CHAP. LV. 



grossula'ce^. RVBES. 



989 



* R. «. 4 dlro-riibens Hort. has the flowers and racemes rather smaller, 

 and of a much deeper and darker red, than those of the species. 

 Plants of this variety, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, when 

 in flower, are strikingly distinct. 



a. Species or Varu-lies of Ribes belonging to the Division C of the Section Ribesia, 

 tvhich have not i/et been introduced. 



a 40. R. A^TRO-PURPU^REUM Meyer. The dark-purple^oiw^erf Currant. 



Irienlifictilion. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 231. ; Fl. Alt., 1. p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Engraving. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 231. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Stem erect. Leaves pubescent, nearly orbicular, cordate, 3 — 5-lobed ; lobes acute, 

 serrated. Racemes drooping. Pedicels exceeding the bracteas. Calyxes campanulate, ciliated. 

 Berries glabrous, and bractless ; dark purple, and the size of those of the common currant. [Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 191.) A native of Altaia, on mountains and subalpine places on the river Ursal ; and 

 also at the river Tscharysch. A shrub, growing from 4 ft. to rift, high, and producing its flowers 

 in April and May. 

 Varieties. 



at R. a. 1. — Flowers deep purple. Leaves rather) pubescent beneath, but smooth and glabrous 



above, as well as the branches. 

 a R.a.i. — Leaves rather pubescent beneath, but hispid from bristles above, as well as the 



petioles and stems. Found near the river Volschoi Ulegumen. 

 S R. a. 3. — Flowers paler. Leaves pubescent above, but most so below. Branches smooth. 



§ iv. SymphScalyx Dec. 



Derivation. From sumphuo, to grow together, and kalui ; in reference to the sepals of the calyx of 

 the species belonging to this section. 



Sect. Char. The calyxes tubular, and yellow. The racemes many-flowered. 

 Leaves compassing the bud. Unarmed shrubs. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 483.) 



a 41. R. au'reum Pitrsh. The golden-Jlowered Currant. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. l&l. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 191. 

 Synvnymes. li. palmita Desf. Cat. Hort., Paris. ; Chrysobotrya revolOta 



Spach. 

 Engravings. Berl, 1. c, t 2. f. 23. ; Bot. Reg., t. 125. ; and our fig. 762. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Leaves three-lobed. 



lobes divaricate, with a few deep teeth, shorter than 



the petioles, which are ciliated at the base. Calyxes 



tubular, longer than the pedicels. Tube slender. 



Segments oblong, obtuse. Petals linear, much shorter 



than the calycine segments. Bracteas linear, length 



of the pedicels. Style entire. Berries glabrous. 



Flowers golden yellow. Fruit yellow, seldom black, 



and of an exquisite flavour. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 191.) 



A native of North-west America, in light gravelly 



soils, from the Great Falls of the Columbia River, to the mountains, and 



on the southern branches. A shrub, growing G ft. or 8 ft. high ; flowering 



in April and May. Introduced in 1812. 

 Varieties. 



* R. a. 1 prte'cox- Lindl. in Hort. Trans., C 



vii.p.242. — Flowers earlier. Leaves I 

 cuneated at the base, pubescent 

 beneath ; lobes deeply serrated. 

 Berries copious, earlier, turbinate. 

 Racemes bracteate. A native of 

 North America. 

 Ss R. a. 2 villusiim Dec. Prod., iii. p. 483.; 

 R. longiflorum Fraser's Cat., 1813. 

 — Leaves rather villous. 



* R. cf. 3 serotinum Lindl., 1. c. ; and our 



Jig. 743. — Flowers late. Leaves of 

 various forms, smoothish beneath ; 

 lobes tleeply serrrated. Berries 

 few, late, round. Racemes naked. 

 A native of North America. 



