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“Wirp Goosrnerrirs—Continued, 
| ; Ribes oxicanthoides, L. One and one-half to 3 feet: Colorado to Montana (and 
north of the United States boundary; eastward through Northern States 
. to the Atlantic): thorns single or in threes; flowers greenish ; fruit pur- 
| ) plish, small, smooth, pleasant ; two to three berries on a stem. 
Ribes rotundifolium, Michx. Northeastern Rocky Mountain region (and east- 
I ward to the Atlantic): fruit smooth, 1 to 3 berries on a stem. 
Ribes Cynosbati, L. Two to 3 feet: sources of the Platte River, Colorado, Wy- 
| oming (and eastward through the Northern States): spiny; fruit large, 
! burr-like, with long prickles; purple, edible. 
= Ribes lucustre, Poir. Rocky Mountain region (and westward to California ; 
r eastward through Northern States to Labrador): young stems densely 
prickly; fruit small, glandular-bristly, not pleasant. Variety parvutwn, 
Gray, is smaller, nearly smooth, and commoner westward than the type. 
3 Swamps. 
2 WILD CURRANTsS: 
Ribes prostratum, L’Her. Nearly recumbent: Colorado to Montana (and north- 
q ward; also in Atlantic region): frnit light-red, glandular-bristly ; gives off 
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disagreeable odor when bruised, hence, ‘ Fetid Currant.” 
Ribes Hudsonianum, Richards. Wyoming, Montana (and northward to Hudson’s 
Bay): much like the preceding, but with white flowers and dark-red smooth 
JSruil. 
Ribes cereum, Dong]. New Mexico to (Washington Territory) Montana (and 
Dakota): minutely hairy and often gluey; flowers (calyx tube) wary-white ; 
fruit smooth, reddish, sweet. Variety pedicellare, Gray, has longer fruit- 
stems than the type: in Montana. 
Ribes viscosissimum, Pursh. Idaho, Montana (and California): hairy, glandular, 
and sticky; fruit smooth, black. | 
Ribes floridum, L. ‘Two to 3 feet: southeastern Colorado (and in the Great Lake 
and Atlantic regions): leaves with yellow resin-dots; fruit black, sweet- 
ish. ** Wild’ Black Currant.” 
Ribes sanguineum, Paursh. ‘Two to 12 feet (Colorado and California): some- 
times white-woolly and glandular; flowers numerous, drooping, vose-red ; » 
fruit dark, tough, dry. Variety variegatum; Watson, small; flower clus- 
ters not drooping, white. 
Rrbes aureum, Pursh. Five to 12 feet: Colorado and northward (westward to 
the Pacific coast; common in cultivation eastward): flowers yellow, fra- 
grant; fruit blackish. ‘‘ Missouri Currant.” ‘ Buffalo Currant.” 
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CORNACEA Dogwood Family. 
Dwarr Cornet. Cornus Canadensis, L. Colorado and northward (eastward through 
northern United States): stems about half a foot, from a creeping trunk; flow- 
ers surrounded by four whitish leaves <involuecre); fruit bright red. 
_ Rep-oster DoGwoop. Cornus stolonifera, Michx. Two to 6 feet: same distribution 
s as preceding; young shoots bright red; white flowers in flat clusters; fruit 
white to lead-colored, 
CAPRIFOLIACE £: Honeysuckle Family. 
_ Rep-Berrtep Evper. Sambucus racemosa, L. Three to 10 feet: ‘across the conti- 
nent,” inswamps: pi/h of young shoots brown; fruit red. 
SAMBUCUS MELANOCAKPA,* Gray. New Mexico to Montana (westward to Oregon 
and California): pith of shoots brown; flowers white; fruit black. 

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*See arborescent species, No. 56, page 177. 
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