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40406 to 40496— Continued. 



to R. niveum, which it resembles in its white flowers and downy style and 

 stamens, but the glandular ovary and often glabrous anthers are different. 

 R. curvatum is also much dwarfer in habit, and comes from the opposite 

 side of North America." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 



40428 to 40431. Ribes diacantha Pallas. 



40428. " 7555 G." 



"A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, armed with spines in pairs 

 one-eighth to one-fifth inch long, or sometimes unarmed ; young 

 shoots not downy. Leaves obovate or rounded ; often 3 lobed and 

 lobes coarsely toothed ; three-fourths to 2 inches wide, the base ordi- 

 narily wedge shaped, but sometimes rounded, quite smooth ; stalk one- 

 fourth to five-eighths inch long, more or less furnished with bristles. 

 Flowers unisexual, the sexes on different plants. Males yellowish, in 

 erect glandular racemes. Fruit roundish, oval, about as big as a red 

 currant, smooth, scarlet red. Native of Siberia, Manchuria, etc. ; 

 introduced in 1781. This shrub, which has no particular merit, re- 

 sembles R. alpinum in the plant being one sexed, but differs in having 

 prickles and in the markedly wedge-shaped leaves. In having spines, 

 and flowers in racemes, it unites the characters of the currants and 

 gooseberries, but its affinities are with the former." (TV. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 401.) 



40429. " 7385." 



For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 



40430. " 7385 E. From Transbaikal." 

 For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 



40431. "7385 $ ." 



For description, see S. P. I. No. 40428. 

 40432 to 40434. Ribes fascicttlatum Siebold and Zuccarini. 



40432. " 7370. Var. chinense 9 ." 

 For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423. 



40433. '"7370 A. Var. chinense 2." 

 For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423. 



40434. " 7370 B. Var. chinense." 



For description, see S. P. I. No. 40423. 



40435. Ribes americanum Miller. 

 " 7348." 



See S. P. I. No. 40418 for previous introduction and description. 



40436. Ribes frageans Pallas. 

 " 7340." 



" Small shrub, from 50 to 70 cm. high, with young shoots richly glandu- 

 lar, glabrous, or pubescent. Plants very odorous, with an agreeable 

 odor resembling that of balm (Pallas). Leaves leathery, rugose, rounded 

 reniform, up to 5 cm. long and 6 cm. broad, trilobate, with lobes little 

 pronounced, ovoid, or rounded, subcordate at the base, richly glandular, 

 glabrous, or pubescent below. Flowers white, basin shaped, glandular, or 

 pubescent. Fruit as large as a large currant, red according to Pallas, 

 black according to Turczaninow, or whitish according to Bunge. Very 



