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der the rather long and slender pointed leaf buds, see figure 3. 

 The downy leaves, one to two inches in diameter, and borne on 

 slender leaf stalks, are roundish, slightly heart-shaped with from 

 three to five rather blunt lobes. 



So far as I know there is only one cultivated variety which has 

 been derived from this species, namely, the Mountain, and even 

 this is not a pure Ci/noshati, but is clearly a hybrid between it 

 and the European species Grossularia. 



The differences between the three species described above may 

 be summarized as follows: 



