CHAP. LV. GROSSULA‘CER. RI‘BES. 981 
this a very ornamental sort. From the luxuriance of the flowers and leaves, 
and of the plant generally, fruit is seldom produced ; and, when it appears, 
it is generally of small size. On account of the gracefulness of the long 
drooping racemes of flowers, it well deserves a place in collections. 
x 23. R. (R.) pRocu’mMBENS Pall. The procumbent red Currant. 
Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 35. t.65.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 41.5 
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. 
Synonyme. R. polycarpon Gmel. Syst. Veg., p. 419. 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2, p. 35. t. 65. ; and our fig. 730. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves bluntly lobed; lobes serrated, 
lateral ones a little cut. Racemes erect. Peduncles 
long, setaceous. Segments of the limb of the flower 
pubescent, acute, ofa purplish colour. Anthers hardly 
rising from the calyx. Flowers fiattish. Berries very 
grateful to the taste, rufescent when ripe. (Don’s Mill. 
ii. p. 186.) A native of Siberia, in moist shady places. 
A procumbent shrub, flowering in May and June. Intro- 
duced in 1804. The plant to which this name is at- 
tached in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges is the 
R. prostratum described below, which inJuces us to 
think that the two alleged species may possibly be the J 
same thing. 

« 24. R.(R.) prostRa‘Tum Lin. The prostrate red Currant. 
Identification. L’Hérit.’Stirp., 1. p. 3. t. 2.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. iY 
Synonyme. R. glanduldsum A7t. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. p.279., Richards a) 
in Frankl. First Journ., ed. 2. p.9., Schmidt Baum., t. 95. d 
Engravings. L’Hérit. Stirp., 1. p. 3. t.2.; Berl, 1.c., t.2. £12.; Schmidt, 
Baum., t. 95.; and our fig. 731. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves deeply cordate, 5—7-lobed, 
glabrous. Lobes acutely cut, doubly serrate, naked 
on both surfaces. Racemes erect, loose, slender. 
Bracteas small, obtuse, much shorter than the pe- 
dicels, which are beset with glandular bristles. Calyx 
rotate. Germens and berries beset with glandular 
bristles. Berries large and reddish. (Don’s Mill, iii. 
p. 186.) This is a very distinct sort; a native of 
Newfoundland, throughout Canada, and in the woods 
on the Rocky Mountains, A prostrate shrub, flow- 
ering in April and May. Introduced in 1812. 

Variety. 
xR. (r.) p. 2 laxiflorum; R. affine Dougl. MSS.; R. laxiflorum Pursh 
Fil. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 731. — Racemes pubescent. Pedicels divaricate. 
A native of the north-west coast of America. 
& 25. R.(R.) RESINO’sUM Pursh. The resinous red Currant. 
Identification. . Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 163. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1583.; Berl., 1. c., t. 2. f. 10. ; and our fig. 731. 
Spec. Char., §c. All herbaceous parts of the shrub bear hairs 732 
tipped with resinous glands. Leaves 3—5-lobed, roundish. EAS 
Racemes erect. Calyx flattish. Petals bluntly rhomboid. _ 
Bracteas linear, longer than the pedicels. Flowers greenish {4S 
yellow. ? Berry hairy and red. Perhaps the flowers are 33 
diecious. Very like R. alpinum. (Don’s Mill., iii. p.186.) S, 
A native of North America, on the mountains. A shrub, 78 
growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft.; flowering in April @ 
and May. Introduced in 1800. 



x 26. R.(r.) rRI’FIDUM Miche. The trifid-calyxed red Currant. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 110.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. 
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