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42. R. A X TRO-PURPU'REUM Meyer. The dark-purple-Jlowered Currant. 



Identification. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111. t. 231. ; Fl. Alt., 1. p. 268. : 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 231. : our fig 887. from a living plant 



in the Birmingham Botanic Garden. ; andjig. 888. from Ledebour. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect. Leaves pu- 

 bescent, nearly orbicular, cordate, 3 5- 

 lobed ; lobes acute, serrated. Racemes 

 drooping. Pedicels exceeding the bracteas. 

 Calyxes campanulate, ciliated. Berries 

 glabrous, and bractless ; dark purple, and 

 the size of those of the common cur- 

 rant. (Don's Mi/I.) An upright shrub. 

 Altaia, on mountains and subalpine 

 places on the river Ursal ; and also at the 

 river Tscharysch. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Flowers deep purple ; April and May. 

 Fruit dark purple ; ripe in July. 



Varieties. 

 & R. 



R. itro-purpinreum. 



a. 1. 



Flowers deep purple. Leaves rather pubescent beneath, 



but smooth and glabrous above, as well as the branches. 

 & R. a. 2. Leaves rather pubescent beneath, but hispid from bristles 



above, as well as the petioles and stems. Found near the river 



Volschoi Ulegumen. 

 afe R. a. 3. Flowers paler. Leaves pubescent above, but most so below. 



Branches smooth. 



iv. Symphocatyx Dec. 



Derivation. From sumphuo, to grow together, and kalux ; in reference to the sepals of the calyx 

 of the species belonging to this section. 



Sect. Char. The calyxes tubular, and yellow. The racemes many-flowered. 

 Leaves compassing the bud. Unarmed shrubs. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 483.) 



3fe 43. R. AU'REUM Pursh. The goldenrfowered Currant. 



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

 Sunonymcs R. palmatum Desf. C. Hort. Paris. ; Chrjsobotrya revoluta Spach. 

 Engravings. Berl., 1. c., t. 2. f. 23. ; Bot. Reg., t. 125. ; and our fig. 889. 



Spec. Char., $c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 3-lobed ; 

 lobes divaricate, with a few deep teeth, shorter than 

 the petioles, which are ciliated at the base. Calyxes 

 tubular, longer than the pedicels. Tube slender. Seg- 

 ments oblong, obtuse. Petals linear, much shorter than 

 the calycine segments. Bracteas linear, length of the 

 pedicels. Style entire. Berries glabrous. Flowers 

 golden yellow. Fruit yellow, seldom black, and of 

 an exquisite flavour. (Don's Mill.) An upright branchy 

 shrub, which before blowing has the appearance of a 

 species of 6Yatae A gus. North-west America, in light 

 gravelly soils, from the Great Falls of the Colum- 

 bia River to the mountains, and on the southern 

 branches. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. 

 Flowers yellow ; April and May. Fruit yellow, seldom black ; ripe in 

 August. 



Varieties. 



A R. a. 1 pro* cox Lindl. in Hort. Trans, vii. p. 242. R. fragrans Lod. 

 (Bot. Cab., t. 1533.; and our Jig. 890.) Flowers earlier. Leaves 

 cuneated at the base, pubescent beneath ; lobes deeply serrated, 

 i i 4 



889. A. atireu 



