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lobes acute, serrated. Petioles Ions;, serrated at 

 the base. Racemes drooping. Calyx campanu- 

 late. Petals longer than the calyx. Flowers white. 

 Berries black. {Don's Mill.) A shrub. Nepal, on 

 Emodi and Gossainthan. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. In- 

 troduced in 18-23. Flowers white ; April and May. 

 Fruit black ; ripe in July. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



M 39. R. ine'brians Lindl. The intoxicating 



Currant. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; and our^g. 882. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Leaves roundish, deeply 3 5-lobed, 

 and deeply toothed, tj-uncate at the base, glandular 

 on both surfaces. Petioles pubescent. Peduncles 

 3 .D-flowered, pendulous. Flowers aggregate. Calyx 



tubular, 

 ^^^ segments 



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inShrians. 



A. glaciille. 



glandular, with the 

 recurved. Calyx 

 greenish white, with the tube 

 4 lines long. Leaves smelling 

 like those of .ff.floridum. (Doll's 

 Mill.) An upright shrub. North 

 America. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1827. Flowers 

 greenish white; April. Fruit 

 amber-coloured ; ripe in July. 



This species was received from 

 Mr. Floy of New York, under the 

 name of the intoxicating currant, 

 but without any other account of 

 its properties. The berries may 

 probably possess some narcotic 

 quality. 



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ji 40. R. CE^REUM Dougl. The waxy-leaved Currant. 



Idenliflcation. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 512. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 1263. ; and oar Jig. 883. 



Spec. C/iar., Sfc. Leaves small, cordate, 



lobed, serrated, clothed with glandular 



pubescence, glabrous, glaucous, full of white 



glands above. Racemes pendulous, rather 



capitate. Bracteas ovate, adpressed to 



the germens, which are glabrous. Flowers 

 ; nearly sessile, cylindrical, rather angular. 

 I Calycine segments small, reflexed. (Don's 

 ! Mill.) A low bush. North-west America, 

 on the banks of the (Columbia, and its 



southern tributary streams, from the Great 



Falls to the Rocky Mountains. Height 2 ft. 



to 3 ft. Introduced in 1827. Flowers 



whitish ; April. Fruit amber ; ripe in 



July. 



In its small foliage and few-flowered ra- 

 cemes, this species resembles the gooseberry 



tribe ; but it has no thorns. The flowers "*"*5>cJ^ 



are rather large and white, with a slight ass. Ji.c6reiun. 



jtinge of green, and are rather downy. White waxy dots like scales cove the 

 pper surface of the leaf ; whence the specific name. 



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