XXXII. GROSSULA CEiE : RIDES. 



483 



Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1278, 



and 1658. ; and our figs. 874, 875. 

 S2^ec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 



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S74. R. (n.) punctatuni. 



jllow. (Do7i's AM.) 



lobed, serrated, beset with 

 resinous glands beneath, as 

 are also the bracteas. Ra- 

 cemes longer than theleaves, 

 either drooping or erect. 

 Bracteas cuneate-oblonir, 

 obtuse, at length reflexed. 

 Calyx campanulate, yellow- 

 ish. Berries oblong, hairy, 

 black, and dotted. Petals 

 A sub-evergreen shrub. 



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375- R. (n.) punctitum. 



small, yellow. 



Chili, on hills. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1826. Flowers j'ellow ; 



April and May. Fruit black ; ripe in July. 



The leaves are shining, and of a yellowish green, and, when rubbed, have 

 an agreeable odour. The short close bunches of rich yellow flowers are pro- 

 duced in the axils of the leaves. The plant throws up suckers from the roots : 

 a circumstance which distinguishes it from almost every other species of the 

 genus in British gardens. Dr. Lindley has given two figures of this species in 

 the Botanical Begiafcr : one, t. 1658., of the wild plant, in which the spikes are 

 pendulous, or nodding ; and the other, t. 1278., of the cultivated plant, in which 

 the spikes are erect. He observes that it is hardy enough to live in a dry 

 border without protection, and that it is a rather pretty evergreen shrub. H. S. 



.34. R. (x.) hetero'trichum Meyer. 



Currant. 



The variable-haired 



Identification. 

 Engiavings. 



Meyer in Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. Illus., 1. p. 270. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. Ulus., t. 23."). ; and our J?g-. 876. 



l*'76.R.hpter<Strichum. 



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Spec. Char., 8^~c. Stem erectish. Leaves pubescent, bristly, 

 and glandular, nearly orbicular, 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, toothed. 

 Racemes erect. Pedicels equal in length to the bracteas. 

 Calyx flat, pubescent. Berries puberulous, glandlcss, bract- 

 less, {Don's Mill.) An upright shrub. Altaia, on rocks, at the 

 foot of the mountains. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 

 1837. Flowers purple; April and May. Fruit like that of the 

 red currant, but orange-coloured ; 

 ripe in August. 



i 35. R. (n.) nRACTEO^suM Dougl. The bracteate 

 Currant. 



\l<lerUificalion. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232.; Don's Mill., 3. 



p. 11. 

 '^ngrav!ng. Our fig. S77. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's 

 I herbarium. 



'Spec. Char 

 1 deeply 5 



I serrated, hispid above, but full of resinous dots 

 beneath ; racemes often terminal, at length re- 

 flexed. Pedicels erectly spreading, pubescent, 

 exceeding the spathulate bracteas. Calyx rotate, 

 glabrous. Petals minute, roundish. Germens and 

 berries full of resinous dots. (Don's Mill ) A 

 large shrub. North-west coast of America, at 

 I the confluence of the Columbia with the ocean. 

 I Height 5 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers pur- 

 ; plish yellow ; April and May. Fruit about the 

 I sue of the red currant, greenish, hairy. 



; A very remarkable and elegant shrub, with leaves 

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(Ore. Leaves on long petioles, cordate, 

 7-lobed; lobes acuminated, cut, doubly 



877. R. (n.) hracteoBuni. 



