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GROSSULARIiE. 
alterna, petiolata, quinqueloba, basi profunde cordata, margino duplicato-crenato-serrata, leviter ciliata 
glandulisque minutis stipitatis obsita, reticulato-trinervia, nervis venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, 
membranacea, supra glabra, hinc inde glandulis stipitatis conspersa, subtus pallidiora inque nervis et venis 
liirtella, venulis pellucidis, 21-25 lineas longa, 25-27 lineas lata;lobi abbreviato-ovati, acuti; intermedius major; 
exteriores parvi, interdum obsoleti. Petioli 12-16 lineas longi, filiformes, teretes, hirti, glandulis stipitatis 
obsiti, visciduli, basim versus membranaceo-dilatati et semiamplexicaules, ima basi articulati. Racemi in 
apice ramulorum axillares, solitarii, pedunculati; floriferi non suppetunt; fructiferi sesquipollicares; rhachi 
pedunculoque teretibus, hirtellis, glandulis stipitatis obsitis; fructibus alternis, pedicellatis; pedicellis 2-2! 
lineas longis, teretibus, hirtellis, basi bracteatis; bracteis deciduis. Fructus subglobosi, baccati, calyce per¬ 
sistente marcido coronati, glabri, inermes, uniloculares, polyspermi, magnitudine nuclei cerasi; calyce 
persistente campanulato, 5(?)-fido, externe pubescente. Semina circiter 17, oblonga aut ovato-oblonga, 
compressa, hinc acuta, inde obtusa, aut utrinque obtusiuscula, glabra. Integumentum duplex; exterius gelati¬ 
nosum, siccum, tenue, friabile et nigrum; interius tenuiter membranaceum, endospermio adhaerens, fuscescens. 
Endospermium semini conforme, carnosum, albidum. Embryo minutus, in extremitate acutiore endospermii 
locatus, oblongus, teretiusculus, utrinque obtusus, albidus, extremitate cotyledonaria bilobus, extremitate 
radiculari indivisus. Radicula excentrica. 
Affine R. macrobotryo Ruiz et Pav. 
4. RIBES FRIGIDUM. 4 
R. inerme; foliis subrotundo-ovatis, cordatis, trilobis, nervosis venisque hirto-pilosis; lobis 
inciso-serratis; intermedio majore; pilis petioli villosis, glanduliferis; racemis reflexis; calycibus 
campanulatis; bracteis dentato- ciliatis; fructibus hispidis. 
Ribes hirtum JVilld. lierb. Rcem. et Schult. I. c. p. 5 oi. 
Crescit locis frigidis montis Antisance, ait. 1700 hex. ( Regno Quitensi .) b Floret Julio. 
Frutex orgyalis, ramosissimus, inermis, facie Ribis Grossulariae; rami alterni, teretes, densissime hirti 
pilisque glanduliferis conspersi. Folia alterna, petiolata, subrotundo-ovata, triloba, basi cordata, lobis iterum 
lobato-incisis, crenato-serratis, obtusis, intermedio majore, reticulato-trinervia, nervis venisque primariis 
subtus prominentibus, membranacea, utrinque pilis nonnullis glanduliferis villosis conspersa, subtus pallidiora 
inque nervis venisque primariis hirto-pilosa, 16-23 lineas longa, i 5 -19 lineas lata. Petioli 9-11 lineas 
longi, membranaceo-dilatati, canaliculati, semiamplexicaules, apicem versus attenuati et teretiusculi, 
pilosi, glandulis stipitatis villosis ciliati. Racemi in apice ramulorum axillares et alares , solitarii, 
reflexo-penduli, breviter pedunculati, 54-4-polhcares. Rhaehis pedunculusque teretia pedicellique dense 
piloso-hirta, pilis glanduliferis conspersa. Flores alterni, pedicellati, approximati, magnitudine floris 
Pubis Grossulariai, incarnati; pedicelli lineam longi, basi unibracteati, infra apicem bibracteolati et articulati. 
Bractea oblonga, acuta , dentato-ciliata, pilosa, membranacea, 3-4 lineas longa, reflexa, persistens, colorata. 
Bracteolae oppositae, aiquales, obovato- oblongas, mucronatae, membranaceae, pilosae, vix lineam longae. Calyx 
campanulatus, usque ad medium quinquefidus, membranaceus, externe hirto-pilosus, interne glaber; laciniis 
elliptico-oblongis,, acutis, 5 -6- nerviis, subaequalibus. Petala quinque, fauci inserta, subrotundo-obovata, 
laciniis calycinis triplo breviora, glabra. Stamina 5 , inter petala inserta iisque parum longiora, aequalia, 
erecta. Filamenta subulata, glabra, libera. Antherie elliptico-subrotundae, obtusas, basi emarginatae, parum 
supra basim affixae, erectae, biloculares, flavidae, glabrae, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovarium inferum, 
hemisphaericum, pilis glanduliferis densissime obsitum, uniloculare; placentae duae parietales, oppositae. 
Ovula crebra (circiter 20), minutissima, oblonga, glabra. Stylus bifidus, longitudine staminum; laciniis 
erectis, subulatis, aequalibus, glabris. Stigmata obtusa. Fructus baccati, subglobosi, calyce persistente 
umbilicati, magnitudine pisi majoris, hispidi, pilis apice glanduliferis, uniloculares,polyspermi, incarnati, 
gratissimi, emetici. Semina (circiter 20) oblonga, elliptica aut subrotundo-ovata, utrinque obtusa, lenticulari- 
compressa. Integumentum exterius siccum, tenue, nigrum, friabile; interius tenuiter membranaceum, 
fuscescens. Endostermium semini conforme, carnosum, albidum. Embryo minutus, in extremitate angustiore 
endospermii locatus, oblongo-cylindraceus, utrinque obtusus, dicotyledoneus, albidus. Radicula excentrica. 
■1 .) Spinosa. 
5. RIBES MICROPHYLLUM. "j" 
R. spinis subsolitariis; foliis parvis, subreniformibus, quinquefidis, supra puberulis; laciniis 
bi-trilobis, obtusis; pedunculis brevissimis, bifloris; calycibus campanulatis. 
