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Flowers more or less pedicellate. Bracteas obtuse, tomentose, much shorter 

 than the pedicels. Sepals roundish-cuneated. Petals oblong. Styles bifid. 

 Berries glabrous, globose, and in colour and taste resembling those of R. ru- 

 brum. (Don's Mill.) An upright shrub. North of England, in woods near 

 Richmond in Yorkshire, and Piersbridge and Gainford in Durham. Height 

 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers greenish yellow ; April and May. Fruit red ; ripe 

 in July. 



The tree currant affords a fruit rather smaller, and more acrid, than the 

 common red currant ; but by crossing and cultivation it might, no doubt, be 

 greatly improved ; and, from its comparatively tree-like habits, might be a 

 more convenient fruit shrub in respect to the crops around it. 



.1* 22. R. (R.) CARPA'THICUM Kit. The Carpathian red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Schuites CEstr. Fl., 2. ed. 1. p. 432. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. R. acerrimum Rachel ex Rccrn. et Schuites 5. p. 493. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate. Racemes pendulous, 

 and, as well as the calyxes, pubescent. Petals flattish, smaller than the 

 calyx. (Don's Mill.) Carpathian Mountains. Height 4 ft. Perhaps only 

 a variety -of R. rubrura. 



Sfe 23. R. (R.) MULTIFLO^RUM Kit. The many-flowered red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Rcem. et Schuites Syst, 5. p. 493., but not of H. B. et Kunth : Don's Mill. 



3. p. 187. 



Synonymcs. R. spicatum Schuites (Estr. FL ed. 1. p. 433. ; R. wtifblium Hort. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2368. ; and our fig. 866. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 5-lobed, 

 cordate, tomentose beneath. 

 Racemes very long, pendulous, 

 drooping. Bracteas shorter 

 than the flowers. Petioles 

 length of leaves. Petals wedge- 

 shaped. Styles bifid, and some-, 

 times distinctly trifid. (Don's 

 Mill.) A spreading shrub, with 

 vigorous branches and large 

 leaves. Croatia. Height 4 ft. to 

 6 ft. Introduced in 1822. Flow- 

 ers greenish yellow ; April and 

 May. Fruit small, red ; ripe in 



July. 865. R (r.) multifl6rum. 



The long racemes of flowers, the vigorous growth of the shoots, the large 

 leaves, and the luxuriant habit of the plant, altogether render this a very orna- 

 mental sort. From the luxuriance of the flowers and leaves, and of the plant 

 generally, fruit is seldom produced ; and, when it appears, it is generally of 

 small size. On account of the gracefulness of the long drooping racemes of 

 flowers, it well deserves a place in collections. 



.a, 24. R. (R.) ALBINE'RVUM Michx. The white-nerved-/<?aw?d red Currant. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Air.er., 1. p. 110. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2092 in p.l 107 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves short, petiolate, deeply and acutely lobed, smoothish, 

 with whitish nerves. Racemes recurved. Flowers small. Berries red, 

 glabrous. (Don's Mill.) A shrub. Canada and the Catskill Mountains, in 

 the state of New York. Height 4 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers greenish 

 yellow ; April and May. Berries red ; ripe in July. 



& 25. R. ACUMINA^TUM Wall. The pointed-leaved Currant. 



Identification. Wall. Cat. ; Royle Illust, p. 225. ; Don's Mill.. 3. p. 187. 

 Engraving. Omfig. 866. from a specimen in the Linnsean herbarium. 



