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bitter ; of no value, except as an ornamental shrub ; 

 flowers yellow, fragrant. There is another resembling 

 this, except that the fruit is edible, but not very good. 

 All the varieties of the JR, aureuin have deeply lobed 



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Fig. 91 —LEAF OP RIBES SANGUIXEUM. 



leaves, while the JR. sangidneum^ (Red Flowering Cur- 

 rant,) which is found west of the Rocky Mountains, ha* 

 leaves of the form shown in figure 91. 



Sweet Fruited Missouri.— Large, black, roundish-ovoid ; 

 bunches small, containing few berries ; sweet, musky fla- 

 vor. A variety of E, florldum, and not of the i?. 

 aureum^ as its name would indicate. It is a very slight 

 improvement upon the common wild Bhick Currant, 

 which may be found in almost any low, moist woods. 

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