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GROSSULARIE^E. I. RIBES. 



* Flowers greenish or greenish-yellow. 



23 R. ALPI'NUM (Lin. spec. 291.) leaves 3-5-lobed, obtuse, 

 shining beneath, pilose above ; racemes erect, rather crowded ; 

 bracteas lanceolate, ventricose, bearing a few glands, usually 

 longer than the flowers ; petals minute, almost abortive ; anthers 

 more or less nearly sessile ; styles joined. \\ . H. Native of 

 Europe and Siberia, on the Alps; in Britain, in woods, in 

 the north of England ; near Bradford, Yorkshire ; near Ripon 

 and in Durham ; also of Scotland, but rare. Smith, engl. 

 bot. 704. Fl. dan. t. 698. Jacq. aust. 1. t. 47. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow. Berries red, elliptic, mucilaginous and insipid. 

 Var. a, sterile (Wallr. sched. p. 108.) flowers flat, destitute of 

 the germ, fugaceous ; racemes dense, many-flowered ; anthers 

 nearly sessile, bearing pollen, acute. R. dioicum, Mcench. meth. 

 p. 683. 



Var. ft, bacciferum (Wallr. I. c.) flowers some what 4iypocrate- 

 riform ; racemes few-flowered ; anthers distinctly pedicellate, 

 but imperfect ; style hardly semibifid ; germ large. Cultivated 

 in gardens. 



Var. y, pumilum (Lindl. in hort. trans. 7. p. 244.) in every 

 respect the same as the species, but not one-third the size, never 

 exceeding 3 feet. 



Alpine Currant. Fl. April, May. Britain. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



24 R. RESINOSUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 163.) all parts 

 of the shrub are full of resinous glands ; leaves 3-5-lobed, 

 roundish ; racemes erect ; calyx flattish ; petals bluntly rhom- 

 boid ; bracteas linear, longer than the pedicels. >j . H. Native 

 of North America, on the mountains. Sims, bot. mag. 1583. 

 Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 10. Flowers greenish yellow. Berry hairy, 

 red ? Perhaps the flowers are dioecious. Very like R. alpinum. 



Resinous Currant. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1800. Sh. 3 to 5 ft. 



25 R. CILI/OTUM (Willd. mss. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 500.) plant beset with glands ; leaves 5-lobed, deeply cor- 

 date, doubly crenate-serrated, ciliated, glabrous above, but hairy 

 on the nerves and veins beneath ; lobes acute ; petioles beset 

 with glandular hairs ; racemes solitary. Tj . H. Native of 

 Mexico, on the burning mount Jorullo, at the elevation of 1 500 

 feet. R. Jorullense, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 61. 

 Nearly allied to R . macrobbtrys. 



Ciliated Currant. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



26 R. MACROBO'TRYS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 12. t. 202. 

 f. a.) leaves cordate, lobed, deeply serrated ; petioles ciliated at 

 the base ; racemes very long, pendulous, hairy : bracteas linear- 

 subulate, pilose, nearly the length of the pedicels ; calyxes ru- 

 fescent ; petals small, red. ^ . G. Native of Peru, on the 

 Andes, in groves. Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 17. Berries greenish, 

 hairy. 



Long-racemed Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



27 R. ALBIFOLIUM (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 12, t. 132. f. 6.) 

 leaves rather cordate, deeply serrated; racemes twice the length 

 of the leaves, pendulous ; bracteas spatulate, ciliated, length of 

 pedicels ; petals roundish, purplish ; anthers nearly sessile. 



fj . H. Native of Peru, in groves about Munna. Berl. 1. c. 

 t. 2. f. 18. Berries globose, rather hairy. Allied to R. ma- 

 crobotrys. 



White-leaved Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



28 R. BRACTEOSUM (Dougl. mss. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. 

 p. 232.) leaves on long petioles, cordate, deeply 5-7-lobed ; 

 lobes acuminated, cut, doubly serrated, hispid above, but full of 

 resinous dots beneath ; racemes often terminal, at length re- 

 flexed ; pedicels erectly spreading, pubescent, exceeding the 

 spatulate bracteas ; calyx rotate, glabrous ; petals minute, 

 roundish ; germens and berries full of resinous dots. 1j . H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America, at the confluence of 

 the Columbia with the ocean. This is a very remarkable and 



elegant shrub, with leaves nearly as large as, and resembling, 

 those of the Sycamore ; these, as well as the fructified racemes, 

 have a very strong resemblance to R. macrobbtrys ; but the 

 flowers are widely different. Flowers purplish-yellow. Berries 

 about the size of those of R. rubrum. 

 Bracteate Currant. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



29 R. IURTUM (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. herb, ex Roem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 5. p. 501.) leaves ovate, rather cordate, 3-lobed, 

 reticulated beneath from hairy nerves and veins, and pale, but 

 blackish green above ; lobes deeply serrated, middle one the 

 largest ; petioles pilose, glanduliferous, and somewhat tomentose ; 

 racemes reflexed ; bracteas dentately ciliated ; petals roundish- 

 obovate ; styles bifid, fj . G. Native of South America, in 

 cold places on Mount Antisana, at the elevation of 300 feet. 

 Berl. I.e. t. 2. f. 13. R. fngidum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 62. Flowers flesh-coloured. Berries hispid. 



Hairy Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



30 R. FRA GRANS (Pall. nov. act. pet. 5. p. 377. t. 9.) leaves 

 glabrous, on long petioles, 3-5-lobed, greener above than below ; 

 racemes erect, stiff; flowers campanulate, white, sweet-scented ; 

 bracteas deciduous ; petals lanceolate, acute, spreading. T? . H, 

 Native of Siberia, on the higher mountains. Berries red, of a 

 very sweet taste. From the under surface of the leaves exudes, 

 in very frequent little yellow drops, a very fragrant balsamic 

 resin, having a strong smell of the black currant. 



Fragrant Currant. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



31 R. PROCU'MBENS (Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 35. t. 65.) leaves 

 bluntly lobed ; lobes serrated : lateral ones a little cut ; racemes 

 erect ; peduncles long, setaceous ; segments of the limb of the 

 flower pubescent, acute, of a livid purplish colour ; anthers 

 hardly rising from the calyx. Tj . H. Native of Siberia, in 

 moist shady places. Flowers flattish. Berries very grateful 

 to the taste, rufescent when ripe. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 41. R. 

 polycarpon, Gmel. syst. veg. p. 419. 



Procumbent Currant. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1804. Shrub pr. 



32 R. PROSTRA'TUM (Lher. stirp. 1. p. 3. t. 2.) leaves deeply 

 cordate, 5-7-lobed, glabrous ; lobes acute, cut, doubly serrated, 

 naked on both surfaces ; racemes erect, loose, slender ; bracteas 

 small, obtuse, much shorter than the pedicels, which are beset 

 with glandular bristles ; calyx rotate ; germens and berries 

 beset with glandular bristles. Pj . H. Native of Newfoundland ; 

 throughout Canada ; and in woods on the Rocky Mountains. 

 Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 12. R. glandulosum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. 

 p. 279. R. rigens, Bigel. fl. best. ed. 2. p. 9. R. glandulo- 

 sum, Richards, in Frankl. 1st journ. ed. 2. append, p. 7. 

 R. laxiflorum, Richards, in Frankl. 1st. journ. ed. 2. append, 

 p. 7. Berries large, reddish. This is a very distinct species. 



Var. /3 ; racemes pubescent ; pedicels divaricate. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of the north-west coast of America. R. aff ine, Dougl. mss. 

 R. laxiflorum, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 731. 



Prostrate Currant. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1812. Shrub pr. 



33 R. TRIFIDUM (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 110.) leaves ' 

 smoothish, moderately lobed ; racemes loosely many-flowered, 

 pubescent; flowers small ; calycine segments rather trifid ; ber- 

 ries hairy, red. t? . H. Native of North America, near Quebec, 

 and at Hudson's Bay. Lobes of leaves acutish. Racemes weak, 

 nearly like those of R. rubrum, but the flowers smaller. Petals 

 purplish, spatulate, rounded at the apex. Perhaps this is the 

 same as R. prostratum. 



Trj/M-calyxed Currant. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Sh. pr. 



34 R. TAKA'RE (D.Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 208.) leaves cor- 

 date, 3-lobed, acuminated, doubly serrated, pubescent on both 

 surfaces, as well as on the branches. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul, 

 in Sirinagur. Leaves as large as those of the Sycamore. Flowers 

 unknown. The bush is called Takare by the Nipaulese. 



Takare Currant. Shrub. 





