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H I riparia, CoUett et Hemsley m Joiirn. Linn. Soe. xxviii. 57. Common on river banks 

 in the Sontliern Slian States, 2-4,000 ft. BrancLletb cliannelledj 1. lanceolate denticu- 

 If^te, 3-4 in. long. Racemes terminal erect, petals lanceolate, erect, } in. long. 4. 

 I nutans, Eoyle ; Kanjilal F. Fl. 168, Buns and valleys of the N. W. Himalaya, Hazara 

 to Kumaon, ascending to 6,000 ft. A hmall tree, h ovate, acuminate, serrate, blade 4-7,. 

 petiole 1 in. Bacemes long, drooping, petals erect, caphule with btyles I in. long. 



Pottingeria acuminata, Prain; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. t. 49. Kachin hillb, Upper 

 Burma, 3,700 ft., 1. glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 5 longitudinal nerves 

 tiom the base, 3 prominent, the 2 marginal ones very slender, fl. in lateral cymes^ 

 capsule septicidally 8-valved, the 3 placentas remaining attached to the style when the 

 c apsule opens. 



6. RIBES, Liim. ; FL Brit. Ind. ii. 400. 



Shrubs, prickly or unarmed, 1. alternate, palniately lobed, frequently clustered 

 on arrested brancMets. Calyx superior, tube often produced beyond the ovary^ 

 petals 4-5, stamens as many. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovules on 2 slender 

 parietal placentas. Berry ovoid or globose, crowned by the persistent calyx. 



A Armed, peduncles l-~2-M. 



1. R. Grossularia, Linn, Gooseberry. Vern. Tara, Aniln, Pangi ; 



Yancjhaij Kun. 



Pubescent, stout spines generally in threes under the petiole, and often 

 numerous smaller scattered prickles in addition. L. as broad as long, 3-5- 

 lobed, .^-1| in. diam., petiole as long as leaf. Berry oblong hairy. 



Kuram valley. Inner drier districts of the N. W. Himalaya, Kashmir to Kumaon 

 S-12,000 ft. Armenia, Caucasus, Mountains of Greece. Northern Europe. 



B. Unarmed, fl. unisexual, calyx limb beyond the ovary short, flat. 



2. R.orieEtale,Poir. Baluchistan, in the Juniper tracts. Kuram valley. Afghanistan, 

 Kashmir. Inner arid Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft., Lahaul, Kunawar, Kumaon. W^st Tibet. 

 Mountains of Greece and "Western Asia. Sticky-glandular and minutely hairy. L. as 

 broad as or broader than long, l-lj in. across, more or less lobed, lobes rounded. ^ Berries 

 glandular-pubef-scent, * in. diam., reddish-yellow. 8. R. glaciale, N\all. Himalaya, 

 Kashmir to Bhutan, chiefly in the inner ranges, 7-12,000 ft. In the N. A\ . Himalaya 

 often at the limit of tree vegetation, associated with Rhododendron cam pan u I atim, the 

 aJjnne Birch and Abie,' WeWiana, Often epiphytic or climbing. Glabrous, a few 

 scattered hairs occasionally on the leaves. L. longer than broad, 8-.>lobed, 1-4 m. long. 

 Fl. reddish-brown (greenish, Kanjilal). Fl. in pubescent racemes 1-3 m.long, which 

 are erect in fl. but drooping in fr. Berries globose, nearly glabrous, J m. diam. 4. 

 R. desmocarpum, Hook. fil. & Thorns. Sikkim, Bhutan 8-10,000 ft. ^Tibet. Closely allied 

 to $, but berries glandular-pubescent. 5. R. lucidum. Hook. f. & Thorns. Leaver glab- 

 rous, as broad as or broader than long, berries small, glabrous. 



G. Unarmed, fl. bisexual, calyx tubxilar or campanulate beyond ovary. 



6. R. rubrum, Linn. ; Kanjilal F. PL 169.---Syn. A\ Mm aZ(?«,s£>, Dene. Red 

 Currant. Vern. Ban TUla^ Bagi. 



Attains 10 ft., outer bark peeling off in long thin strips. Leaves as broad as 

 or broader tban long, 3~5-lobed, blade l-™4, petiole red, 2-3 in. long, with a few 

 scattered grey hairs along the edge near the base. Eacemes pubescent, many- 

 fld., drooping, no 1. at base, fl. green isli-yellow, pedicels equal, bracts ovate, 

 shorter than pedicels, free part of calyx-tube and tbe obtuse segments promi- 

 nently veined. 



Kuram valley, N. W. Himalaya, Kashmir to Kumaon, ^-^^^^^^JJ^, .f^l P™ 

 inner dry districts. FL Apr.-May. Northern Europe and mountains of Central Eiirope. 

 Oaucasul Altai. A remarkable variety with black fr., but not ^l^'f^'^'^J^^.^''^^^^^^ 

 glands on calyx and leaves, in Kashmir, Lahaul, at the head of the itupm vaiiej , 

 Tehri Garhwal, and elsewhere. (Brandis E. Fl. 215.) . ^-u - .^ ^,,^ .r^iiax^c 



7. R. nigrum, Linn. Black Currant. Scarce m Kunawar and the inner dry valie:^ s 

 of Kashmir. Aromatic, round yellow glands on calyx and underside of leaves. 

 Eacemes few-M., pubescent, a tuft of L at the base, bracts mmnte, much shorter than 



