23S 



GROSSULARIACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



5. Ribes glandulosurti Grauer. Fetid 

 Currant. Fig. 2201. 



Ribes glandulosiim Grauer, PI. Min. Cog. 2. 1784. 

 R. prostratum L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 3. pi. 2. 1785. 



Branches decumbent or spreading, thorn- 

 less and without prickles. Petioles slender, 

 l'-3' long, pubescent or glabrous, the dilated 

 base sometimes ciliate; leaves nearly orbicular, 

 sharply and deeply S-7-lobed, l'-3' wide, usu- 

 ally somewhat pubescent along the veins be- 

 neath, the lobes acute or acutish, dentate- 

 serrate; flowers racemose, about 2I" broad; 

 pedicels 2"-24" long, glandular, calyx broadly 

 campanulate, its lobes short and broad ; sta- 

 mens short, not exserted ; fruit red, glandular- 

 bristly, about 3" in diameter. 



In cold wet places, Newfoundland to Atha- 

 basca, British Columbia, south, especially along 

 the mountains, to North Carolina, Michigan and 

 Wisconsin. Plant with a disagreeable odor. As- 

 cends to 6000 ft. in North Carolina. Skunk-cur- 

 rant. May-June. 



6. Ribes inebrians Lindl. W'hite-flowered 

 Currant. Fig. 2202. 



Rihes inebrians Lindl. Bot. Reg. pi. I47I- 1832. 



Unarmed. Petioles slender, more or less glan- 

 dular-pubescent, 3"-io" long; leaves reniform- 

 orbicular, cordate at the base, Y-iV wide, spar- 

 ingly glandular-pubescent, or glabrate on both 

 sides, 3-S-lobed, the lobes very obtuse, crenate 

 or crenulate ; racemes short, pubescent, pendu- 

 lous, bractlets rhombic, much longer than the 

 pedicels, persistent, usually entire-margined and 

 glandular-ciliate ; flowers sessile or short-pedi- 

 celled, white or greenish-white; calyx tubular, 

 glandular; petals minute, nearly orbicular; sta- 

 mens short ; fruit red, insipid, glandular or rarely 

 smooth, about 3" in diameter. 



South Dakota to Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico 

 and California. May-June. Confused in our first 

 edition with the similar R. cereum Dougl. 



mrm 



7. Ribes americanum iVIill. Wild Black 

 Currant. Fig. 2203. 



Ribes americanum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 4. 



1768. 

 Ribes floridum L'ller. Stirp. Nov. i: 4. 1784. 

 Ribes nigrum var. pennsylvanicum Marsh. Arb. 



Amer. 132. 1785. 

 Ribes pennsylvanicum Lam, Encycl. 3: 49. 1789. 



Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slender, 

 loosely pubescent, or glabrous; leaves nearly 

 orbicidar, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent 

 and resinous-dotted beneath, i'-3' wide, sharply 

 3-S-lobed, the lobes dentate-serrate, acutish; 

 racemes pendulous, rather loosely flowered, 

 pubescent ; bractlets linear, much exceeding the 

 pedicels, or shorter; flowers greenish-white, 

 or yellowish, 4"-5" long; calyx tubular, its 

 lobes short, broad, obtuse; stamens not ex- 

 serted ; fruit globose-ovoid, black, glabrous, 

 3"-S" in diameter. 



In woods. Nova Scotia to Virginia, Manitoba, 

 Assiniboia, Kentucky. Iowa and Nebraska. Also 

 in New Mexico. Quinsy-berry. April-May. 



