CHAP. LV, 



GROSSULA'CE.i:. RI BBS. 



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this a very ornamental sort. From the luxuriance of the flowers and leaves, 

 and of the plant generally, fruit is seldom proihiccd ; 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. 



J: 23. R. (r.) procu'mbens Fall. The procumbent red Currant. 



IdcntifitaUon. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 35. t. 65. ; Ait. Hbrt. Kew., 2. p. 41. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Si/>wni/me. R. polycarpon Gyncl. Si/st. Veg., p. 419. 

 Kngravings. Pall. Fl. Koss., 2. p. 35. t. 65. ; and our^. 730. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves bluntly lobed ; lobes serrated, 

 lateral ones a little cut. Kacemes erect. Peduncles 

 long, setaceous. Segments of the limb of the flower 

 pubescent, acute, of a purplish colour. Anthers hardly 

 rising from the calyx. Flowers flatfish. Berries very 

 grateful to the taste, rufescent when ripe. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 186.) A native of Siberia, in moist shady places. 

 A procumbent shrub, flowering in May and June. Intro- 

 duced in ISOi. The plant to which this name is at- 

 tached in the collection of Messrs. Loddigcs is the 

 B. prostratum described below, which induces us to 

 think that the two alleged species may possibly be the 

 same thing. 



J: 24. R. (r.) prostra'tum Lin. The prostrate red Currant. 



Identification. L'H^rit.'Stirp., 1. p. 3. t. 2. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Synom/me. R. gX-MAuXhium Ait. Ilort. Kcw., od. 1. p. 279., Richards 



i>i Frankl. First Jount., ed. 2. p. 9., Schmidt Baum., t. 95. 

 Engravings. L'Hcrit. Stirp., 1. p. 3. t. 2. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 12.; Schmidt, 



Baum., t. 95. ; and our Jig. 731. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves deeply cordate, 5 — T-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. 



Varietif. 



-* R. (r.) p. 2 laxifloriim ; R. afii'ne Dough MSS. ; R. laxiflorura Piir.';h 

 Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 731. — Racemes pubescent. Pedicels divaricate. 

 A native of the north-west coast of America. 



34 25. R. (r.) resino''sum Piirsh. The resinous red Currant. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 163. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Engravings. Hot. Mag., t. 1583. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 10. ; and ourfg. 731. 



Spec. Char., t^c. All herbaceous parts of the shrub bear hairs 

 tipped with resinous glands. Leaves 3 — 3-lobed, roundish. 

 Racemes erect. Calyx flattish. Petals bluntly rhomboid. 

 Bracteas linear, longer than the pedicels. Flowers greenish 

 yellow. ? Berry hairy and red. Perhaps the flowers are 

 dioecious. Very like .ff. alpinum. {Don's Mill., iii. p. 186.) 

 A native of North America, on the mountains. A shrub, 

 growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft.; flowering in April 

 and May. Introduced in 1800. 



J: 26. R. (r.) tri'fidum Michx. The XriM-cali/xed red Currant. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. ]>. 110.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 



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