pects this plant to be the same as R. triflorum, Willd. We possess a fragment
gathered by Dr. James in the Rocky Mountains (about lat. 41°), which
may be the R. irriguum of Douglas; hut the description of that species is too
imperfect to determine the question. It has slightly pubescent leaves, very
short peduncles ; the narrow calyx-segments are longer than the tube ; the
stamens are included and not longer than the spatulate petals ; the style is cleft
at the summit only, and is a little longer than the stamens ; the fruit is smooth.
12. R. Missouriense (Nutt.! mss.): “ subaxillary spines 1-3, stout; leaves
roundish or somewhat reniform, cuneate at the base, 3-5-lobed, pubescent
beneath; the lobes nearly equal, short and obtuse, crenately toothed or incised
; peduncles elongated, 2-3-flowered ; tube of the calyx shorter than the
linear elongated at length reflexed segments ; petals very short, retuse ; stamens
glabrous and, with the hairy 2-cleft style, greatly exserted ; fruit brown,
smooth.
“ Missouri, common throughout Independence County, where it is sometimes
cultivated; bearing abundance of flowers and fruit; the latter somewhat
glaucous, and'agreeably subacid. Stems smooth, 4-6 feet high; the
branches also smooth : spines at length very stout, as in R. Uva-crispa.
Peduncles nearly glabrous; the bracts roundish and glandularly ciliate.
Calyx yellowish-green. Style at length exserted beyound the stamens.”
Nuttall.—Flowers rather large. Allied to R. rotundifolium and R. niveum ?
13. R. niveum (Lindl.) : branches spiny, the spines 1-3 ; leaves roundish,
obtusely 3-lobed, crenately incised, entire at the base, glabrous; peduncles
about 2-flowered; the sepals reflexed; stamens much exserted, connivent,
hairy, longer than the hairy style ; fruit black, smooth. Lindl. hot. reg. t.
1692.
North West America [Oregon], Douglas.—Berry similar in size and
appearance to R. nigrum, with a rich subacid and perfumed vinous flavor.
Flowers pendulous. Segments of the calyx and petals white. Lindl.
14. R. Californicum (Hook. & Am.): glabrous; branches not prickly;
subaxillary spines 3, stout; leaves reniform-cordate, 3-5-lobed, the lobes in-
cisely crenate ; peduncles 1-3-flowered, with roundish bracts ; segments of
the calyx lanceolate, thrice the length of the tube, at length reflexed;
stamens thrice the length of the petals; style simple, glabrous, much
exserted; ovary glandular.—Hook. Sp Am. ! 1. c.
California, Douglas !—Leaves very small. Anthers large, ovate, mu-
cronate.
15. R. ocddentale (Hook. & Am.) : glabrous; branches not prickly;
subaxillary spines 1-3; leaves reniform, 3-5-lobed, the lobes crenately incised;
peduncles 1-3-flowered; calyx tubular-campanulate; the segments
spreading, longer than the tube, about the 1 length of the stamens ; style exserted,
cleft to the middle, glabrous; ovary hispid.—Hook. Sf A m .! hot.
Beechey, suppl. p. 346.
California, Douglas!—Leaves very small. Petals broadly obovate, truncate,
involute. Anthers ovate, rather large, mucronate. 16
16. R. lacustre (Poir.): young stems very prickly; subaxillary spines
several, we‘ak; leaves cordate, 3-5-parted, the lobes deeply incised;
racemes 5-9-flowered, loose; calyx rotate; stamens about the length of
the petals; style short, glabrous, 2-cleft; ovary glandular-hairy; fruit
small, hispid.—Poir. suppl. 2. p. 856 ; Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 165; Nutt.! gen.
1. p. 140 ; Torr. ! jl. 1. p. 270 ; DC. I prodr. 3. p. 478 ; Hook.! 1. c.
p. 232 ; Guimp. Otto, &f Hayne, holz. t. 136. R. oxyacanthoides, Michx.!
jl. l .p. 111. R. oxyacanthoides /?. lacustre, Pers. R. echinatum, Dougl. ;
Lindl. hot. reg. sub t. 1349, ex Hook.
In mountain swamps &c. New York! and Massachusetts! north to near
the Arctic circle. Also in the. mountains of Oregon and N. California, according
to Douglas. (Hook. 1. c.) June.— Stems 3-4 feet high; the subaxillary
spines scarcely different from the prickles. Petioles hairy. P e duncles
slender, nodding, pubescent. Fruit dark purple, unpleasant to the
taste.—This species differs from the others of this section in its many-flowered
racemes.
§ 3. Stems neither prickly nor spiny: leaves plicate in vernation: racemes
several-Jlowered: calyx campanulate or cylindrical: ovules numerous, in
two or more rows : berries unarmed.—R ibesia, Berlandier. (Currant)
Ribes & Botrycarpum, A. Richard.—Calobotrya, Coreosma, Cerophyllum &.
Rebis, Spach.
* Flowers greenish.
17. R. jloridum (L’Her.): leaves sprinkled on both sides with resinous
dots, sharply 3-5-lobed, subcordate; the lobes acute, doubly serrate; racemes
pendulous, pubescent; bracts linear, longer than the pedicels; calyx
tubular-campanulate, glabrous; the segments oblong-spatulate, about the
length of the tube ; style undivided ; fruit ovoid-globose, black, glabrous.—
L'Her. stirp. 1. p. 4 ; Willd. ! spec. 1. p. 1156 ; Torr. ! jl. l . p . 267 ; DC.!
prodr. 3. p. 482; Guimp. Otto, Sf Hayne, holz. t. 1 ; Hook.! jl. Bor.-Am.
1. p. 233; Darlingt. jl. Cest. p. 160. R. nigrum (1. Linn. R. recurva-
tum, Michx.! jl. 1. p. 110. R. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. diet. 3. p. 49.
Ribesium nigrum &c. Dill. Elth. t. 224. Coreosma florida, Spach! in
ann. sd. not. (ser. 2) p. 9.
In woods, from Canada! (lat. 54°) to Virginia and Kentucky ! April—
May.—Stems 3-4 feet high. Leaves with 3 spreading acute lobes, and
sometimes two smaller ones near the base, pubescent beneath. Flowers
rather large, yellowish-green. Style sulcate. Berries inferior in size and
flavor to the Common Black Currant of the gardens (which this species
closely resembles),
18. R. Hudsonianum (Richards.): branches erect; leaves 3—5-lobed,
glabrous above, mostly pubescent and sprinkled with small resinous dots
beneath; the lobes spreading, somewhat ovate, acute, coarsely serrate;
racemes erect; bracts setaceous, much shorter than the pedicels; calyx
eompanulate, pubescent externally, deeply 5-parted ; the segments lanceolate
oblong ; style undivided; ovary obovate, dotted with glands; fruit
globose, black, glabrous.—Richards.! appx. Frankl. journ. ed. 2. p. 6 ;
Hook. ! jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 233. R. nigrum, Richards. 1. c. ed. 1. (excl,
syn.)
0. racemes longer; calyx nearly glabrous. Hook. 1. c.—R. petiolare,
Dougl. in hort. trans. 7. p. 514, ex Hook.
Hudson’s Bay to the Rocky Mountains, north to lat. 57°, Richardson !
Drummond! &e. (i. Mountains of Oregon above Kettle Falls, Douglas.—
Leaves palmately lobed about to the middle, scarcely ever cordate according
to Richardson, but they are uniformly so in our specimens. Flowers very
small, white.—A very distinct species, resembling R. nigrum in the fruit,,
the peculiar odor of the plant, &c.
19. R. prostratum (L’Her.): stems reclined; leaves deeply cordate, glabrous,
5-7-lobed; the lobes somewhat ovate, acute, incisely doubly serrate ;
racemes erect, slender; bracts small, much shorter than the bristly-glandular
pedicels; calyx rotate, the segments obovate; style deeply 2-cleft; petals