980 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
Dean, Northumberland. A shrub, growing 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, and flowering 
in May. 
@ 20. R.(R.) spica‘rum Robs. The spiked-flowered red, or Tree, Currant. 
Identification. Robs. in Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t. 21. ; Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1290. ; Berl., 1. c., t. er 1G, 5 
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 187. 
Synonyme. The Tree Currant. 
Engravings. Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t.21.; Engl. Bot., t. 1290.; Berl. l.c., t. 2. f. 16.; and our fig. 728. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves roundish- 
cordate, 3—5-lobed, covered with 
soft hairs above, and with tomen- 
tum beneath. Racemes erect. & 
Flowers more or less pedicellate. 
Bracteas obtuse, tomentose, much 
shorter than the pedicels, Sepals 
roundish-cuneated. Petals oblong. 
Styles bifid. Berries glabrous, glo- 
bose, and in colour and taste re- 
sembling those of R.rubrum. The mn 
tree currant affords a fruit rather a 
smaller, and more acrid, than the @> 
common red currant ; but by cross- Y 
ing and cultivationit might,no doubt, 
be greatly improved ; and, from its comparatively tree-like habits, might be 
a more convenient fruit shrub in respect to the crops around it. (Don’s 
Mill., iii. p. 187.) Native of the north of England, in woods near Rich- 
mond in Yorkshire, and between Piersbridge and Gainford in Durham. A 
shrub, varying from 4 ft. to 6ft.in height, and flowering in April and 
May. 
% 2]. R.(R.) carpa’ruicum Kit. The Carpathian red Currant. 
pect ee in Schultes CEstr. Fl., 2. ed. 1. p. 432.; et Roem. et Schultes Syst., 5. p. 495. ; Don’s 
ill., 3. p. 187. 
Synonyme. R. acérrimum Rochel ex Ram. et Schultes, |. c. 

Spec. Char., §c. Stemerect. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate. Racemes pendulous, 
and, as well as the calyxes, pubescent. Petals, flattish, smaller than the 
calyx. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 187.) Perhaps only a variety of R. rubrum. 
Native of the Carpathian Mountains. A shrub, growing 4ft. high. 
% 22. R.(R.) MULTIFLO‘RUM Kit. The many-flowered red Currant. 
Identification. Kit. in Reem. et Schultes Sy ., 5. p.493., but not of H. B, et Kunth; Sims Bot. 
Mag., 2368.; Berl., l.c., t.2. f. 11. ; Don’s 
Mill., 3. p. 187. 
Synonyme. R.spicatum Schultes Zstr. Fl., 
ed. 1. p. 433. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2368.; Berl, 1 
c.,t. 2. f. 11.; and our fig. 729. 
Spec. Char.,§c. eaves 5-lobed, 
cordate, tomentose beneath. 
Racemes very long, pendulous, 
drooping. Bracteas__ shorter 
than the flowers. Petioles 
length of leaves. Petals wedge- 
shaped. Styles bifid, and some- 
times distinctly trifid. (Don’s 
Miill., iii. p. 187.) Native of 
Croatia. Introduced in 1822. 
A shrub, growing to the height 
of from 4 ft. to 6 ft.; flowering 
in April and May. The long racemes of flowers, the vigorous growth of the 
shoots, the large leaves, and the luxuriant habit of the plant, altogether render 

