488 



ARBORETUM ET FUUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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890. R. fragrans. 



ish beneath 



R. a. serdtinum. 



Berries copious, 

 earlier, turbinate. 

 Racemes bracteate. 

 R. a. 2. villosum Dec. 

 Prod. iii. p. 483. 

 R. longiflorum Fm- 



ser's Cat. 1813. 

 Leaves rather vil- 

 lous. 

 3fc R. fl. 3 serot'miim 

 Lindl. 1. c, and our 

 fig. 891. Flowers 

 late. Leaves of vari- 

 ous forms, smooth- 

 lobes deeply ser- 

 rated. Berries few, late, and round 

 in shape. Racemes naked. ggj. 



All the forms of this species are highly ornamental, from their fine, large, 

 bright yellow flowers, which are produced in abundance; and their smooth, 

 glossy, yellowish green leaves. The plants are, also, more truly ligneous, and 

 of greater duration, than those of most other species of Ribes. Next to R. 

 sanguineum, and its varieties, they merit a place in every collection. 



^ 44. R. (a.) tenuiflo^rum Lindl. The slender-flowered Currant. 



Identification. Lindl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 242. ; Bot. Reg., 1274. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Synonymes. R. aureum Colla Hort. Rip. Append. 3. t. I. f. A. ; R. flivum Berl. in Dec. Prod. 3. 



p. 4S3. ; R. missouriensis Hort. ; Chrysobotrya Lindley^nn Spach. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1274. ; and our fig. 892. 



Spec. Char.y Sfc. Unarmed, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 roundish, 3-lobed, mealy ; lobes bluntly toothed 

 at the apex. Racemes pendulous, many-flow- 

 ered. Calyx tubular, glabrous, longer than the 

 pedicels, coloured. Petals quite entire, linear, 

 one half shorter than the segments of the calyx, 

 which are oblong and obtuse. Bracteas linear, 

 length of the pedicels. Berries glabrous. (Don^s 

 Mill.') An upright branchy shrub. North 

 America, on the rocky tracts of the Columbia, 

 near the head waters of the Missouri. Height 

 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers yel- 

 low ; April and May. Fruit purple or yellow ; 

 ripe in August. 



Varieties. \ 



at R. (rt.) t. \ fructu nigro. Berries changing from yellow to red, andi 



finally acquiring a deep blackish purple colour. " j 



ffi R. ((7.) t. 2 fructu luteo. Fruit yellow; always retaining the same' 



colour. I 



892. ft. (a.) teniiifl6runi. 



In habit, this species is more erect than R. aureum, and has the youa 

 wood more thinly clothed with leaves; its wholeappearance is also paler, durin 

 the early part of the season. The flowers are not more than half the size Oj 

 R. aureum ; and have entire, not notched, petals. The fruit is about the sizfj 

 of the red currant, of an agreeable flavour, but possessing little acidity. j 



afc 45. R. (a.) flaVum Coll. The yeWow-floivered Currant. j 



Identification. Coll. Hort. Ripul. Append., 3. p. 4. t. 1. f. /3.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. ' 



Synonyjnes. R. aureum 3 sanfjuineum Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 7. p. 'J42. ; R. palmfltmn Desf. Hor.i 



Pur. ; K. aiireiim Ker Bot. Reg. t. 12.'>., but not of Pursh ; Chrysob6trya intermedia Spach. ! 



Engravings. Coll. Hort. Ripul. Append., 3. p. 4. t. 1. f. 2. ; and oar figs. 93. and 894. j 



Spec. Char., S^c. Unarmed, quite glabrous. Young leaves 3-lobed; aduj 



