RIBES. 



Seeds numerous, roundiili, (lightly 



tudinal receptacles 

 romprefled. 



Eff. Cli. C.ilyx fupcrior, tubular, five-cleft-. Petals 

 tted, with the llamens, into the calyx. Style cloven. 

 Berry with many feeds. 



The whole genus is (hrubby. Leaves deciduous, alter- 

 nate, (talked) fimple, lobed and notched. Flowers Hulked, 

 generally pale, greeuiih or yellow, rarely reddifli. Fruit 

 eatable. 



Section I. Currant:. Stem without prickles. 

 I. R. rubrum. Common Currant. Linn. Sp. PI. 290. 

 Willd. n. I. Fl. Brit. n. I. Engl. Bot. t. 1289. Woodv. 

 Med. Bot. t. 74. Fl. Dan. t. 967. (R. vulgaris, fructu 

 rubra ; Ger. Em. 1593.) — Cluilers fmooth, pendulous. 

 Flowers flattifli. Petals inverfely heart-fhaped. Leaves 

 obtufely live-lobed. Stem erect. — Native of woods and 

 thickets, efpecially about the banks of rivers, in the north 

 of Europe. Undoubtedly wild on the banks of the Tees, 

 Durham. Mr. Rvbfon. Commonly cultivated throughout 

 the cooler parts of Europe, for the fake of its gratefully 

 acid and wholefome berries, of which the white or blufh 

 variety is the fweetelt and mildeft. It flowers in May ; the 

 fruit is fcarcely ripe before Auguft. The Jlem is bufliy, 

 three or four feet high, or more, if trained to a wall, with 

 fmooth blackifh bark. Leaves on long italks, fpreading, 

 doubly ferrated, veiny, bright green, fomewhat downy. 

 Flowers in ftalked, fimple, pale green, drooping chillers. 

 Petals yellowilh-green. Brafleas ovate, minute, folitary 

 at the bafe of each partial flower-ltalk. Fruit quite pen- 

 dulous. 



2. R. petrttum. Rock Currant. Wulf. in Jacq. Mifc. 

 v. 2. 36. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 49. Willd. n. 2. Fl. Brit. 

 a. 4. Engl. Bot. t. 705. (R. n. 818 ; Hall. Hilt. v. 1. 

 364. R. vulgaris rubro flore ; Cluf. Hilt. v. 1. 119.) — 

 Clu Iters erect:, fomewhat hairy ; pendulous when in fruit. 

 Flowers flattifli. Petals obtufe. Leaves acutely lobed. 

 Bracteas (horter than the flower-ftalks. Stem erect. — 

 Native of Germany, Switzerland, and the north of Eng- 

 land. This was confounded, even by Haller, with the 

 former. The leaves are more downy, efpecially about the 

 veins ; more acutely lobed and notched. Clujlers erect when 

 in bloflom ; their Italks left elongated in the lower part. 

 Flowers often llained with red. Berries bright red, very 

 acid. 



3. R.Jpicatum. Acid Mountain Currant. Robfon Tr. 

 of Linn. Soc. v. 3. 240. t. 21. Fl. Brit. n. 3. Ait. n. 6. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1290. — Spikes erect. Flowers nearly feflile. 

 Petals oblong. Bracteas (horter than the calyx. Stem 

 rivet. — Native of the mountainous parts of Yorkfliire and 

 Durham, flowering in May. Differs from the lad in having 

 the inflorefcence fpiked, not racemofe ; upright both in flower 

 and fruit. The berries are red and acid. 



4. R. procumbent. Trailing Currant. Pall. Rolf. v. 1. 

 p. 2. 35. t. 65. Willd. 11. 3. Ait'n. 3. — Cluilers erect. 

 Flowers flattifh. Leaves bluntly lobed. Berries fmooth. 

 Stem procumbent. Plentiful, according to Pallas, on the 

 mofTy fides of hills in Dauria, where its fruit is much in rc- 

 quelt. The proltrate^?cmj are concealed among the inofs. 

 Leaves not bigger than thofc of a goofebcrry-bufh, while 

 the (lirub is in bloflom, but afterwards attaining the fi/.c and 

 fliape of the three foregoing fpecics. Flowers like R. 

 rubrum, but finallcr, in erect clujlers, which become droop- 

 ing as the fruit ripens. The berries are full as large as a 

 common Black Currant, but of a grecnilh-yeilow, or, when 

 quite ripe, reddilh. 



5. R. glandulofum. Glandulous Currant. Ait. n. 4. 



Willd. n. 4. (R. proftratum ; L'llcrit. Stirp. v. 1. 3. t. :. 

 Vol. XXX. 



Purfli 11 .4.)— Cluilers ereft, rough with glandular hairs 

 I lowers flattifli. Leaves acutely lobed, toothed. Bracte - 

 minute. Berries hifpid. Stem creeping, with afcending 

 branches. -Native of rocky moill places, in Newfoundland, 

 Canada, and Pennfylvaiua, flowering in April and May 

 Purjh. Habit and leaves not unlike the lad. The flowers 

 are yellow, tinged with red. Berries red. 



6. R. rigens. Stiff-branched Currant. Michaux Boreal 

 Amer. v. 1. no. Purfli n. 3 — Cluilers lax, ered. Leaves 

 acutely lobed and toothed, reticulated, rugofe ; downy be- 

 neath. Berries roughifli. Branches itraight On the 



banks of lake Miflaflins, in Canada. Michaux. In the 

 Penafylvaman mountains, &c. flowering in May and June. 

 Berries red, erect, as well as thejowers. Purjh. 



7. R. trifidum. Notched-flowered Currant. Michaux 

 Boreal-Amer. v. 1. no. Purfli n. 2.- Clulters lax, downy. 

 Leaves lobed, fmooth ; downy beneath. Flowers flattifli 

 Segments of the calyx (lightly three-cleft. Petals fpatulatc 



Berries hairy Found by Michaux near Quebec, and at 



Hudfon's Bay ; by Purfli on the Pennfylvanian mountains, 

 &c. flowering in April and May. Flowers like R. rubrum, 

 but fmaller. Calyx pale green. Petals purple, rounded, 

 and blunt at the end. Berries red. 



8. R. albinerve. 

 Amer. v. I. 1 10. Purlh n. I.-Clufters recurved!" Ben 

 fmooth. Leaves fliort, acutely lobed, fmoothifli, with pale 

 ribs.— Found by Michaux, about lake Miftaflins, Canada ; 

 by Purfli, on the Catlkill mountains, about New York, Sec'. 

 flowering in April and May. Flowers fmall, greenifli-yeli 

 low. Berries red. 



9. R. alpinum. Taftelefs Mountain Currant. Linn. Sp 

 PI. 291. Willd. n. 5. Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 704. 



Jacq. Auftr. t. 47. Fl. Dan. t. 968 Cluilers erect. 



Brafteas longer than the flowers. Leaves fmooth ; fhining 



at the back. Stem erect. Berries fmooth Native of 



mountainous woods and thickets, in Germany, Switzerland 

 Sweden, Siberia, and the north of England, flowering m 

 April and May. The leaves are rounder, and fcarcely half 

 fo large as thofe of our common Currants, befides being 

 quite fmooth on both fides, and remarkably polifhed beneath. 

 BraSeas very long, acute, erect. Flowers faid to be often 

 dioecious, from which caufe perhaps the fruit is feldom per- 

 fected in our fhrubberies, where this fpecies often occurs. 

 The berries are fomewhat elliptical, of a beautiful red, 

 but infipid and mucilaginous like a folution of 

 arabic. 



White-veined Currant. Michaux Boreal- 



gum 



10. R. re/inofum. Rcfinous Currant. Purlh n. 5. Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1583. — Whole plant vifcid, with glandular hairs. 

 Leaves with roundiili, notched lobes. Cinders erect. 

 Flowers flattifli. Bratteas tongue-fliaped, concave, as 



long as the flowers. Berries hairy Gathered on the 



mountains of North America, by Mr. Frafer, from whofe 

 garden we obtained flowering fpecimens, in May 18 10. 

 This has more the afpect of a goofeberry-bufh, efpecially 

 in the fize and form of the leaves, but the whole herbage is 

 clothed with downy, vifcid, foetid pubefcence. Clujlers molt 

 like thofe of R. alpinum, but the partial JJowerJlalis are 

 extremely (hort, and the braeleas moreobtuie, and elliptical. 

 Flowers apparently dioecious, green, with (hort, rounded, 

 yellowilh petals. 



11. R. vifcq/ijpmum. Glutinous Currant. Purfli n. 6. 

 — Whole plant very glutinous, with vifcid hairs. Leaves 

 heart-fhaped, bluntly thrce-lobed, ferrated. Cluilers fliort, 

 erect. Calyx tubular. Petals oblong. Bracteaa lincar- 

 fpatulate, (horter than the partial flm\cr-fl ilk... Germcn 

 hairy. — Found by the late governoi Lewis, on rocky 

 mountains in the interior of North An .ering in 



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