488 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BKITANNICUM, 



R. fragrans. 



ish beneath 



891. R. a. serdtini 



Berries copious, 

 earlier, turbinate. ' 

 Racemes bracteate. 

 R. a. 2. villosum Dec. 

 Prod. iii. p. 483. 

 R. longiflorum Fra- 

 ser's Cat. 1813. 

 Leaves rather vil- 

 lous. 



R. a. 3 serotinum 

 Lindl. 1. c., and our 

 fig. 891. Flowers 

 late. Leaves of vari- 

 ous forms, smooth- 

 lobes deeply ser- 

 rated. Berries few, late, and round 

 in shape. Racemes naked. 

 All the forms of this species are highly ornamental, from their fine, large, 

 bright yellow flowers, which are produced in abundance; and their smooth, 

 glossy, yellowish green leaves. The plants are, also, more truly ligneous, and 

 of greater duration, than those of most other species of Ribes. Next to R. 

 sanguineum, and its varieties, they merit a place in every collection. 



& 44. R. (A.) TENUIFLO V RUM Lindl. The slender-flowered Currant. 



Identification. Lindl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 242. ; Bot. Reg., 1274. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Synonymes. R. aureum Colla Hort. Rip. Append. 3. t. 1. f. A. ; R. fl&vum Berl. in Dec. Prod. 3. 



p. 483. ; R. missouriensis Hort. ; Chrysobotrya Lindleya Spach. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1274. ; and our fig. 892. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Unarmed, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 roundish, 3-lobed, mealy ; lobes bluntly toothed 

 at the apex. Racemes pendulous, many-flow- 

 ered. Calyx tubular, glabrous, longer than the 

 pedicels, coloured. Petals quite entire, linear, 

 one half shorter than the segments of the calyx, 

 which are oblong and obtuse. Bracteas linear, 

 length of the pedicels. Berries glabrous. (Don's 

 Mill.} An upright branchy shrub. North 

 America, on the rocky tracts of the Columbia, 

 near the head waters of the Missouri. Height 

 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers yel- 

 low ; April and May. Fruit purple or yellow ; 

 ripe in August. 



Varieties. 



& R. (a.) t. \fructu nigro. Berries changing from yellow to red, and 



finally acquiring a deep blackish purple colour. 



& R. (a.) t.2fructu luteo. Fruit yellow; always retaining the same 

 colour. 



In habit, this species is more erect than R. aureum, and has the young 

 wood more thinly clothed with leaves; its wholeappearance is also paler, during 

 the early part of the season. The flowers are not more than half the size of 

 R. aureum ; and have entire, not notched, petals. The fruit is about the size 

 of the red currant, of an agreeable flavour, but possessing little acidity. 



& 45. R. (A.) FLA'VUM Coll. The yellow-flowered Currant. 



Identification. Coll. Hort. Ripul. Append., 3. p. 4. t. 1. f. /3. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 



Synonymes. R. aureum 3 sanguineum Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 7. p. 242. ; R. palmatum Desf. Hort. 



Par. ; R. aureum Ker Sot. Reg. t. 125., but not of Pursh ; Chrysob6trya intermedia Spach 

 Engravings. Coll. Hort. Ripul. Append., 3. p. 4. t. 1. f. 2. ; and our figs. e93. and 894: 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Unarmed, quite glabrous. Young leaves 3-lobed; adult 



892. /Ma.)tenuifI6rum. 



