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(not the flower-stem) of R. Rhaponticum is some-times grown for its
(not the flower-stem) of R. Rhaponticum is some-times grown for its
medicinal roots.
medicinal roots.
R. acuminatum. Hook f. & Thom. Dwarf plant (seldom exceeding 3 ft.),
like a small form of R. emodi, withacuminate lvs., but fls.
considerably larger: said to be an attractive plant in cult, but to die
after flowering: sts. and infl. deep red-purple. B.M. 4877. G.
36:659.—R. gunneroides, Hort., is a garden hybrid, of German origin,
between R. emodi and R. palmatum. Himalayas.—R. nobile, Hook. f. &
Thom. St. simple, 3—4 ft., densely clothed with imbricated
downward-pointing bracts that conceal the short axillary peduncles:
lvs. ovate-oblong or rounded, entire. When the fruit is ripe, the
shingled bracts are torn away by the winds, leaving the long panicle
exposed, and this may stand while another panicle grows from the crown
and perhaps at some distance separated. Himalayas. R.H. 1876, p. 266.
I.H. 22:209. G.C. II. 13:793. G.Z. 20. p. 104. A remarkable plant.—K.
Ribes, Linn. 3-5 ft.: lvs. 1 ft. across, cordate to reniform. the
margins crisped or undulate, the blade puckered or blistered: fls.
green, drooping: frs. about 1 in. long, oolong-cordate, narrow-winged,
blood-red, showy. Asia Minor to Persia. B.M. 7591. "Rivas" or "Ribes"
is its Arabic name.—R. spiciforme, Royle. Dwarf: lvs. thick, orbic lar
or broadly ovate: fls. white, in a dense spike rising about 2 ft. W.
Himalaya.
L. H. B.
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