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SELECTED "WESTERN FLORA 



3. R. flaridum, L'H&. 

 Leaves sharply 3- 



S-lobed, doubly ser- 

 rate; flowers large, 

 yellowish; racemes 

 drooping, downy; 

 calyx bell-shaped, 

 smooth. Moist thick- 

 ets, Man. and E. Sask. 



4. R. hudsonianum, 



Richards. 



Wild Black Curbant. 



Fig. 43. — Ribes 

 floridum. 



Fig. 44. — Ribes hudsonianum. 



Similar to the preceding, but the racemes upright or spreading; calyx 

 whitish, the tubes shorter than the ascending lobes. Moist woods, Man.- 

 Alta. 



5. R. prostrStum, L'Hfer. Skunk Berbt. 



Stems reclining; leaves 5-7-lobed, smooth, doubly serrate; racemes 

 erect, slender; fruit glandular-bristly, giving the fruit a disagreeable taste 

 which suggests the smell of a skunk. Damp woods, Hudson Bay-Alta. 



XXXIX. ROSACEA (Rose Family). 



Herbs, shrubs, or small trees with alternate stip- 

 ulate leaves and regular flowers. Calyx generally 

 of 5 sepals united at the base, frequently having 

 5 alternating bracts; petals the same number as 

 the sepals, inserted on the calyx; stamens nu- 

 merous, distinct, inserted on the calyx; pistils 1- 

 many, and either distinct, or united with the calyx 

 tube to form a fleshy fruit. A large family of 



Fig. 45. — Sec- 

 tion of Fruit 

 of Rosa. 



