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35 R. MULTIFLORUM (Kit. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 493. but not of H. B. et Kunth) leaves 5-lobed, cordate, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; racemes very long, pendulous, drooping ; bracteas 

 shorter than the flowers ; petioles length of leaves ; petals 

 wedge-shaped ; styles bifid, and sometimes distinctly trifid. 

 Ij . H. Native of Croatia. Sims, bot. mag. 2368. Berl. 1. c. 

 t. 2. f. 11. R. spicatum, Schultes, cestr. fl. ed. 1. p. 433. 



Many-flowered Currant. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



36 R. ACUMINA'TUM (Wall. cat. no. 6834.) branches glabrous ; 

 leaves glabrous above, but with a few scattered hairs beneath, 

 8-5-lobed ; lobes acuminated, serrated ; racemes axillary, erect ; 

 peduncles pubescent; berries nodding; calyx campanulate ; pe- 

 tals rounded at the apex, fj . H. Native of Nipaul, on Sirmore 

 and Emodi. Berries red, about the size of red currants. 



Acuminated-leacveA Currant. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



37 R. SPICA'TUM (Robs, in Lin. trans. 3. p. 240. t. 21.) leaves 

 roundish-cordate, 3-5-lobed, covered with soft pili 'above, and 

 tomentum beneath ; racemes erect ; flowers more or less pedi- 

 cellate ; bracteas obtuse, tomentose, much shorter than the 

 pedicels ; sepuls roundish-cuneated ; petals oblong ; styles bifid. 

 ^ . H. Native of the North of England, in woods, near Rich- 

 mond, in Yorkshire ; and between Piersbridge and Gainford, 

 Durham. Smith, engl. bot. 1290. Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 16. Ber- 

 ries glabrous, globose, colour and taste of those of R. riibrum. 

 The tree currant affords a fruit rather smaller and more acid 

 than the common red currant ; but by crossing and cultivation 

 might, no doubt, be greatly improved ; and from its compara- 

 tively tree-like habits, might be a more convenient fruit shrub 

 in respect to crops around it. 



Spiked-Rowered Currant. Fl. April, May. Engl. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



38 R. PETR^UM (Wulf. in Jacq. misc. 2. p. 36.) leaves acu- 

 minated, 3-5-lobed, rather cordate, deeply serrated, on long 

 petioles, pilose above ; racemes erect, crowded, rather pubes- 

 cent ; bracteas shorter than the pedicels ; sepals obtuse ; petals 

 obcordate. Pj . H. Native of the Alps of Carinthia, Savoy, 

 and on almost all the mountains of Europe. In England, near 

 Eggleston and ConsclifFe, in the county of Durham; and in Scots- 

 wood Dean, Northumberland. Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 14. 'Jacq. icon. 

 1. t. 49. Smith, engl. bot. 705. R. alpmum, Delarb. auvergn. 

 p. 166. Petals small, white. Berries large, deep red, with an 

 acid taste. Fruiting racemes pendulous. The rock currant is 

 sometimes called Woolly-leaved currant, and Red Marsh mallorv- 

 leaved currant. 



Rock Currant. Fl. May. England. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. - 

 89 R. RIGENS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 110.) branches 

 erect ; leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath, wrinkled re^i- 

 culately ; lobes and teeth acute ; racemes rather loose, many- 

 flowered, when bearing the fruit stifHsh and erect. T? . H. 

 Native of Canada, and the mountains of Pennsylvania. Pursh, 

 fl. amer. sept. l.p. 136. Berries red, hispid. 



Stffish-racemed Currant. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1812. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



40 R. VILLOSUM (Wall. cat. no. 6832.) branches pubescent; 

 leaves nearly orbicular, cordate, bluntly 3-lobed, villous as well 

 as the petioles ; racemes erect, few-flowered. Jj . H. Native 

 of Sirinagur. 



bilious Currant. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



41 R. ALBINE'RVIUM (Michx. 1. c.) leaves short, petiolate, 

 deeply and acutely lobed, smoothish, with whitish nerves ; ra- 

 cemes recurved. Fj . H. Native of Canada, and on the Cats- 

 kill Mountains, in the state of New York. Flowers small. 

 Berries red, glabrous. 



White-nerved Currant. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. ? Sh. 4 feet. 



42 R. TUBULOSUM (Eschscholtz, pi. calif, p. 281.) leaves cor- 

 date, 3-lobed, clothed with white tomentose pubescence be- 



neath ; petioles angular, dilated at the base, and furnished 

 with broad, dilated, jagged, membranous stipulas ; racemes ter- 

 minal, erect ; bracteas entire, with glandular margins ; calycine 

 segments short, roundisli ; petals oblong. Tj. H. Native of 

 North California. Stem strigose, dark purple, pruinose ; branches 

 angular, covered with setose, deciduous bark. Pedicels and 

 germs dotted with white tomentum. Petals pale brown. Very 

 nearly allied to R. albinervium and R. sanguineum. 

 75/ar-flowered Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



43 R. TUBIFLORUM (Meyer, in acad. Morou. vol. 7.) unarmed; 

 hairs glandular, at length deciduous ; adult leaves cordate, 5- 

 lobed, pubescent beneath ; racemes somewhat spicate, terminal, 

 drooping ; calyx tubular, pubescent, exceeding the bracteas ; 

 petals nearly orbicular. Tj . H. Native of North California. 



Tube-flowered Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



44 R. MAGELLA'NICUM (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 856.) stems rather 

 prostrate : leaves 3-lobed, crenately undulated, glabrous be- 

 neath,-and paler ; racemes erectish, thick ; bracteas longer than 

 the pedicels ; petals reflexed at the apex. T? . H. Native of 

 the Straits of Magellan. 



Magellan Currant. Shrub pr. 



45 R. PUNCTA'TUM (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 12. t. 233. f. a.) 

 leaves 3-lobed, serrated, beset with resinous glands beneath, as 

 well as on the bracteas ; racemes longer than the leaves, either 

 drooping or erect ; bracteas cuneate-oblong, obtuse, at length 

 reflexed ; calyx campanulate, yellowish ; berries oblong, hairy. 

 Tj . F. Native of Chili, on hills. Petals small, yellow. Ber- 

 ries red, dotted. Berl. 1. c. t. 2. f. 19. Lindl. bot. reg. 1278. 



Z>oerf-berried Currant. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1826. Sh. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



46 R. VISCOSUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 13.) leaves cor- 

 date, 5-lobed, crenated, rough, clammy, 5-nerved ; racemes 

 short, simple, solitary ; bracteas lanceolate, length of calyx. 

 ^ . H. Native of Peru, on rocks. Corolla yellow. Calyx 



nearly of the same colour. Berries small, pale purple. 

 Clammy Currant. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



47 R. HETERO'TRICHUM (Meyer, in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 235. fl. alt. 1. p. 270.) stem .erectish; leaves pubescent, 

 bristly, and glandular, nearly orbicular, 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, 

 toothed ; racemes erect ; pedicels equal in length to the brac- 

 teas ; calyx flat, pubescent ; berries puberulous, glandless, bract- 

 less. Jj . H. Native of Altaia, on rocks at the foot of the 

 mountains, on the west of Buchtorminsk, towards the river 

 Kurtschum ; also on the mountains in the Kirghisean Steppe. 

 Calyx of a livid purple colour ; petals purple, rounded, and 

 entire at the apex. Berries almost like those of R . riibrum, but 

 orange-coloured. 



Variable-haired Currant. Fl. April, May. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



48 R. CARPA'THICUM (Kit. in Schultes, cestr. fl. 2. ed. 1. p. 

 432. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 493.) stem erect ; leaves 

 5-lobed, cordate ; racemes pendulous, and are as well as the 

 calyxes pubescent ; petals flatfish, smaller than the calyx, Jj . 

 H. Native of the Carpathian mountains. R. acerrimum, Ro- 

 chel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c. Perhaps only a variety of R. 

 riibrum. 



Carpathian Currant. Shrub 4 feet. 



49 R. RU'BRUM (Lin. spec. 290.) leaves cordate, bluntly 3-5- 

 lobed, pubescent beneath, when young usually rather tomentose, 

 glabrous above ; racemes drooping ; bracteas ovate, shorter 

 than the pedicels ; calyx flatly campanulate, spreading ; sepals 

 obtuse ; petals obcordate ; fruit quite glabrous. tj . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe and Siberia, in woods ; and throughout Canada 

 to the mouth of the Mackenzie ; in mountainous woods, espe- 

 cially in the north of England and in Scotland, about the banks 

 of rivers ; undoubtedly wild on the banks of the Tees : in the 

 Isle of Isla, and in Culross woods, Scotland. Woodv. med. bot. 



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