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RÍBES* punctatum. 
Dotted Currant. | 
u 
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. GRossuLACEE. 
RIBES. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 125. 
R. punctatum; inerme, foliis trilobis serratis subtüs bracteisque resinoso- 
glandulosis, spicis foliis longioribus, bracteis cuneato-oblongis obtusis 
post anthesin reflexis, calycibus campanulatis. 
R. punctatum. Fl. Peruv. p. 12. t. 233. f. a. Decand. prodr. 3. 482. 
Frutex erectus, inermis, im hortis 2-3-pedalis. Rami cinerei, pubes- 
centes. Folia pubescentia, triloba, acute serrata, subtús glandulis resinosis 
adspersa ; lobis divaricatis: intermedio quasi triangulari. Spice multi- 
flore, in cultá erecte, in spontaned nutantes, foliis longiores, pubescentes. 
Bracteee membranacee, glandulose, cuneato-oblonge, floribus breviores, mox 
reflexe, demüm decidue. Flores flavescentes. Calyx brevis, campanulatus, 
apertus, glaber. Petala minima, squamiformia, integra. Ovarium et bacces 
leviter glandulis resinosis irrorate. 
This shrub is a native of the high hills of Chile, about 
Valparaiso and Conception, where it was found by Mr. 
M‘Rae, while stopping in that country, in 1825. By him 
* seeds were transmitted to the Horticultural Society, in 
whose Garden they were raised. 
A neat shrub, too impatient of cold to thrive in the 
open air, except in very sheltered situations. The plant from 
which our figure was taken was trained to a south wall. 
E We find this difference between the cultivated and wild 
plant, that in the former the spikes are erect, and in the 
latter pendulous or nodding. The berries are red, and 
about the size of a red currant, but without any merit as 
fruit. 
Easily propagated by cuttings. J. L. 
| * See fol. 1237. 
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