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RIBES 



Ribes Lobbi 



deeply eut or notrhcd IciVies, the stalks fdiimlular: pe- 

 duncles Urns and filiform: fis. small, reddish, open anil 

 the tube nearlv wanting; berry small and bristly. Cold 

 bogs, \. Eiig.'to Calif." B.M. (i4!)2. L.B.C. 9:884.-Of- 

 fered h\" dealers as a bog shnili. Intermediate between 

 Currants and Gooseberries. Fls. in short racemes. 



7. Lfibbii, Gray. Fig. 2122. Upright shrub, to 5 ft., 

 the young shoots glandular-pubescent, without prickles, 

 but 'pi'C'^'i'led with slender, mostly triple thorns: lys. 

 .small (rarely 1 in. across), roun<l-cordate, 3--')-cleft and 

 notched, glandular on both surfaces: peduncles droop- 

 ing, 1-2-Hil. : fls. showy, with purple tube and reflexed 

 lobes, the small, erect petals white, the anthers ex- 

 serted: berry glandular-hairy. N. Calif, to B. C. B.M. 

 40:.!1 (as //. suhrextitiiiii). G.C. II. 19:11. -Showy. 



AA. .SVcm.s- tlinriihsx mid prickli'less. (Ciirrajits.) 



B. Fls. small, iride o}?ev, greenish icJtile or jfeUoicisli. 



r. Lrs. irithoui resinons dots: fr. red. 



8. multiflbrum, Kit. Younger parts pitbescent, V-ear- 

 ing glandular-tipped hairs : lys. glabrous aljoye, whit- 



2121. Ribes Cynosbati (X >a). 



filed downy lieni-atli : racemes long, dense, pendulous : 

 tis. green or reddish green: fr. dark red, large as a pe:i. 

 Southeastern Eiin,|ie. B.M. 2308. L.B.C. 14:1.331.- 

 Grown for ornament. 



9. prostratum, l/ller. Fetid Cueeant. Stems trail- 

 ing and rooting, bearing erect branches: lys. cordate, 

 5-7-lobed, the stalks long and slender: racemes erect, 

 hearing flatfish greenish white or greenish purple fls. : 



fr. glandular hispid, red, fetid. Cold swamp.s, eastern 

 United States and Canada. — Offered as a bog and rock- 

 work plant. Lys. bright colored in the fall. 



10. rtibrum, Linn. Garden Currant. Fig. 2123; also 

 Fig. 610, Vol. I. Branches thick and stocky: lys. pu- 

 bescent when young, becoming glabrous: racemes droop- 

 ing: fls. small', yellowish green or purplish ; calyx saucer- 

 shaped : fr. thin-skinned, shining, bright red, yellowish 

 white or striped. En., Asia and N, Amer. R.H. 1861: 

 191. — Parent of all the domestic red and white Currants. 



11. alpinum, Linn. {N. saxeitile, Hort., not Pall.). 

 Mountain Ci-'KRAnt. Branches upright, whitish: lys. 

 slightly hairy aboye: fls. yellowish green, dicecious, 

 staminate clusters 20-30-fld.," pistillate clusters .5-10-fld. : 

 peduncles glandular-hairy: bracts longer than pedicel 

 and flower: calyx flat : "fr. smooth, scarlet. Insipid or 

 sweetish. Mountains of Europe and the Orient. L.B.C. 

 15:1486. Var. atireum, Hort., has yellow foliage. 



CC. Les. hedrinq resi)inus dots on the under sifrfaee: 

 fr. bliiek. 



12. fasciculS,tum, Sieb. & Zucc. Very like li. alpiiiiiiH. 

 Plant reaching 4 ft. : fls. all green, often imperfect, the 

 male fls. somewhat larger than the female by reason of 

 the longer sepals : Ivs. firmer than those of ii'. etlpiiuim, 

 bright greeit, the lolies and serratures more obtuse, the 

 younger ones pufiescent below and on the neryes but be- 

 coming glabrate: fr. sweetish musky, scarlet. Japan.— 

 Var. Chinfinse, Maxim,, from N. China, with lys. soft- 

 pubescent, is offered by Franceschi. S. Calif. M.D.G. 

 1899:571. 



13. bracteftsum, Dougl. California Black Currant. 

 Strong, erect bush, often several feet high, glabrous or 

 nearly so, the yoting growths resinous-dotted: lys. large 

 (sometimes 9 in. across, 5-7-cleft, coarsely and doubly 

 serrate, hairy and resinous: racemes erect or ascending, 

 4-8 in. long, many-fld. : fls. small, greenish or purplish: 

 berry ^ ■>. in. in diam., black and resinotts-dotted, edible. 

 N. Calif, to Alaska. B.M. 7419. 



14. nigrum, Linn. European Black Currant. Fig. 

 61 1, Vol. 1. Stem upright: branches thick, grayhsh: lys. 

 sprinkled with minute bright yellow resinous dots be- 

 neath: racemes drooping, 5-10-flil.: fls. greenish white; 

 calyx-tube broadly urn-shaped; lobes small, thick and 

 greenish : ovary and calyx pubescent and resinous- 

 dotted: fr. black, mawkish. En. and Asia. — Parent of 

 the domestic Black Currants. 



15. Americanum, Mill. ( ff. fhh-idinn, L'lTor.). Ameri- 

 can Black Cukkant. Fig. 612. \'i<\. 1. Bush spreading: 

 branches slightly angular: Ivs. bearing bright yellow 

 resinous dots, few aboye, numy below: racemes long, 

 pendulous, many-fld.: fls. greenish white or yellow, 

 i-i-v's in. long; c;dyx-tube bell -shaped, not resinous- 

 dotted; lobes large, petal-like: ovary smooth: fr. black, 

 resembling B. viiirum in flavor. Nova Scotia to Vir- 

 ginia, westward to Colorado and JIanitoba. 



