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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



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Dean, Northumberland. A shrub, growing 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, and flowering 

 in May. 



stt 20. JR. (R.) SPICA V TUM Robs. The spiked-cowered red, or Tree, Currant. 



Identification. Robs, in Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t. 21. ; Smith Erigl. Bot, t. 1290. ; Bert., 1. c., t. 2. f. 16. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. The Tree Currant. 

 Engravings. Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t. 21. ; Engl. Bot, t 1290. ; Berl., 1. c., t. 2. f. 16. ; and our fig. 728. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, 3 5-lobed, covered with 

 soft hairs above, and with tomen- 

 tum beneath. Racemes erect. 

 Flowers more or less pedicellate. 

 Bracteas obtuse, tomentose, much 

 shorter than the pedicels, Sepals 

 roundish-cuneated. Petals oblong. 

 Styles bifid. Berries glabrous, glo- 

 bose, and in colour and taste re- 

 sembling those of R. rubrum. The 

 tree currant affords a fruit rather 

 smaller, and more acrid, than the 

 common red currant ; but by cross- 

 ing and cultivation it might,no doubt, 

 be greatly improved ; and, from its comparatively tree-like habits, might be 

 a more convenient fruit shrub in respect to the crops around it. (Don's 

 Mill.y'm. p. 187.) Native of the north of England, in woods near Rich- 

 mond in Yorkshire, and between Piersbridge and Gainford in Durham. A 

 shrub, varying from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and flowering in April and 

 May. 



21. R. (R.) CARPA'THICUM Kit. The Carpathian red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Schultes (Estr. Fl., 2. ed. 1. p. 432. ; et Roera. et Schultes Syst.,5. p. 498. ; Don'* 



Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. R. acerrimum Rachel ex Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c. 



Spec. Char. y $c. Stem erect. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate. Racemes pendulous, 

 and, as well as the calyxes, pubescent. Petals, flattish, smaller than the 

 calyx. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 187.) Perhaps only 'a variety of R. rubrum. 

 Native of the Carpathian Mountains. A shrub, growing 4ft. high. 



22. R. (R.) MULTIFLO V RUIH Kit. The many-flowered red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Rcem. et Schultes Sy ., 5. p. 493., but not of H. B. et Kunth ; Sims Bot. 



Mag., 2368. ; Berl., 1. c., t. 2. f. 11. ; Don's 



Mi., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. R. spicatum Schultes (Estr. Fl. t 



ed.l.p.433. $? ;- \ 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2368. ; Berl., L fc_ W&A 



c., t 2. f. 11. ; and our fig. 729. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Leaves 5-lobed, 

 cordate, tomentose beneath. 

 Racemes very long, pendulous, 

 drooping. Bracteas shorter 

 than the flowers. Petioles 

 length of leaves. Petals wedge- 

 shaped. Styles bifid, and some- 

 times distinctly trifid. (Don's 

 Mill.y iii. p. 187.) Native of 

 Croatia. Introduced in 1822. 

 A shrub, growing to the height 

 of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. ; flowering 

 in April and May. The long racemes of flowers, the vigorous growth of the 

 shoots, the large leaves, and the luxuriant habit of the plant, altogether render 



