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linear; ft. smooth, oblong or globoua, 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. sangoineum Ph. Lva. caneseent-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, segir.. 

 spreading, obovate, as long as the spatulate petals ; sty. united into 1 ; dig. 2-lobed ; 

 fr. dryish, with sparge glandular hairs. — Oregon (Rev. G. Atlcinson). A beauti- 

 ful shrub with large showy racemes, f 



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

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

 rhomboidal; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels; frvhaiiy. — ilts. of N. Car. 

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

 species. 



4 R. prostr4tum L'Her. Mountain Cukbant. St. reclined; Ivs. smooth, deeply 

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

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

 tams 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. Pis. marked with pui- 

 ple. Berries rather large. May. (E. rigfins Mx.) , 



5 R. nlbrum L. Common Red Currant. Lvs. obtusely 3 to o-lobed, smootii 

 above, pubescent beneath, subcordate at base, margin muoronately serrate ; rat 

 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. 



fJ. (white cureant). Fr. liglit amber-colored, larger and sweeter. 



6 R. ftdridum L'Hor. Wild Black Cubhast. Lvs. subcordate, 3 to 5-lobed, 

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

 lou.s, pubescent ; cal. cyhndrical ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. obo- 

 void, smooth, black. — A handsome shrub in 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. nignim L. Black Currant. Z/vs. 3 to 5-lobed, punctate with yellowish 

 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 ite 

 medicinal jeliy. Fls. yellowish. — This species much resembles R. floridum. 



8 R. Cyn6sbati L. Prickly Gooseberry. St. prickly or not; subaxillary 

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

 tate ; rac. nodding, 2, to 3-flowered ; eal. tube ovate-cyhndric, longer than tbo 

 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 leaC 

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

 brownish-purple, eatable. May, Jn. 



9 R. laoiistre Poir. Swamp Gooseberry. St. covered with prickles ; subaxil- 

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

 rae. 6 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, whicli differ from the spines only in size. Lvs. shining above, 

 1^ to 2J' diam. Petioles cihate, hispid, longer than the lvs. Fls. green. Fr. 

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

 are unarmed save with a few spines. 



10 R. hirt^llum Mx. St. unarmed, rarely prickly; sv,baxiilary spines short, 

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

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



