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ARBORETUM ET FRUTiCETUM BRITANNICUM. 



beria ; and found in Britain, in woods, both in England and Scotland, 



Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Flowers greenish yellow ; April and May. Fruit red ; 



ripe in July. 

 Varieties. Berlandier has described two forms of the species, and Dr. Lindley 



has added a proper variety. 



j R. (r.) a. 1 sterile Wallr. Sched. p. 108. R. dioicum Mcench Meth. 

 Flowers many in a raceme, and densely disposed, flat, destitute ot 

 a germen, soon falling off. Anthers almost sessile, acute, bearing 

 pollen. 



j* R. (r.) a. 2 bacdferum Wallr. Sched. p. 108. Flowers few in a 

 raceme, rather salver-shaped . Anthers upon obvious filaments, Pirn- 

 perfect. Style bifid to a small 

 extent. Germen obvious. 

 j R. (r.) a. 3 pumilum Lindl. in 

 Hort. Trans, vii. p. 244., and 

 our Jig. 862. In every re- 

 spect the same as the species, 

 but not one third of the size, 

 never exceeding ; 2 ft.in height, 

 even when cultivated in gar- 

 dens. The leaves are deeply 

 cut, the flowers small, and 

 the fruit seldom produced. 862 - * (*) ' 



J* R. (r.) a. 4 fbliis variegdtis Hort. has variegated leaves. Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



M 20. R. (R.) PETRJE V UM Wulf. The rock red Currant. 



Identification. Wulf. in Jacq. Misc., 2. p. 36. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 



Synonymes. R. alplnum Delarb. Auvergn. p. 1G6. ; Ribes coralline, Ital. ; the woolly-leaved Cur- 

 rant, the red Marshmallow-leaved Currant. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 705. ; and our fig. 863. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves acuminated, 3 5- 

 lobed, rather cordate, deeply serrated, on 

 long petioles, pilose above. Racemes 

 erect, crowded, rather pubescent. Brae- 

 teas shorter than the pedicel. Sepals obtuse. 

 Petals obcordate, small, white. Berries 

 large, deep red, with an acid taste. Fruiting 

 racemes pendulous. (Don's Mill.) A spread- 

 ing shrub. Alps of Carinthia, Savoy, and on 

 almost all the mountains of the continent of 

 Europe. In England, it is found near Eg- 

 gleston and Conscliffe, in the county of 

 Durham ; and in Scotswood Dean, North- 

 umberland. Height 3ft. to 4ft. 

 Flowers greenish yellow ; May. 

 Fruit red ; ripe in July. 



& 21. R. (R.) SPICA X TUM Robs. The 

 spiked-flowered red, or Tree, Currant. 



Identification. Robs, in Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240- 



t. 21.; Smith Engl. Bot., t 1290. ; Don's 



Mill, 3. p. 187- 



Synonyme. The Tree Currant 

 Engravings. Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t. 21.; 



Eng. Bot., t. 1290.; Berl., I.e., t.2. f. 16. ; 



and our fig. 864. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, 3 5-lobed, covered with 

 soft hairs above, and with tomen- 

 tum beneath. Racemes erect. 



863. R. (r.) petraeMim. 



