1278 



RIBES* punctatum. 

 Dotted Currant. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Grossulaces. 

 RIBES. — Suprd, vol. 2. fol. 125. 



R. punctatum; inerme, foliis trilobis serratis subtus bracteisque resinoso- 

 glandulosis, spicis foliis longloribus, bractels cuneato-oblongls obtusis 

 post anthesin reflexls, calycibus campanulatis. 

 R. punctatum. Fl. Peruv. p. 12. t. 233. /. a. Decand. prodr. 3. 482, 



Frutex erectus, inermis, in horiis 2-3-pedalis. Rami cinerei, pubes- 

 centes. Folia pubescentia, triloba, acute serrata, subtus glandulis resinosis 

 adspersa ; lobis divaricatis : intermedio quasi triangulari. Spicoe multi- 

 florcB, in cultd erectce, in spontaned nutantes, foliis longiores, pubescentes. 

 Bracteee membranacece, glandulosce, cuneato-oblongce, Jioribus breviores, max 

 re/iexcB, denmm deciducE. Floves Jlavescentes. Calyx brevis, campanulatus , 

 apertus, glaber. Petala rninima, squamiformia, Integra. Ovarium et baccse 

 leviter glandidis resinosis irroratce. 



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. 



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. 



