PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ribes. 333 



last mentioned, according to Mr. Robson himself. Winch Bot. 

 Guide, v. 1. 23. 



Shrub. May. 



This has the habit of the two foregoing species, but differs from 

 both in the extreme shortness of the partial flower -stalks, ren- 

 dering the inflorescence a spike, rather than a cluster, which, 

 moreover, is erect both in flower and fruit. If these characters 

 be not constant, the present species probably belongs to R. pe- 

 trceum ; which seems scarcely credible. 



4. R. alpinum. Tasteless Mountain Currant. 



No prickles. Clusters upright, both in flower and fruit. 

 Bracteas longer than the flowers. Leaves polished at the 

 back. Stem erect. Berries smooth. 



R. alpinum. Linn. Sp. PL 291. Willd.vA. 1154. Fl. Br. 264. 

 Engl. Bot. v. 10. t. 704. Hook. Scot. 81. Jacq. Austr. t. 47. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 968. Ehr/i. Arb. 51. 



R. n. 817. Hall. Hist. v. 1.363. 



R. alpinus dulcis. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 98./. bad. Rail Syn. 456. 



In woods in the north of England ; also in Scotland, but rare. 



Abundant near Bradford, Yorkshire. Dr. Richardson. Near Ripon. 

 Mr. W. Brunton. In Durham. Mr. E. Robson. 



Shrub. May. 



Branches more upright than in R. rubrum. Leaves smaller, three- 

 lobed, remarkably shining beneath. Clusters erect, dense, with 

 long, narrow, brown bracteas, and short partial stalks. Fl. small, 

 greenish, observed by several botanists to be sometimes dioe- 

 cious. Berries of a fine deep scarlet, mucilaginous and insipid. 



5. R. nigrum. Black Currant. 



No prickles. Clusters hairy, pendulous, with a separate 

 flower-stalk at the base of each. Flowers oblong. 



R. nigrum. Linn. Sp. P 1.291. Willd.v.\.U56. Fl.Br.265. Engl. 

 Bot. v. 18. 1. 1291 . Hook. Scot. 82. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 7h. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 556. Ehrh. Arb. 91. Lob. Ic. v. 2. 202. /. Same cut 

 as Gerarde's, hereafter quoted. 



R. n. 819. Hall. Hist. v. 1.364. 



R. nigrum vulgb dictum, folio olente. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 98./. 99. 

 Raii Syn. 456. 



R. n. 3. Ger. Em. 1593 ; to which belongs his fig. 2, copied by Do- 

 donseus from John Bauhin, and erroneously given by Gerarde 

 for the White Currant. The solitary flower, faithfully repre- 

 sented at the base of some of the clusters, indicates the present 

 species. 



Ribesium fructu nigro. Dod. Pempt. 749. / good. 



In sandy swamps and thickets, about the banks of rivers. 



