PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Ribes. 331 



thered flower j in gavtlens either red, white, or flesh-coloured j 

 various in degree of acidity. One of the most wholesome and 

 grateful of fruits, esj)ecially if tempered with sugar. 1 have not 

 seen the small-berried variety y. 

 Mailer has '^ stipulcr hrevissbiKr," meaning hractca ; and by mistake, 

 in his Nomendator, has " foiiis," instead oi Jiorihus, '' planius- 

 culis,'' which error Willdenow co])ies. Hence it appears that 

 the latter used the Nomendator instead of the original Historia. 



2. R. pctraiim. Rock Currant, 



No prickles. Clusters somewhat hairy ; in flower upright ; 

 in fruit pendulous. Flowers slightly concave. Petals 

 bluntish. Bracteas shorter than the flower-stalks. Stem 

 erect. 



R. petrseum. WuJJtn in Jacq. Misc. v. 2. 36, Jacq. Ic. Rar. v. I. 

 ^49. mild. Sp. PI. v.L\\53. Fl.Br.26D. Engl. Bot.v. \0. 

 t. 705. Hook. Scot. 81 . Don H. Br. 159. 



R. n. 818. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 364 3 including the cultivated R. ru- 

 brum. 



In the mountainous woods of Durham and Scotland. 



Near Eggleston, Durham. Rev. Mr. Harriman. Near Consclifl'e in 

 the same county. Mr. E. Robson. In Scots Wood Dean, North-^ 

 umberland. iMr. Winch. 



Shrub. Maij, June. 



Stem bushy. Leaves like the preceding, but more downy beneath, 

 particularly about the veins. The clusters of greenish yellow, 

 often reddhh, Jlowers, at first erect, become pendulous when in 

 fruit. Pet. generally less blunt and abrupt than in R. rubrum. 

 Bracteas short, recurved, fringed. Berries globose, bright red, 

 acid. 



This species, abundant in Switzerland, is certainly what Haller in- 

 tended under his n. 818, though he supposed the cultivated 

 Currants to be the same. He quotes R.Jlore ruhente of John 

 Bauhin, Hist. v. 2. 98, who gives no figure. Mr. Davall thought 

 this the only wild Swiss Currant, except alpinum and nigrum. 

 Jacquin's figure is erroneously drawnbyWulfen, with long awl- 

 shaped bracteas, quite diflferent from his own specimens. 



3. R. spicatiim. Acid IMountain Currant. 



No prickles. Spikes upright. Flowers nearly sessile. Petals 

 oblong. Bracteas shorter than the flowers. 



H. spicatum. Robson in Tr. of Linn. Soc. r.3. 240. ^ 21. ff'ilh. 

 265. Fl. Br. 264, Engl. Boi. v. 18. t, 1290. 



In woods in the north of England. 



Near Richmond, Yorkshire, and between Piersbridge and Gain- 

 ford, Durham. Mr. E. Robson. At present extinct in the place 



