RIBES. 



June. Whole plant covered with vifcous hair. Flowers 

 large, yellow. This approaches near to R. glandulofum, 

 Fl. Peruv. v. 3. 13. t. 233. f. b. It differs principally in 

 the leaves being equally lobed, not having the middle lobe 

 projecting ; its long (lender partial flower JlalLs, and its petals. 



Purlh. _ „ 



12. R. fanguineum. Crimfon-flowered Currant. Purfh 

 n. 7. -Leaves heart-fhaped, three-lobed, ferrated, veiny; 

 fmooth above j finely downy and hoary beneath. Clutters 

 lax, downy, twice the length of the leaves. Calyx tubular. 

 Petals oblong, equal to the limb. Bra&eas obovate-fpatu- 

 late, the length of the partial ftalks. Germen hairy. — 

 Gathered by governor Lewis, on the Columbia river, flower- 

 ing in March. Branches purple. Flowers beautiful, blood- 

 red or purple. It nearly approaches R. albinervium, Fl. 

 Peruv. v. 3. 12. t. 232. f. b. Purfh. 



13. R. ma/vaceum. Mallow-leaved Currant. — Leaves 

 heart-fhaped, (lightly five-lobed, ferrated, veiny ; hifpid on 

 both fides ; denfely downy beneath. Clufters hairy, longer 

 than the leaves. Calyx tubular, hairy. Petals rounded, 

 not half fo long as the limb. Braeteas ovate, acute, jagged, 

 half the length of the calyx. — Gathered in California, by 

 Mr. Menzies. Branches dark purple, downy, like every 

 part of the plant. Leaves an inch, or inch and half, long ; 

 dark green above ; white, and denfely downy, beneath ; 

 hifpid on both fides with glandular briftles. Stipu/as beau- 

 tifully fringed. Clujlers denfe, on long, rough, glandular 



Jlalls. Calyx red, about half an inch long, hairy, efpecially 

 its bafe, and the germen. Petals wedge-fhaped, rounded, 

 fomewhat cloven, fcarcely one-third fo long as the fegments 

 of the limb, which are elliptical. Stamens the length of the 

 petals. Bracleas elegantly jagged and fringed. This fine 

 fpecies feems nearly allied to the lalt. We have not at hand 

 the Flora Peruviana, to afcertain how far it refembles any 

 in that work. 



14. R. aureum. Golden-flowered Currant. Purfh n. 8. 

 — Very fmooth. Leaves with three, obtufe, fparingly 

 notched lobes. Footftalks fringed at the bafe. Clufters 

 denfe. Calvx tubular, (lender. Petals linear, half the 

 length of the limb. Bratteas linear, equal to the partial 

 ftalks. Berry fmooth.— Found by governor Lewis on the 

 banks of the Miffouri and Columbia, flowering in April. 

 We received wild fpecimens from Mr. John Bradbury, three 

 years ao-o. The leaves have the afpett ot Hawthorn. 

 Flowers in denfe cluilers. Calyx of a beautiful golden 

 yellow, about three-fourths of an inch long, not unlike the 

 flower of a Jonquill in miniature, and reported to have a 

 fimilar fcent ; its fegments oblong, obtufe. Petals purple. 

 Berries red or brown, coniiderably larger than any garden 

 currants, and pcculiarlv delicious in flavour. This very de- 

 firable plant is introduced int» the gardens about London, 

 but we have not yet heard of its blolfoming. 



15. R. recurvation. Recurve-branched Currant. Mi- 

 chaux Boreal-Amer. v. 1. 109. Purfh n. 9.—" Branches 

 recurved. Leaves dilated, downy, dotted with minute 

 glands, acutely lobed. Clufters reflexed. Calyx tubular, 

 fmooth." — Found near Hudfon's Bay. Michaux. Berries 

 black. We know nothing more of this fpecies. 



16. R. fragrans. Fragrant Siberian Currant. " Pallas 

 Nov. Act. Acad. Petrop. v. 10. 377. t. 9." Willd. n. 6. 

 — Stem afcending. Leaves bluntly three-lobed, glandular 

 beneath. — Flowers bell-fhaped. Clutters erect. — Native of 

 Siberia, on mountains bordering on the country of the 

 Mongols, where no woods grow. The jlems are partly 

 procumbent, a foot and a half long ; their young branches 

 befprinkled with yellow, prominent, glandular dots. Leaves 

 on, long (talks, fmooth, ferrated, flightly f»ve»angled, with 



three or five lobes ; very veiny, and moil glaucous beneath, 

 where alfo they are covered with minute crowded drops of a 

 yellow fragrant exudation, having a feent ftronger than 

 balm, approaching that of R. nigrum, n. 18, to which 

 fpecies indeed the prelent bears altogether a confiderable 

 refemblance. Clujlers when in flower (hort, erect, rigid, 

 denfe, of about ten white, highly fragrant, Jlowers. Calyx 

 bell-fhaped, deeply five-cleft. Petals lanceolate, acute, 

 fpreading. Bracleas deciduous, fmaller than in R. pro- 

 cumbens, n. 4. Clujlers elongated in fruit, It ill erect, ex- 

 cept when bent down by its weight. Berries reddifh, ex- 

 tremely fweet, the full fize of R. rubrum. Pallas. 



17. R. trifle. Dark-coloured Siberian Currant. "Pallas 

 Nov. Ad. Acad. Petrop. v. 10. 378." Willd. n. 7. — 

 Root creeping. Stems erect, leafy in the upper part. 

 Leaves five-lobed. Clutters fmooth, pendulous. Flowers 

 flattiih. Petals revolute Native of lofty mountains in Si- 

 beria, towards Tartary. The creeping root throws up 

 many erect Jlems, two or three feet high, bearing at their 

 fummits a few fcattered leaves, refembling thofe of R. 

 rubrum. Clujlers always pendulous. Flowers reddifh with- 

 out, yellowiih within. Berries Imall, black, inlipid ; their 

 deep-red juice very ufeful lor colouring wines. Pallas. 



18. R. nigrum. Common Blaek Currant. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 291. Willd. n. 8. Fl. Brit. ri. 5. Engl. Bot. t. 1291. 

 Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 75. Fl. Dan. t. 556. Lob. Ic. 

 v. 2. 202. — Stem erect. Leaves five-lobed, acute. Clufters 

 pendulous, downy, with a feparate flower-flalk at their bafe. 

 Calyx tulmlar-bell-fhaped. Berries fmooth. — Native of wet 

 bufhy iflands, and banks of rivers, in Sweden, Germany, 

 Switzerland, and England, flowering in May. In gardens it is 

 well known, and valued for the fruit, whofe flavour indeed, 

 in a recent ttate, is not acceptable to every body ; but it* 

 jelly is both agreeable, and uleful for colds, lore-throats, 

 &c. ; whence this currant lias been named Squinancy-berry 

 or Quinfy -berry. The bufh is of a more humhle ftature than 

 R. rubrum ; the leaves have a ttrong fcent, if bruifed, re- 

 fembling Savine, and are fomewhat glutinous when young. 

 The tube of the calyx is more elongated than in any other 

 Britifh lpecies. Berries large, black, each bunch always 

 accompanied at the bafe by a folitary (talk, whofe fruit is 

 larger and earlier than the reft. Dr. Withering made the 

 truly curious obfervation, that the petals are fometimes 

 changed into Jlamens, of which we know no other in- 

 ttance. 



19. 'R.Joridum. Penfylvanian Black Currant. L'Herit. 

 Stirp. v. 1. 4. Willd. n. 9. Ait. 11. 8. Purfh n. 10. 

 (Ribelium nigrum penfylvanicum, floribus oblongis ; Dill. 

 Elth. 324. t. 244. f. 315.) — Leaves three-lobed, cut; 

 dotted with glands on both fides. Clufters pendulous, 

 downy. Calyx fomewhat cylindrical. Bracleas about as 

 long as the germen. — Found in hedges and woods, from 

 Canada to Virginia ; flowering in April and May. Flowers 

 pale yellow. Berries black. Purjh. The refinous dots 

 on both tides of the leaves dittinguiih this fpecies, and its 

 flowers are more oblong than thofe of nigrum, with much 

 larger bracleas. 



Sect. 2. Goofeberries. Stem prickly. 



20. R. Diacantha. Two-thorned Chiller Goofeberrv. 

 Pallas Rcife v. 3. 722. t. I. f. 2. Roff. v. 1. p. 2. 36. 



t. 66. Linn. Suppl. 157. Willd. n. 10. Ait. n. 9 



Prickles in pairs, in the place of ftipulas. Leaves wedge- 

 fhaped, deeply three-cleft, bluntly notched. Clufters nearly 

 erect. Berries fmooth. — Native of gravelly, (tony, faline 

 foils in Dauria. Introduced into England by Mr. Bulh, in 

 1 78 1. Hardy, flowering in May and June. Ait. Lin- 

 naeus fays it flowered every year at Upfal, without bearing 



fruit. 



