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ARBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



C. Flowers deep red. Fruit black. 

 & 41. R. SANGUI'NEUM Pursh. The bloody, or red, flowered Currant. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 164. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Stmonumes. R. wzalvaceum Smith in Rees's Cycl. ; Calob6trya sangufnea Spaclt. 

 Engravings. Hort. Trans., 7. t. 13. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1349. ; and our fig. 884. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5-lobed, 

 serrated, veiny, smoothish above, but clothed 

 with villous tomentum beneath. Racemes droop- 

 ing, pubescent, twice the length of the leaves. 

 Calyx tubularly campanulate, with oblong, obtuse, 

 spreading segments, exceeding the petals, which 

 are red, and quite entire. Bracteas obovate-spa- 

 thulate. Berries turbinate, hairy. (Don's Mill.) 

 A large branchy smooth shrub. North-west coast 

 of America, in rocky situations, by the sides of 

 streams. Height 4 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1826. 

 Flowers deep rose ; March and April. Fruit pur- 

 plish, with a glaucous bloom ; ripe in August. 



Varieties. 



& R. *. 2 glutinosum. R. glutinosum Benth. 



Hort. Trans. 2d ser. vol. i. p. 476., R. angustum JDougl. MS. 

 (Our fig. 885.) The foliage is destitute of down, and slightly vis- 

 cous. The racemes are rather larger than in the species, and the 

 flowers are of a very pale rose colour. This variety comes into leaf 

 a month before the species. 



884. R. s?.nsnineum. 



885. R. s. glutinusum. 



880. R. s. malv&ceum. 



(Our fig. 886.) 

 loth 



dfc R. s. 3 malvdceum. R. malvaceum Benth. I.e. 



Leaves rough and hispid on the upper side, and clothed un 

 derneath with a whitish cottony down. The racemes of flowers are 

 shorter and closer ; and each flower is almost sessile on the common 

 stalk. In colour, the flowers are rather darker than those of .ft. s. 

 glutinosum, and have more of a lilac tinge. 



& R. s. 4 dtro-rubens Hort. Flowers and racemes rather smaller, and 

 of a much deeper and darker red, than those of the species. 

 Horticultural Society's Garden. 



By far the most ornamental species of the genus. It is easily propagated, 

 and as hardy as the common black currant. It flowers profusely ; and, com- 

 ing into bloom early in the season, forms the most splendid bush to be seen 

 in British shrubberies, from the middle or end of March to the beginning or 

 middle of May. A great many seeds were sent over by Mr. Douglas, a num- 

 ber of which were distributed by the Horticultural Society ; and the plants 

 produced from them have varied in the colour of their flowers, from pale pink to 

 deep red. The plants, also, seed freely in this country ; and hence a pumber 

 of varieties have been originated by nurserymen, independently of R. s. 

 ?alvaceum and R. s. glutinosum, which differ from the species, not only in 

 the shades of colour of their flowers, but also in their leaves. The variety 

 which has the darkest-coloured flowers is R. s. atro-riibens. 



