5. Ribes Glandulòsum Grauer. Fetid Currant

Fig. 2201

Ribes glandulosum Grauer, Pl. Min. Cog. 2. 1784. R. prostratum L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 3. pl. 2. 1785.

Branches decumbent or spreading, thorn-less and without prickles. Petioles slender, 1'-3' long, pubescent or glabrous, the dilated base sometimes ciliate; leaves nearly orbicular, sharply and deeply 5-7-lobed, 1'-3' wide, usually somewhat pubescent along the veins beneath, the lobes acute or acutish, dentate-serrate; flowers racemose, about 2.\" broad; pedicels 2"-2i" long, glandular, calyx broadly campanulate, its lobes short and broad; stamens short, not exserted; fruit red, glandular-bristly, about 3" in diameter.

In cold wet places, Newfoundland to Athabasca, British Columbia, south, especially along the mountains, to North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin. Plant with a disagreeable odor. Ascends to 6000 ft. in North Carolina. Skunk-currant. May-June.

6. Ribes Inèbrians Lindl. White-Flowered Currant

Fig. 2202

Ribes inebrians Lindl. Bot. Reg. pl. 1471. 1832.

Unarmed. Petioles slender, more or less glandular-pubescent, 3" - 10" long; leaves reniform-orbicular, cordate at the base, 1/2'-1 1/2' wide, sparingly glandular-pubescent, or glabrate on both sides, 3-5-lobed, the lobes very obtuse, crenate or crenulate; racemes short, pubescent, pendulous, bractlets rhombic, much longer than the pedicels, persistent, usually entire-margined' and glandular-ciliate; flowers sessile or short-pedi-celled, white or greenish-white; calyx tubular, glandular; petals minute, nearly orbicular; stamens short; fruit red, insipid, glandular or rarely smooth, about 3" in diameter.

South Dakota to Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico and California. May-June. Confused in our first edition with the similar R. cereum Dougl.

7. Ribes Americànum Mill. Wild Black Currant

Fig. 2203

Ribes americanum Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, No. 4.

1768. Ribes ftoridum L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 1: 4. 1784. Ribes nigrum var. pennsylvanicum Marsh. Arb.

Amer. 132. 1785. Ribes pennsylvanicum Lam. Encycl. 3: 49. 1789.

Branches erect, unarmed. Petioles slender, loosely pubescent, or glabrous; leaves nearly orbicular, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent and resinous-dotted beneath, 1'-3'wide, sharply 3-5-lobed, the lobes dentate-serrate, acutish; racemes pendulous, rather loosely flowered, pubescent; bractlets linear, much exceeding the pedicels, or shorter; flowers greenish-white, or yellowish, 4"-5" long; calyx tubular, its lobes short, broad, obtuse; stamens not exserted; fruit globose-ovoid, black, glabrous, 3"-5" in diameter.

In woods, Nova Scotia to Virginia, Manitoba, Assiniboia, Kentucky, Iowa and Nebraska. Also in New Mexico. Quinsy-berry. April-May.

8. Ribes Odoràtum Wendl. Golden, Buffalo Or Missouri Currant

Fig. 2204

R. odoratum Wendl. in Bartl. & Wendl. Beitr. 2: 15. 1825.

Unarmed. Petioles rather slender, pubescent; leaves convolute in the bud, at length glabrous, often broader than long, thick, 3-lobed or sometimes 5-lobed, broadly cuneate or truncate at the base, the lobes obtuse, few-toothed or entire; racemes leafy-bracted, few-flowered, the rachis and pedicels villous; flowers bright yellow, spicy-scented, 6"-12" long; calyx-tube cylindric, glabrous, 2-3 times as long as the oval spreading lobes; petals 1"-1 1/2" long; stamens slightly exserted; fruit black, glabrous, 3"-S" in diameter.

Along streams, Minnesota and South Dakota to Missouri and Texas. Common in cultivation. Clove- or flowering-current. April-May.