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* Flowers greenish or greenish-yellow. 
23 R. arp! num (Lin. spec. 291.) leaves 3-5-lobed, obtuse, 
shining beneath, pilose above ; racemes erect, rather crowded ; 
bracteas lanceolate, ventricose, bearing a few glands, usually 
longer than the flowers ; petals minute, almost abortive ; anthers 
more or less nearly sessile; styles joined. h.H. Native of 
Europe and Siberia, on the Alps; in Britain, in woods, in 
the north of England; near Bradford, Yorkshire; near Ripon 
and in Durham; also of Scotland, but rare. Smith, engl, 
bot. 704. Fl. dan. t. 698. Jacq. aust. 1. t. 47. Flowers 
greenish-yellow. Berries red, elliptic, mucilaginous and insipid. 
Var. a, stérile (Wallr. sched. p. 108.) flowers flat, destitute of 
the germ, fugaceous; racemes dense, many-flowered ; anthers 
nearly sessile, bearing pollen, acute. R. dioicum, Mcench. meth. 
p. 683. 
Var. B, bacciferum (Wallr. 1. c.) flowers somewhat hypocrate- 
riform ; racemes few-flowered ; anthers distinctly pedicellate, 
but imperfect; style hardly semibifid ; germ large. Cultivated 
in gardens. 
Var. y, pùmilum (Lindl. in hort. trans. 7. p. 244.) in every 
respect the same as the species, but not one-third the size, never 
exceeding 3 feet. 
Alpine Currant. Fl. April, May. Britain. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 
24 R. resindsum (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 163.) all parts 
of the shrub are full of resinous glands; leaves 3-5-lobed, 
roundish ; racemes erect ; calyx flattish ; petals bluntly rhom- 
boid; bracteas linear, longer than the pedicels. h. H. Native 
of North America, on the mountains. Sims, bot. mag. 1583. 
Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 10. Flowers greenish yellow. Berry hairy, 
red? Perhaps the flowers are dioecious. Very like R. alpinum. 
Resinous Currant. FI. April, May. Clt. 1800. Sh. 3to5 ft. 
25 R. citia‘tum (Willd. mss. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 
p. 500.) plant beset with glands; leaves 5-lobed, deeply cor- 
date, doubly crenate-serrated, ciliated, glabrous above, but hairy 
on the nerves and veins beneath; lobes acute ; petioles beset 
with glandular hairs; racemes solitary. h. H. Native of 
Mexico, on the burning mount Jorullo, at the elevation of 1500 
feet. R. Jorullénse, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 61. 
Nearly allied to R. macrobòtrys. 
Ciliated Currant. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
26 R. macroso'rrys (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 12. t. 202. 
f. a.) leaves cordate, lobed, deeply serrated ; petioles ciliated at 
the base ; racemes very long, pendulous, hairy: bracteas linear- 
subulate, pilose, nearly the length of the pedicels ; calyxes ru- 
fescent ; petals small, red. h. G. Native of Peru, on the 
Andes, in groves. Berl. l. c. t. 2. f. 17. Berries greenish, 
hairy. 
Long-racemed Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
27 R. aLBròLUm (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p.12. t. 132. f. 6.) 
leaves rather cordate, deeply serrated; racemes twice the length 
of the leaves, pendulous ; bracteas spatulate, ciliated, length of 
pedicels; petals roundish, purplish; anthers nearly sessile. 
hk. H. Native of Peru, in groves about Munna. Berl. 1, c. 
t. 2. f. 18. Berries globose, rather hairy. Allied to R. ma- 
crobotrys. 
White-leaved Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
28 R. sractedsum (Dougl. mss. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. 
p. 232.) leaves on long petioles, cordate, deeply 5-7-lobed ; 
lobes acuminated, cut, doubly serrated, hispid above, but full of 
resinous dots beneath; racemes often terminal, at length re- 
flexed ; pedicels erectly spreading, pubescent, exceeding the 
spatulate bracteas; calyx rotate, glabrous ; petals minute, 
roundish; germens and berries full of resinous dots. pH. 
Native of the north-west coast of America, at the confluence of 
the Columbia with the ocean. This isa very remarkable and 
GROSSULARIEÆ. 
I. Rises. 
elegant shrub, with leaves nearly as large as, and resembling, 
those of the Sycamore ; these, as well as the fructified racemes, 
have a very strong resemblance to R. macrobdtrys ; but the 
flowers are widely different. Flowers purplish-yellow. Berries 
about the size of those of R. rùbrum. 
Bracteate Currant. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 
29 R. nirtum (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. herb. ex Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 5. p. 501.) leaves ovate, rather cordate, 3-lobed, 
reticulated beneath from hairy nerves and veins, and pale, but 
blackish green above; lobes deeply serrated, middle one the 
largest ; petioles pilose, glanduliferous, and somewhat tomentose; 
racemes reflexed; bracteas dentately ciliated; petals roundish- 
obovate ; styles bifid. h. G. Native of South America, in 
cold places on Mount Antisana, at the elevation of 300 feet. 
Berl. l.c. t. 2. f. 13. R. frigidum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer, 6. p. 62. Flowers flesh-coloured. Berries hispid. 
Hairy Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. P 
30 R. rra'crans (Pall. nov. act. pet. 5. p. 377. t. 9.) leaves 
glabrous, on long petioles, 3-5-lobed, greener above than below; 
racemes erect, stiff; flowers campanulate, white, sweet-scented ; 
bracteas deciduous ; petals lanceolate, acute, spreading. h. H. 
Native of Siberia, on the higher mountains. Berries red, of a 
very sweet taste. From the under surface of the leaves exudes, 
in very frequent little yellow drops, a very fragrant balsamic 
resin, having a strong smell of the black currant. 
Fragrant Currant. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
31 R. procu’mBens (Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 35. t. 65.) leaves 
bluntly lobed ; lobes serrated: lateral ones a little cut ; racemes 
erect; peduncles long, setaceous; segments of the limb of the 
flower pubescent, acute, of a livid purplish colour ; anthers 
hardly rising from the calyx. h. H. Native of Siberia, in 
moist shady places. Flowers flattish. Berries very grateful 
to the taste, rufescent when ripe. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 41. 
polycarpon, Gmel. syst. veg. p. 419. 
Procumbent Currant. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1804. Shrub pr. 
32 R. prosrra‘rum (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 3. t. 2.) leaves deeply 
cordate, 5-7-lobed, glabrous ; lobes acute, cut, doubly serrated, 
naked on both surfaces ; racemes erect, loose, slender ; bracteas 
small, obtuse, much shorter than the pedicels, which are beset 
with glandular bristles; calyx rotate; germens and berries 
beset with glandular bristles. h. H. Native of Newfoundland; 
throughout Canada; and in woods on the Rocky Mountains. 
Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f£. 12. R. glanduldsum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. 
p. 279. R. rigens, Bigel. fl. bost. ed. 2. p: 9: glandulo- 
sum, Richards. in Frankl. tst journ. ed. 2. append. P. T. 
R. laxiflòrum, Richards. in Frankl. 1st. journ. ed. 2. append. 
p- 7. Berries large, reddish. This is a very distinct species. 
Var. B; racemes pubescent; pedicels divaricate. h . H. Na- 
tive of the north-west coast of America. R. affine, Dougl. mss. 
R. laxiflòrum, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 731. 
Prostrate Currant. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1812. Shrub pt 
33 R. trirroum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 110.) leaves 
smoothish, moderately lobed; racemes loosely many-fowered, 
pubescent; flowers small; calycine segments rather trifid ; ber- 
ries hairy, red. h. H. Native of North America, near Quebec, 
and at Hudson’s Bay. Lobes of leaves acutish. Racemes weak, 
nearly like those of R. rubrum, but the flowers smaller. : Petals 
purplish, spatulate, rounded at the apex. Perhaps this 1s the 
same as R. prostratum. 
Trifid-calyxed Currant. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Sh. pr 
34 R. Taxa'rz (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 208.) leaves cor- 
date, 3-lobed, acuminated, doubly serrated, pubescent oti 
surfaces, as well as on the branches. h. H. Native of Nipau’s 
in Sirinagur. Leaves as large as those of the Sycamore. Flowers 
unknown. The bush is called Takare by the Nipaulese. 
Takare Currant. Shrub. 
