Sayifrage Jfamllp. 



Wild Currant. Ribes floridvm. 



Found in blossom in May, on the edge of thickets. 



A bush, from 4 to 5 feet high, with a branching, woody stem, 

 covered with a gray bark. 



The leaf is lobed after the manner of the currant leaf, with a heart- 

 shaped base, and toothed margin ; the veins are numerous, the surface 

 smooth, and the color a full green. The leaves, on inch-long foot-stems, 

 ^vhich widen at the base, and are fringed along the edges with light, 

 weak hairs, grow in small alternate clusters on the branches. 



■ The bell-shaped flower is 5-parted at the top, the divisions rounded 

 and recurved ; the small petals are set within the large calyx-bell, alter- 

 nating with 5 tiny stamens ; the color is a pale greenish-yellow. Each 

 flower bell hangs on a short stem, with a narrow leaflet at its foot ; 

 from six to ten, or more, bells droop in a cluster, from the angles of 

 the leaves. 



The small fruit is black. 



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