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RiBeEs MULTIFLORUM. Lone sprkep CurRANT. 
Class and Order. 
- Penranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
_ Petala 5. et Stamina calyci inserta. Stylus bifidus. Bacca 
polysperma infera. | 
Specific Character. 
Rises multiflorum ; foliis quinquelobis cordatis subtus 
tomentosis, racemis longissimis cernuis, staminibus 
calyce rotundato longioribus. 
Rings multiflorum ; racemis spicatis pendulis, petalis ob- 
- longis, bracteis flore brevioribus. Schultes Syst. Veg. 
5. p. 493. ex Kitaibel. 
Descr. Stem erect.. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate, crenate- 
dentate, rugose, tomentose underneath. Petiole the length 
of the lamina, ciliated at the base. Racemes of flowers 
cernuous, many-flowered, 4 inches long; pedicles shorter 
than the flower: bractes shorter than pedicles, ciliated. 
Segments of the calyx rounded, reflexed, green, sometimes 
brown at the apex. Petals minute, wedge-shaped, rounded 
at the point, inserted into the sinuses of the calyx. Fila- 
ments erect, a little longer than the calyx : anthers two- 
lobed, whitish. Germen inferior, globular. Style deeply 
bifid, now and then trifid. The fruit we have not seen, as 
none came to maturity in the Fulham garden. 
The leaves smell like those of the common, and have 
none of the peculiar odour of the black currant. We see 
ho reason to doubt our plant being the same species as 
described by Scuunrss, though he seemed to think that 
his plant might be the same with spicatum of Rosson, from 
Which ours differs not only in the long cernuous ipa or 
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