xxxii. GROSSULA V CE;E : RICHES. 



483 



Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1278. and 1058. ; and our figs. 874, 875. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves 3- 

 lobed, serrated, beset with 

 resinous glands beneath, as 

 are also the bracteas. Ra- 

 cemes longer than the leaves, 

 either drooping or erect. 

 Bracteas euneate-oblonfj, 

 obtuse, at length reflexed. 

 Calyx campanulate, yellow- 



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R. (n.) iranctatuin. 



ish. Berries oblong, hairy, 

 black, and dotted. Petals 

 small, yellow. (Don's Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub. 875. *. <n, 

 Chili, on hills. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1826. Flowers 

 April and May. Fruit black ; ripe in July. 



) punctktum. 



yellow ; 



The leaves are shining, and of a yellowish green, and, when rubbed, have 

 an agreeable odour. The short close bunches of rich yellow flowers are pro- 

 duced in the axils of the leaves. The plant throws up suckers from the roots : 

 a circumstance which distinguishes it from almost every other species of the 

 genus in British gardens. Dr. Lindley has given two figures of this species in 

 the Botanical Register : one, t. 1658., of the wild plant, in which the spikes are 

 pendulous, or nodding ; and the other, t. 1278., of the cultivated plant, in which 

 the spikes are erect. He observes that it is hardy enough to live in a dry 

 border without protection, and that it is a rather pretty evergreen shrub. H. S. 



* 34. R. (N.) HETERO'TRICHUM Meyer. 

 Currant. 



The variable-haired 



Identification. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. Illus., 1. p. 270. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187- 

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ros. Alt, Illus., t. 235. ; and our fig. 876. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erectish. Leaves pubescent, bristly, 

 and glandular, nearly orbicular, 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, toothed. 

 Racemes erect. Pedicels equal in length to the bracteas. 

 Calyx flat, pubescent. Berries puberulous, glandless, bract- 

 less. (Don's Mill.') An upright shrub. Altaia, on rocks, at the 

 foot of the mountains. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 

 1837. Flowers purple ; April and May. Fruit like that of the 

 red currant, but orange-coloured; 



876..h*ter$trichum. r jp e j n AugUSt. 



flfc 35. R. (N.) BRACTEO^SUM Dougl. The bracteate 

 Currant. 



Identification. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232.; Don's Mill., 3. 



Engraving. Our fig. 877. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's 

 herbarium. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves on long petioles, cordate, 

 deeply 5 7-lobed; lobes acuminated, cut, doubly 

 serrated, hispid above, but full of resinous dots 

 beneath ; racemes often terminal, at length re- 

 flexed. Pedicels erectly spreading, pubescent, 

 exceeding the spathulate bracteas. Calyx rotate, 

 glabrous. Petals minute, roundish. Germens and 

 berries full of resinous dots. (Don's Mil/..) A 

 large shrub. North-west coast of America, at 

 the confluence of the Columbia with the ocean. 

 Height 5 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers pur- 

 plish yellow ; April and May. Fruit about the 

 size of the red currant, greenish, hairy. 

 A very remarkable and elegant shrub, with leaves 



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877. ft. (n.) bractcdsum. 



