190 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



opposite, simple, smooth, entire, deciduous. Flowers small, white, 

 in loose clusters, in May. 



It seems strange that this common and handsome vine, which 

 is sold hy some nurserymen for ornamental purj^oses (though I 

 have never seen it in cultivation), should have no common name. 

 If it grew in the thickly-settled northeastern states, where nature- 

 lovers and literary people are numerous, it would probahly have 

 been given a name and even written about by poets long ago. 



Grows in wet woods and swamps, in nearly all parts of the 

 state. 



lA (?). Lauderdale County (Mohr). 



2A. Winston, Cullman and Blount Counties. 



2B. Fayette, Walker and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. Bibb County. 



4. Calhoun and Clay Counties. 



5. Cleburne, Randolph and Chilton Counties. 

 6A. Common throughout. 



6B. Bibb and Autauga Counties. 

 6C. Greene and Perry Counties. 



7. Dallas County, especially in ravines of the plateau in the southern 

 part of the county. Montgomery County (Mohr). 

 lOE. Crenshaw, Dale and Covington Counties, 

 low. Sumter, Choctaw and Clarke Counties. 



11. Choctaw, Washington, Clarke, Monroe and Conecuh Counties. 



12. Houston County. 



13. A'fobile (Mohr) and Baldwm Counties. 



GROSSULARIACEAE. Gooseberry Family. 



Includes one or two genera and about 130 species, mostly 

 shrubs of the north temperate zone. Some have edil)le fruit and 

 some are ornamental. 



RIBES, Linnaeus. The Currants and Gooseberries. 



Our two species belong to the gooseberry tribe (Grossularia), 

 which is often treated as a separate genus, and perhaps justly so. 



Ribes curvatum, Small. 



A small ])rickly deciduous shrub. Recommended by nursery- 

 men as excellent for rock gardens. The fruit may be edible, bttt 

 it is too rare to be of any importance. 



Grows on rocky slopes and ridges, protected from fire, in 

 mountainotis regions. 



2A. Along Short and Drum Creeks near Albertville, Marshall County. 

 4. On the highest ridges. Cedar and Cheaha Atountains. 



