XXXII. GROSSULA CEJE : RI BES. 



477 



860. Aruhrom. 



A. Floivers greenish, or greenish yellow, or reddish ; and Fruity in a wild 

 State, red. 



& 18. JR. RU^BRUM L. The common red Currant. 



idtritffication. Lin. Sp., 290. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 481. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 



'Synimymes. R. vulgare N. Du Ham. ; Groseillier commun, Fr. ; gemeine Johannisbeere, Ger. 



Aalbessen Boom, Dutch ; Ribes rosso, Ital. 

 Engravings. Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1289. ; Krauss, t. 48. ; and our fig. 860. 



Spec. Char.) fyc. Leaves cordate, bluntly 3 5-lobed, 

 pubescent beneath, when young, usually rather to- 

 mentose, glabrous above. Racemes drooping. Brae- 

 teas ovate, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx flatly 

 campanulate, spreading. Sepals obtuse. Petals ob- 

 cordate. Fruit quite glabrous. Flowers yellowish. 

 (Don's Mill.} An upright shrub. Europe and Siberia, 

 in woods ; and throughout Canada to the mouth of 

 the Mackenzie ; in the North of England and in Scot- 

 land, in mountainous woods, and about the banks 

 of rivers. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers greenish yel- 

 low ; April and May. Fruit red ; ripe in July. 



Varieties. De Candolle gives the following forms of this 

 species : 



g R. r. 1 sylvestre Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. p. 406 Leaves and berries small. 



Lobes of leaves short. 

 & R. r. 2 hortense Dec. 1. c. R. rubrum Lois. Nouv. Diet. iii. Leaves 



large, sometimes variegated. Berries sweeter and larger than in 



var. 1. Cultivated in gardens. 

 & R. r. 3 cdrneum Berl. MSS. ex Dec. Prod. iii. p. 481. R. rubrum 



domesticum 2 baccis carneis Wallr. Sched. p. 106. Leaves rather 



tomentose beneath. Sepals red. Cells of anthers distant. Berries 



pale red. 

 Sk It. r. 4 variegdtumDec. Prod. iii. p. 481., Wallr. 1. c., has the berries 



beautifully variegated ; or, rather, distinctly striped with white and 



red. In cultivation in Austria, and well deserving of a place in 



every collection, from the beauty and singularity of its fruit. 

 ai R. r. 5 album Desf. Cat. Bot. p. 164. Berries white. 

 u R. r. 6 foliis luteo variegdtis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with 



yellow, and the fruit red. 

 a* R. r. 7 foliis dlbo variegdtis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with 



white, and the fruit white. 

 & R. r. 8 sibtricum Oldaker. The Russian currant. Of vigorous growth. 



The propagation, culture, &c., of the currant, as a fruit shrub, will be found 

 given at length in our Encyclopedia of Gardening, and in our Suburban Horti- 

 culturist. 



j* 19. R. (R.) ALPI^NUM L. The alpine red 

 Currant. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 291.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 480. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Synonyme. R. diolcum Masters. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 96. ; and ourfig. 861. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with 3 5 lobes, ob- 

 tuse, hairy above, shining beneath. Racemes 

 grouped. Bracteas lanceolate, inflated, spar- 

 ingly glandulose, mostly larger than the 

 flowers. Petals minute, as if in abortion. 

 Anthers more or less sessile. Styles con- 

 nate. Berries red. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 spreading shrub. Alps of Europe and Si- 861 . . (r . Mplmim . 



