 

 lous, greenish, with purple striae. Petals wedge shaped, shorter 

 than the calyx. Stamens converging, anthers black. Style as 

 long as the stamens, bifid. Berries hairy. 



The berries, when bruised, have the odor of Ictodes foetidus. 



On the Wachusett, Monadnock, and White mountains. — June. 



RiBES FLORiDUM. VHerit. Ijorge Jlotvering Currant. 



Unarmed ; leaves dotted on both sides ; racemes 

 pendulous; flowers cylindrical ; bractes longer than 

 the germ. Willd. 



This is a common, wild currant, having its leaves generally in 

 five lobes, toothed at the edge, and covered on both surfaces 

 with small, whitish, glandular points, just visible to the naked 

 eye. Petioles fringed with compound hairs. Racemes pendu- 

 lous, downy, many flowered. Calyx tubular-campanulate, with 

 recurved segments. Petals greenish white, straight, a little re- 

 flexed at point. Fruit black, watery and insipid. — Woods. — 

 May. 



RiBEs Cynosbati. Prickly Gooseberry. 



Snbaxillary thorns about two ; leaves lobed, cut 

 and toothed, downy; racemes nodding, few flowered; 

 calyxes erect, campanulate; fruit prickly. 



Subaxillary spines from one to three. Petioles downy. Leaves 

 soft and downy on both sides, cleft into three or five lobes, which 

 are cut and toothed. Racemes few flowered. Calyx whitish, 

 bell shaped, contracted at the mouth, the segments reflexed. 

 Petals very small, obovate ; germ hispid. Berry covered with 



