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PART III. 



nessof this sort; but, judging from the plants in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, as well as from a very 

 beautiful figure in Schmidt's Baumzucht, we cannot but consider it as a 

 variety, or race, of the black currant ; but in this, as in similar cases, we 

 have treated it as a species, in order to leave the reader free to form his 

 own judgment on the subject. We have only indicated our opinion by 

 putting the letter n in pju-entheses, between the generic and specific names. 



Varieties. 

 a R, (n.)f. 2 grandiflorum Hort. has the flowers and racemes larger than 



those of the species. 

 31 R. (».)f- 3 parvijionim Hort. has the flowers smaller, and the racemes 



shorter. 



The intoxicating black Currant. 



Mill., 3. p. 190. 



« 34. i?. (n.) ine'brians LincU. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., L 1471. ; Don'-s 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; and out Jig. 136. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves roundish, 

 deeply 3 — 5-lobed, and deeply 

 toothed, truncate at tiie base, 

 glandular on both surfaces. Pe- 

 tioles pubescent. Peduncles 3 

 — 5-flowered, pendulous. Flow- 

 ers aggregate. Calyx tubular, 

 glandular, with the segments re- 

 curved. Calyx greenish white, 

 with the tube -i lines long. 

 Leaves smelling like those of R. 

 floridum. The species was re- 

 ceived from Mr. Floy of New 

 York, under the name of the 

 intoxicating currant, but with- 

 out any other account of its 

 properties. The berries pro- 

 bably possess some narcotic quality. (Duii^s ^[111., iii. p. 190.) A native 

 of North America, growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4- ft., and flowering in 

 April. Introduced in 1827. 



* 35. R. ce'reum Dough The waxy-leaved black Currant. 



Identification. Dougl. in Hort Trans., 7. p. 512. ; Bot 



Reg., 1263. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Ainer., 1. p. 234. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Engravings. Bot Reg., t 1263. ; and onrjig. 131. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves small, cordate, 

 lobed, serrated, clothed with glandular pu- 

 bescence, glabrous, glaucous, full of white 

 glands above. Racemes pendulous, rather 

 capitate. Bracteas ovate, adpressed to 

 the germens, which are glabrous. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, cylindrical, rather angular. 

 Calycine segments small, reflexed. (/)o«'s 

 Mill., iii. p. 190.) In its small foliage, and 

 few-flowered racemes, this species resem- 

 bles the gooseberry tribe ; but it has not 

 thorns. The flowers are rather large and 

 white, with a slight tinge of green, and are 

 rather downy. White waxy dots like scales 

 cover the upper surface of the leaf; whence 

 the specific name. A native of Xorth-west America, on the banks of the 

 Columbia, and its southern tributary streams, from the Great Falls to the 



