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ARBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



C. Flowers deep red. Fruit black. 

 ^ 41. R. sangui'neum Pursh. The bloody, or red, Jiowered Currant. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 164. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Synonymes. R. ?alv2ceuni Smith in Rcl's's Ci/cl. ; CaloMtrya sangulnea Spac/i. 

 Engravings. Hort. Trans., 7. t. 13. ; Bot. He'g., t. 1349. ; and ouryj^. 884. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5-lobed, 

 serrated, veiny, smoothish above, but clothed 

 with villous tonientum beneath. Racemes droop- 

 ing, pubescent, twice the length of the leaves. 

 Calyx tubularly campanulate, with oblong, obtuse, 

 spreading segments, exceeding the petals, which 

 are red, and quite entire. Bracteas obovate-spa- 

 thulate. Berries turbinate, hairy. (Don's Mill.) 

 A large branchy smooth shrub. North-west coast 

 of America, in rocky situations, by the sides of 

 streams. Height 4 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1826. 

 Flowers deep rose ; March and April. Fruit pur- 

 plish, with a glaucous bloom ; ripe in August. 



Varieties. 



Sk ^. s. 2 glutinosum. R. glutinosum Benth. 

 Hort. Trans. 2d ser. vol. i. p. 476., R, 



{Om fig. 885.)-^ The foliage is destitute of down, and slightly vis- 

 cous. The racemes are rather larger than in the species, and the 

 flowers are of a very pale rose colon i-. This variety comes into leaf 

 a month before the species. 





884. R. sangnineum. 



Dougl. 



MS. 



886. A. s. glutinosum. 



S8G. II. b. m.ilvaceuiu. 



Ss 



R. s. 3 malvdceum. R. malvaceum Benth. 1. c. (Our fig. 886. ) 

 Leaves rough and hispid on^the upper side, and clothed un- 

 derneath with a whitish cottony down. The racemes of flowers are' 

 shorter and closer ; and each flower is almost sessile on the common ; 

 stalk. In colour, the flowers are rather darker than those of /J. s. : 

 glutinosum, and have more of a lilac tinge. 



R. s. 4 dtro-rubens Hort. Flowers and racemes rather smaller, and' 

 of a much deeper and darker i-ed, than those of the species.; 

 Horticultural Society's Gard.en. i 



By far the most ornamental species of the genus. It is easily propagated ; 

 and as hardy as the common black currant. It flowers profusely ; and, coni-| 

 ing into bloom early in the season, forms the most splendid bush to be seen 

 in British shrubberies, from the middle or end of March to the beginning or; 

 middle of May. A great many seeds were sent over by Mr. Douglas, a num-| 

 ber of which were distributed by the Horticultural Society ; and the plants; 

 produced from them have varied in the colour of their flowers, from pale pink to| 

 deep red. The plants, also, seed freely in this country ; and hence a punibcr 

 of varieties have been originated by nurserymen, independently of R. ' 

 7Halvaceum and R. s. glutinosum, which diflfer froin the species, not onlj^ inj 

 the; shades of colour of their flowers, but also in their leaves. The varietj| 

 which has the darkest-coloured flowers is R. s. atro-rubens. 



