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lobes acute, serrated. Petioles long, serrated at 

 the base. Racemes drooping. Calyx campanu- 

 late. Petals longer than the calyx. Flowers white. 

 Berries black. (Doit* Mill.) A shrub. Nepal, on 

 Emodi and Gossainthan. Height 4ft. to 6ft. In- 

 troduced in 1823. Flowers white ; April and May. 

 Fruit black ; ripe in July. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



j* 39. R. INE'BRIANS Lindl. The intoxicating 

 Currant. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 19D. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; and our Jig. 882. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves roundish, deeply 3 o-lobed, 

 and deeply toothed, truncate at the base, glandular 

 on both surfaces. Petioles pubescent. Peduncles 

 3 o-flowered, pendulous. Flowers aggregate. Calyx 881< 



tubular, glandular, with the 

 segments recurved. Calyx 

 greenish white, with the tube 

 4 lines long. Leaves smelling 

 like those of R. floridum. (Don's 

 Mill.) An upright shrub. North 

 America. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1827. Flowers 

 greenish white; April. Fruit 

 amber-coloured ; ripe in July. 



This species was received from 

 Mr. Floy of New York, under the 

 name of the intoxicating currant, 

 but without any other account of 



W ; V its properties. The berries may 



Wg^^B^ " "">">"* probably possess some narcotic 



^Str^w^ quality. 



_* 40. R. CE'REUM Dougl. The waxy-leaved Currant. 



Identification. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 512. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1263- ; and oar Jig. 883. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves small, cordate, 

 lobed, serrated, clothed with glandular 

 pubescence, glabrous, glaucous, full of white 

 glands above. Racemes pendulous, rather 

 capitate. Bracteas ovate, adpressed to 

 the germens, which are glabrous. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, cylindrical, rather angular. 

 Calycine segments small, reflexed. (Don's 

 Mill.) A low bush. North-west America, 

 on the banks of the Columbia, and its 

 southern tributary streams, from the Great 

 Falls to the Rocky Mountains. Height 2 ft. 

 to 3ft. Introduced in 127. Flowers 

 whitish ; April. Fruit amber ; ripe in 

 July. 



In its small foliage and few-flowered ra- 

 cemes, this species resembles the gooseberry 

 tribe ; but it has no thorns. The flowers 

 are rather large and white, with a slight 

 tinge of green, and are rather downy. White waxy dots like scales cove the 

 upper surface of the leaf ; whence the specific name. 



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