XXXII. GROSSULA CEiE: RI BES. 



477 



.4. Flowers greenish, or greenish yellow, or reddish ; and Fruit, m a wild 



State, red. 



< 



18. R. RU^BRUM L. The common red Currant. 



in 



m 



860. R. rubrum. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 290. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 4H1. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 



Synonijmts. R. vulgare iV. Dti Bam. ; Groseillier coramun, Fr. ; gemeine Johannisbeere, Ger. ; 



.ialbessen Boom, Dutch ; Ribes rosso, Ital. 

 Engravings. Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1289. ; Krauss, t. 48. ; and our Jig. 860. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Leaves cordate, bluntly 3 5-lol)ed, 

 pubescent beneath, when young, usually rather to- 

 inentose, glabrous above. Racemes drooping. Brac- 

 teas ovate, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx flatly 

 campanulate, spreading. Sepals obtuse. Petals ob- 

 cordate. Fruit quite glabrous. Flowers yellowish. 

 (Dotis Mill.) An upright shrub. Europe and Siberia, 

 in woods ; and throughout Canada to the mouth of 

 the Mackenzie ; in the North of England and in Scot- 

 land, in mountainous woods, and about the banks 

 of rivers. Height i ft. to 6 ft. Flowers greenish yel- 

 low ; April and May. Fruit red ; ripe in July. 



Varieties. De Candolle gives the following forms of this 

 species : 



^ R. r. 1 si/lvestre Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. p. 406. Leaves and berries small. 



Lobes of leaves short. 

 jt R. r. 2 hortcnse Dec. 1. c. R, rubrum Lois. Nouv. Diet. iii. Leaves 



large, sometimes variegated. Berries sweeter and larger than in 



var. \. Cultivated in gardens. 

 as R. r. 3 carneum Berl. MSS. ex Dec. Prod. iii. p. 481. R. rubrum 



domesticum 2 baccis carneis Wallr. Sched. p. 106. Leaves rather 



tomentose beneath. Sepals red. Cells of anthers distant. Berries 



pale red. 

 a R. r. 4 variegdtum Dec. Prod. iii. p. 481., Wallr. 1. c, has the berries 



beautifully variegated ; or, rather, distinctly striped with white and 



red. In cultivation in Austria, and well deserving of a place in 



every collection, from the beauty and singularity of its fruit. 

 R. r. 5 album Desf. Cat. Bot. p. 164. Berries white. 

 R. r. 6 foliis liiteo variegdtis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with 



yellow, and the fruit red. 

 ^ R. r. 7 foliis dlbo variegdtis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with 



white, and the fruit white. 

 a R. r. 8 sih'iricum Oldaker. The Russian currant. Of vigorous growth. 



The prop^ation, culture, &c., of the currant, as a fruit shrub, will be found 

 given at length in our Encychpcedia of Gardening, and in our Suburban Ilorti- 

 culiurist. 



& 

 a 



19. R. (r.) alpi\num L. 

 Currant. 



The alpine red 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 291. ; Dec. Ffod., 3. p. 480. ; 



Uon's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Synonymc. R. di'olcum Masters. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 96, ; and ourfig. 861. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with 3 5 lobes, ob- 

 tuse, hairy above, shining beneath. Racemes 

 grouped. Bracteas lanceolate, inflated, spar- 

 ingly glandulose, mostly larger than the 

 flowers. Petals minute, as if in abortion. 

 Anthers more or less sessile. St\les con- 

 nate. Berries red. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 spreading shrub. Alps of Europe and Si- 



ft, (r. ) alplnum. 



