xxxn. GROSSULA'CE/E: RISES. 



481 



Europe. Height 4 ft. Flowers yellowish green ; April and May. 



l. 



Fruit 



dark purple; ripe in June and July. 

 Varieties. 



& R. n. % bdcca fldvida Hort. Supposed to be a hybrid between the 



black and white currants, and to have been originated near Bath t 



previously to 1827. The fruit is of a dingy greenish yellow ; but 



the plant has the habit and general appearance of R. nigrum. 



3k R. n, 3 bdcca mridi Hort. has the fruit green when ripe. This variety 



is common in Russia in a wild state. Hort. Soc. Garden. 

 & R. n. 4ifoliis variegdtis Vilm. Leaves variegated with yellow streaks. 

 Garden Varieties. Six of these are enumerated in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Fruit Catalogue of 1831, the best of which are the black Naples and 

 the large black. The fruit of the former variety is very large and handsome, 

 more especially when the plant is grown in deep rich soil, and in a situation 

 rather shady and moist. 



The leaves, fruit, and the entire plant are powerfully diuretic. The treat- 

 ment of the black currant, as a fruit tree, will be found in the Encyclopedia 

 of Gardening, and in the Suburban Horticulturist. 



& 28. R. (N.) TRI'STE Pall. The sa.d-colmtred 9 or dark-blossomed, black 



Currant. 



Identification. Pall. Nov. Act. Pet., 10. p. 378- ; Don's Mill., 3. p 



Synonymy R. altaicura Lodd. Cat. 



Engraving. Our Jig. 869. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves 5-lobed. Branches simple, 

 twiggy, bearing leaves and racemes of flowers at 

 the apex. Racemes pendulous, both when in 

 flower and in fruit. Corollas flattish, of a dull 

 brownish red on the outside, and yellowish 

 inside. Petals revolute. Berries small, black, 

 insipid. Root creeping. (Don's Mill.) A low 

 shrub. Siberia, on the Mongol Mountains. 

 Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flow- 

 ers brownish red and yellow ; April and May. 



869. R. (n.) tri 



Fruit black ; ripe in July, 

 colour of the flowers. 



Differs from R. nigrum only in the dull brown 



29. R. (N.) FLO'RIDUM L'Herit. 



Identification. L'H^rit. Stirp., 1. p. 4. ; Ph. Sept., 1. p. 164. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Synonymes. R. nigrum 2. Lin. Sp. 291.; R. pennsylvani< 

 vatum Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 1. p. 109., according to Torrey ; Ribtsium nigrum, &c., DiU. Elth. 



The flowery black Currant. 



164. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Ivanicum Lam. Diet. 3. p. 49. ; R. recur. 



2. t. 244. f. 315. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 92. ; and our fig. 870. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves full of resinous glands, 

 3 or 5-lobed, cordate, doubly serrated. Ra- 

 cemes pendulous, pubescent. Bracteas linear, 

 longer than the pedicels. Calyx tubularly 

 campanulate, glabrous : with the segments ob- 

 tuse, and at length reflexed. Germens and 

 black berries oval-globose, glabrous. This is 

 in many respects nearly allied to R. nigrum; 

 but its more copious and denser flowers, and 

 especially their long bracteas, and more tubular 

 calyxes, will always distinguish it : the solitary 

 pedicel, too, at the base of the flowers, is want- 

 ing in this species. Petals oblong, rather erose 

 at the apex ; greenish yellow. (Don's Mill.) 

 A large shrub. Canada to Virginia, in hedges 

 and woods. Height 4ft. to 6ft. Introduced 

 in 1729. Flowers pale yellow; April and 

 May, Fruit black ; ripe in July. 



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870. R. (n.) fldridmu. 



