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ft 42. R. a'tro-purpu'relm Meyer. 



The dark-purple^owererf Currant. 



Fl. Alt., 1. p. 268. ; 



fl.&tropurpCireum. 



Identification. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111. t. 231. 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 231. : OMxfig 887. from a living plant 



in the Birmingliam Botanic Garden. ; and^^. 888. from Ledebour. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stem erect. Leaves pu- 

 bescent, nearly orbicular, cordate, 3 5- 

 lobed ; lobes acute, serrated. Racemes 

 drooping. Pedicels exceeding the bracteas. 

 Calyxes campanuiate, ciliated. Berries 

 glabrous, and bractless ; dark purple, and 

 the size of those of the common cur- 

 rant. {Dorics Mill.) An upright shrub. 

 Altaia, on mountains and subalpine ^ 

 places on the river Ursal ; and also at the ^]q 

 river Tscharysch. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. ^ 

 Flowers deep purple ; April and May '^ 

 Fruit dark purple ; ripe in July. 



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888 R, ^Iro-purpdreura. 



Varieties. 



^ R. a. 1. Flowers deep purple. Leaves rather pubescent beneath, 



but smooth and glabrous above, as well as the branches. 

 at R. a. 2. Leaves rather pubescent beneath, but hispid from bristles 



above, as well as the petioies and stems. Found near the river 



Volschoi Ulegumen. 

 at R. a. 3. Flowers paler. Leavas pubescent above, but most so below. 



Branches smooth . 



5 iv. Syrnphocalyx Dec. 



Derivation. From sumphuo, to grow together, and kalux ; in reference to the sepals of the calyx 

 of the species belonging to this section. 



I Sect. Char, The calyxes tubular, and yellow. The racemes many-flowered. 

 Leaves compassing the bud. Unarmed shrubs. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 483.) 



! 36 43. R. au'reum Pitrsh. The ^oXden'^owered Currant. 



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

 Si/nonymes R. palmalura Desf. C. Hort. Paris. ; Chrjsobotrya revoliita Spach. 

 {Engravings. Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 23. ; Bot. Reg., t. 125. ; and ourfig. 889. 



\Spec. Char., 4"c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 3-lobed ; 



lobes divaricate, with a few deep teeth, shorter than 



the petioles, which are ciliated at the base. Calyxes 

 i tubular, longer than the pedicels. Tube slender. Seg- 

 ; ments oblongjObtuse. Petals linear, much shorter than 

 , the calycine segments. Bracteas linear, length of the 



pedicels. Style entire. Berries glabrous. Flowers 



golden yellow. Fruit yellow, seldom black, and of 



an exquisite flavour. {Don's A'lill.) An upright branchy 



shrub, which Isefore blowing has the appearance of a 



species of C'ratae'^gus. North-west America, in light 



f-Tavelly soils, from the Great Falls of the Colum- 

 bia River to the mountains, and on the southern 



branches. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. 



Flowers yellow ; April and May. Fruit yellow, seldom black ; 

 \ August. 



1 aritties. 



1 sfe R. a. 1 prcEcox Lindl. in Hort. Trans, vii. p. 242. R. fragrans Lod. 

 (Bot. Cab,, t. 1533.; and our^^. 890.) Flowers earlier. Leaves 

 cuneuted at the base, pubescent beneath ; lobes deeply serrated. 



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