Order 55.— GROSSULi^CEiE. 361 



linear; fr. smooth, oblong or globou3, yellow, final!}' brown. — Mo., "W. to Or. A 

 beautiful shrub 6 to lOf high, common in cultivation. Fls. numerous, very fra- 

 grant. Apr., May. \ 



2 R. sanguineum Ph. Lvs. canesoent-tomentous beneath ; glabrous above, 

 cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, doubly serrate ; rac. long and loose ; bracts red, spatulate, 

 rather longer than the pedicels; Jls. rose-red; caL tubular-campanulate, segm. 

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

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

 ful shrub with large showy racemes, f 



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

 lvs. 3 to 5-lobed, roundish ; rac. erect ; cal. segm. spreading ; petals obtusely 

 rhomboidal ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. hairy. — Mts. of N. Gar. 

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

 species. 



4 R. prostrdtum L'Her. Mountain Cueeant. St. reclined ; lvs. smooth, deeply 

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

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

 tains and rocky hills, Penn. to Can., ill-scented and with ill-flavored berries — 

 sometimes called Skimk Cwrrant. Prostrate stems, with erect, straight branches. 

 Lvs. about as large as in No. 1, lobes acute. Petioles elongated. Rao. about 

 8-flowered, becoming erect in fruit. Bracts very short. Pis. marked with pur- 

 ple. Berries rather large. May. (R. rigens Mx.) 



5 R. nibruin L. Common Red Ctjrr.int. lyos. obtusely 3 to 5-Iobed, smooth 

 above, pubescent beneath, subcordate at base, margin mucronately serrate ; rac. 

 nearly smooth, pendulous ; cal. short, rotate ; bracts much shorter than the pedi- 

 cels ; fr. gldboiis, glabrous, red. — Woods, St. Johnsbury, Tt. (Carey), Wis. (Lap- 

 ham), N". to the Arc. Ocean. Cultivated universally in gardens. 



/J. (white currant). Fr. light amber-colored, larger and sweeter. 



6 R. floridum L'Her. Wild Black Ctorant. Lvs. subcordate, 3 to 5-lobed, 

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

 lous, pubescent ; Cal. cylindrical ; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels ; fr. obo- 

 wid, smooth, black. — A handsome shrub in woods and hedges, Can. to Ky., com- 

 mon, 3 to it high. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, the width something more, lobes acute, 

 spreading, 3, sometimes with 2 smSH. additional ones ; dots just visible to the 

 naked eye. Petioles 1 to 2' long. Pis. rather beU-shaped, greenish yellow. 

 Fr. insipid. May, Jn. 



7 R. nigrum L. Black Cureant. Lvs. 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 its 

 medicinal jeUy. Pis. yellowish. — This species much resembles R. floridum. 



8 R. Cynosbati L. Prickly Gooseebeet. 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 ; cal. tube ovate-cylindrio, longer than the 

 segm. ; pet. obovate, shorter than the cal. segm. ; sty. united to tlie 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 leaf. 

 Petioles downy. Pis. greenish white. Fr. mostly covered with long prickles, 

 brownish-purplo, eatable. May, Jn. 



9 R. laoTistre Poir. Swamp Gooseberet. St. covered with prickles ; subaxil- 

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

 rac. 5 to 8-flowered, pilous ; cal. rotate, sty. 2-clefi; berries small, hispid. — ^In 

 swamps, N. States, and Brit. An». Shrub 3 to 4f high. Sts. reddish from the 

 numerous prickles, which differ from the spines only in size. Lvs. shining above, 

 IJ to 2|' diam. Petioles ciliate, hispid, longer than the lvs. Pis. green. Fr. 

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

 are unarmed save with a few spines. 



10 R. hirtelliim Mx. St. tmarmed, rarely prickly; svhaxUlary spines short, 

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

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



