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Flowers more or less pedicellate. Bracteas obtuse, tomentose, much shorter 

 than the pedicels. Sepals roundish-cuneated. Petals oblong. Styles bifid. 

 Berries glabrous, globose, and in colour and taste resembling those of R. ru- 

 bruni, (Don's Alill.) An upright shrub. North of England, in woods near 

 Richmond in Yorkshire, and Piersbridge and Gainford in Durham. Height 

 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers greenish yellow ; April and May. Fruit redj ripe 

 in July. 



The tree currant affords a fruit rather smaller, and more acrid, than the 

 common red currant ; but by crossing and cultivation it might, no doubt, be 

 greatly improved ; and, from its comparatively tree-like habits, might be a 

 more convenient fruit shrub in respect to the crops around it. 



ji 22. R. (r.) cakpa'thicum Kit. The Carpathian red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Schultes CEstr. Fl., 2. ed. 1. p. 132. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. B. s.cerx'\mu-m Rochel ex Rccvi. et Schultes b. p. 493. 

 Engraving. Oar Jig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem erect. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate. Racemes pendulous, 

 and, as well as the calyxes, pubescent. Petals flattish, smaller than the 

 calyx. (Don's Mill.) Carpathian Mountains. Height 4 ft. Perhaps only 

 a variety of R. rubrum. 



s 23. R. (r.) multiflo'rum Kit. The many-flowered red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Roem. et Schultes Syst., 5. p. 493., but not of H. B. et Kunth; Don's Mill. 



3. p. 187. 

 Synonymes. R. spicatum Sc/iullcs CEstr. Fl. ed. 1. p. 433. ; R. tritiRilium Hort. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2368. ; and ourjig. 8f. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves 3-lobed, 

 cordate, tomentose beneath. 

 Racemes very long, pendulous, 

 drooping. Bracteas shorter 

 than the flowers. Petioles 

 length of leaves. Petals wedge- 

 shaped. Styles bifid, and some- 

 times distinctly trifid. (Don's 

 Mill.) A spreading shrub, with 

 vigorous branches and large 

 leaves. Croatia. Height 4 ft. to 

 6 ft. Introduced in 1822. Flow- 

 ers greenish yellow ; April and 

 May. Fruit small, red ; ripe in 



^V- S6S. R (r.) multiflonim. 



The long racemes of flowers, the vigorous growth of the shoots, the large 

 leaves, and the luxuriant habit of the plant, altogether render this a very orna- 



. mental sort. From the luxuriance of the flowers and leaves, and of the plant 



. generally, fruit is seldom produced ; and, when it appears, it is generally of 

 small size. On account of the gracefulness of the long drooping racemes of 



; flowers, it well deserves a place in collections. 



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I J. 24. R. (r.) albine'rvuji Michx. The vihite-nerved-leaved red Currant. 



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; Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 110. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 187. 

 I Engraving. OnTfig.2m2 in p.llOT. 



Spec, Char., ^c. Leaves short, petiolate, deeply and acutely lobed, smoothish, 

 with whitish nerves. Racemes recurved. Flowers small. Berries red, 

 glabrous. (Don's Mill.) A shrub. Canada and the Catskill Mountains, in 

 the state of New York. Height 4 ft. Litroduced ?. Flowers greenish 

 yellow ; April and May. Berries red ; ripe in July. 



^ 25. R. acumina'tum Wall. The pointed-leaved Currant. 



Identification. Wall. Cat. ; Royle Illust,, p. 22.5. ; Don's Mill.. 3- p. 187. 

 i.ngraving. Our fig. 866. from a specimen in the I.innasan herbarium. 



