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Himalaya at high elevations, 7000-11,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhutan. 

 Fl. May. Hardy in England. 



4. R. nigrum, Linn. ; Hook. Stud. Fl. 134; Hooker & Thomson, Prse- 

 cursores ad Fl. Ind. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 88. Black Currant. 



An erect unarmed shrub ; calyx and underside of leaves with round, 

 sessile, yellow glands ; petioles and racemes pubescent. Leaves somewhat 

 longer than broad, with cordate base, 3- rarely 5-lobed ; lobes triangular, 

 acute, serrate, 2-3 in. long; basal nerves 3, each with 2-4 pair of main lateral 

 nerves. Petioles as long as leaf, with a broad winged base. Eacemes 

 slender, few-flowered, drooping; bracts minute, much shorter than pedicel. 

 Berries -J in. diam., globose, black (in gardens in Europe also white and 

 purple), with a strong aromatic smell and taste. 



Kashmir (5000-11,000 ft.), Kunawar (7000-12,000 ft.), Garhwal and Kamaon, 

 vern. papar (6000-10,000 ft.), J. L. S. Europe, Siberia, Dahuria. Fl. July; 

 fruit ripe Aug.-Sept. 



5. R. rubrum, Linn. ; Hook. Stud. Fl. 134. Syn. R. Himalense, D^e. 

 in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 77. Yern. Gicaldakh, Khagan; Bode, murddh, nabar, 

 nabre, Chenab. 



An erect unarmed shrub, without glands. Petioles and racemes pubes- 

 cent. Leaves glabrous or pubescent, often with long scattered hairs, as 

 broad as long, with cordate base, 3- rarely 5-lobed; lobes ovate-triangular, 

 crenate, basal nerves 3 or 5, the 3 inner penniveined, with 3-5 pair of 

 main lateral nerves. Petioles as long as or longer than leaves, with 

 a broad, membranous, often ciliated base. Eacemes many-flowered, 

 drooping ; bracts ovate, shorter than or as long as pedicel. Berries J in. 

 diam., globose, red, acid (sweet insipid, Jacquemont). 



Himalaya between 5000 and 12,000 ft., both in the outer moister region 

 and the inner arid tracts. The red currant is indigenous in Europe, in Siberia, 

 as far as Kamtchatka, and in North America. Bed and white varieties are cul- 

 tivated in gardens in Europe. In Lahoul the berries {niangha), are yellow when 

 unripe, black but with the taste of red currants when ripe (Jseschke). The 

 Lahoul specimens have large flowers, with a deep campanulate calyx, the lobes 

 of which are ciliate. I follow Hooker and Thomson, 1. c. 89, in referring R. 

 Himalense, Dne #> to R. rubrum, L.; but the matter seems to demand farther 

 inquiry. 



Order XXXIV. HAMAMELIDEiE. 



Shrubs and trees, with petiolate leaves, and persistent or deciduous 

 stipules. Flowers unisexual or bisexual. Calyx-tube more or less adnate 

 to ovary, limb truncate or lobed. Petals 4- go, occasionally wanting. 

 Stamens 4- oo, definite or indefinite, perigynous. Ovary consisting of 2 

 carpels, generally free and rostrate at the top, 2-celled ; styles 2, subu- 

 late. Fruit a 2-valved capsule, the carpels separating at the top, rostrate 

 with persistent styles. Seeds with a straight embryo in a fleshy albumen. 

 Gen. PI. i. 664; Eoyle 111. 234. 



