KIBES

(Lat.), n. n. Rib(reb)'ez(as). Gen., rib'is. Fr., groseillier. Ger.. Johannisbeere, Stachelbeere. Currant, gooseberry; the only genus of the Ribesiece, or Ribesince, which are a tribe or series of the Saxifragece. The Ribesiacece (Fr., ribes i a cees) are a family of the Sediflorce. [B, 173, 180, 275 (a, 35).] K. album. Fr., groseillier blanc. Common white (or white-fruited) currant; a cultivated variety of R. rubrum, bearing a larger, sweeter, amber-colored fruit. [B, 34, 77, 275 (a, 35.).] R. americanum. See R. Jloridum.R. aureum. Fr., groseillier pal me. Buffalo (or yellow flowered, or Mi ouri, or golden) currant; a shrub with edible fruit, rowing wild from Mi ouri to Oregon, and common in cultivation, fhe European gooseberry is grafted on the stock of this species. [B, 34, 77, 173. 875 (a. 35).] R. cynosbati. Dog-bramble, prickly gooseberry of Canada and the United States. The large edible berries are covered with long prickles. [B, 34, 275, 314 (a, 35).J R. clivaricatum. Spreading-branched gooseberry; a species with smooth black edible berries, found in California and Oregon. [B 275, 314 (a, 35).] R. floridum. Fr., groseillier de Pennsylranie. American (or Pennsylvania) black currant. The berries are said to resemble those of R. nigrum in odor and taste. [B, 173, 314 (a, 35).] R. gro ular i a. Fr., groseillier epineux, gadellier. Ger., Stachelbeere, Krausbeere, Klosterbeere. Common gooseberry; a straggling bush of Europe, northern Africa, and extra-tropical Asia, cultivated for its acid berries, which were formerly official as baccae gro ular ice, (seu UVOB crispce). They contain malic acid and, when ripe, a large proportion of sugar. A fine wine is made from ripe, and an effervescing wine from unripe, gooseberries. In the north of England they are used as a specific in fevers. The leaves have RIBES OLOSSCLARIA. [A, 327.] a hitter, astringent taste and are considered remedial in rickets and defective nutrition in children. [B, 19, 173, 180, 185, 314 (a, 35).] R. nigrum. Fr., groseillier noir, ca ier des poitevins, ca is. Ger, schwarze Johannisbeere, Ahlbeere, Bocks be ere, Wendelbeere, Gichtbeere, Wanzenbeere. Common black currant, quinsy-berry gazles a native of Europe, middle and northern Asia, and North America! The berries, baccoe ribium (seu ribesiorum nigrorum), gro ular i a nigra, ribia nigra, are used medicinally in lozenges, as a gargle for sore throat, and as a stomachic tonic. They contain a resinous aromatic principle which forms the base of 'the drink called ca is. The leaves and branches are diaphoretic and diuretic, and are used in catarrhal complaints, gout, dropsy, snake-bites, etc. The root also is said to be medicinal [B, 180, 185, 314 (a. 35).]-R. of ficin ale, R. rubrum. Fr., groseillier commun, cas tillier, gadellier, groseillier d grappes (ou rouge), ribette. Ger., gemeine (oder rot he) Johannisbeere. Common red currant, garnet-berry, raisin-tree of Europe, North America, and northern and middle Asia; much cultivated for its fruits, which are used for making wine, etc. They are refrigerant and laxative, and a syrup and jelly (syrup,is et gelatin a ribium rubrorum) prepared from them are used in fevers and inflammatory diseases. The root-bark contains phlorrhizin The R rubmm album (see R. album) is a white-fruited variety [B 19' 173. 180, 314 (a, 35).] R. u va crisp a. Smooth (-fruited ) gooseberry' a variety of R. gro ular i a. [B, 173, 180 (a, 35).] Rob ribium nigrorum. See Rob RIBES I OR I'M nigrorum. Slrupus rib is rubri [Ru . Ph.], See Syrupus RIBESIORUM. Succus e fructu rib is rubrse [Fr. Cod.], Snccus ribium. See SMC dv OROSEILLE Succus ribium et rub i idasi. See Sue de OROSEILLE framboise Syrupus rib is nigri [Swed. Ph.], Syrupus ribium [Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph. (1st ed.)]. See Synqnu RIBESIORUM. Syrupus ribium nigrorum. See Syrupus RIBESIORUM nigrorum. [s. 408]