4A ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Var. a, Bromfieldiannm. 



1\. rubrura var. sylvestre, Bromf. Phyt. 18-iG, p. 519. 



Leaves sparingly hairy above, grey-tomcntose beneath when 

 young, at length sub-glabrous above but remaining slightly 

 tomentosc beneath, llacemcs drooping both in flower and fruit. 

 Pedicels equalling or exceeding the fruit. 



Var. ^, Smiihianum* 



Plate DXXI. 



E. petraeuni, Sin. Eng. Bot. No. 705 (non Wulfen). 

 K. rubrum var. petroeum, Auct. Angl. 



Leaves hairy above, densely grey-tomentose beneath when 

 young, at length sub-glabrous above but remaining tomentose 

 beneath, llacemes erect or spreading in flower, drooping in fruit ; 

 pedicels equalling or exceeding the fruit. 



Var. 7, spicahim.i 



Plate rfXXII. 



P. spicatum, Rohson. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1200. 

 E. rubrum var. spicatum, Auct. Angl. 



Leaves liairy above, densely grey-tomentose beneath when 

 young, at length sub-glabrous above but remaining tomentosc 

 beneath. E,acemes erect both in flower and fruit ; pedicels shorter 

 than the fruit. 



In woods and thickets. Var. a generally but sparingly or 

 rather locally distributed in England. Var. 3 in Yorkshire, Dur- 

 ham, Northumberland, and, according to Dr. Bromfield, in the Isle 

 of AVight. I have gathered what seems nearest this form at 

 Dollar, Clackmannanshire, but the racemes are drooping in flower. 

 Var. 7 in a wood at Applegarth, near llichmond, Yorkshire, now 

 extinct. 



England, Scotland. Shrub. Spring. 



This has smaller and firmer leaves than the common red currant, 

 and they are more hairy when young, and remain more or less 

 tomentose beneath even when mature. The rachis of the racemes 

 is downy, and the flowers are apparently always tinged wdth dingy- 

 purple. Mr. XL C. Watson pointed out to me the different shape 



* Nam^d " R rubrum var. y Smitliianum " in the Plate, 

 t Named " P, rubrum var. o spicatum " in the Plate. 



