CHAP. LV. GROSSULA‘CER. RI‘BES. 979 
#18, R.(R.) api‘num DL. The alpine red Currant. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 291.; Berlandier in Mém. Soc. 
Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2 ; Dec. Prod., 3, p. 480. ; Don’s Mill., 
3. p. 186. 
Engravings. Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars2. t.2. f. 9.; 
Jacq. Austr., 1. t.47.; Schmidt Baum., t.96.; and our 
Jig. 725. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 3—5 lobes, ob- 
tuse, hairy above, shining beneath. Racemes 
grouped. Bracteas lanceolate, inflated, spa- 
ringly glandulose, mostly larger than the 
flowers. Petals minute, as if in abortion. 
Anthers more or less sessile. Styles con- 
nate. Berries red. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 480.) 
A native of the alps of Europe and Siberia; 
and found, in Britain, in woods, both in 
England and Scotland. 
Varieties. Berlandier has described two forms of the species, and Dr. Lindley 
has added a proper variety. ; j - 
2R. (r.) a. 1 stérile Wallr. Sched., p. 108., Dec. Prod.. iii : 
dioicum Manch Meth. — Flowers many in a sect ane ea 
disposed, flat, destitute of a germen, soon falling off. Anthers 
almost sessile, acute, bearing pollen. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 480.) 
& R. (r.) a. 2 bacciferum Wallr. Sched., p. 108., Dec. Prod., iii. p- 480. 
— Flowers few in a raceme, rather salver-shaped. Anthers upon 
obvious filaments, ? imper- 
fect. Style bifid to a small 
extent. Germen obvious. 
(Dec. Prod., iii. p. 480.) 
x R. (r.) a. 3 pumilum Lindl. in 
Hort. Trans., vii. p. 244. ; 
and our fig. 726. — In every 
respect the same as the 
species, but not one third 
of the size, never exceeding 
2ft. in height, even when 
cultivated in gardens. The 
leaves are deeply cut, the 
flowers small, and the fruit seldom produced. 
% R. (r.) a. 4 foliis variegatis Hort. has variegated leaves. There is a 
plant of it in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 


% 19. R. (R.) PETRA‘uM Wulf. The rock red Currant. 
Identification. Wulf. in Jacq. Misc., 2. p. 36. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 187. 
Synonymes. R. alpinum Delarb, Auvergn., p. 166.; the woolly-leaved Currant, the red Marsh- 
mallow-leaved Currant. 
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 705. ; Berl., l.c., t. 2. f. 14.; Jacq. Icon., 1. t. 49. ; and our fig. 727. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves acuminated, 3—5- 
lobed, rather cordate, deeply serrated, on 
long petioles, pilose above. Racemes ¢ 
erect, crowded, rather pubescent. Brac- Ge 
teas shorter than the pedicel. Sepals ob- - 
tuse. Petals obcordate, small, white. Ber- 
ries large, deep red, with an acid taste. 
Fruiting racemes pendulous. (Don’s Mill., 
iii. 187.) Native of the alps of Carinthia, 
Savoy, and on almost all the mountains of 
the continent of Europe. In England, it 
is found near Eggleston and Conscliffe, in 
the county of Durham; and in Scotswood 
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