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This, and the preceding varieties, 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, most truly ligneous, and of greater duration, than those of 

 most other species of Ribes. Next to R. sanguineum, and its varie- 

 ties, they merit a place in every collection. 



s 42. R. (A.) TENUIFLO V 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. 1. f. A. ; R. fliivum Berl. in Dec. Prod., 3. 



p. 483. ; R. missourinsis Hort. ; Chrysobotrya Lindleydna Spach. 

 Engravings. Bot Reg., t. 1274. ; and our fig. 744. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Unarmed, quite glabrous. Leaves roundish, 3-lobed, mealy ; 

 lobes bluntly toothed at the apex. Racemes pendulous, many-flowered. 

 Calyx tubular, glabrous, longer than the pedicels, 744. 

 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. In habit, 

 this species is more erect than R. aureum, and 

 has the young wood more thinly clothed with 

 leaves ; its whole appearance is also paler, during 

 the early part of the season. The flowers are 

 not more than half the size of R. aureum ; and 

 have entire, not notched, petals. The fruit is 

 about the size of the red currant, of an agreeable 

 flavour but possessing little acidity. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 191.) A native of North America; common 

 on the rocky tracts of the Columbia, near the head waters of the Missouri. 

 A shrub, attaining the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft. ; and producing its flowers in 

 April and May. Introduced in 1812. 

 Varieties. 



* R. (a.) t. \fructu nigro. Berries changing from yellow to red, and 

 finally acquiring a deep blackish purple colour. 



R. (a.) t. 2fructu luteo. Fruit yellow; always retaining the same 

 co Jour. 



* 43. R. (A.) FLAVUM Coll. The yellovr-flowei-ed Currant. 



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



Synonymes. R. afareum 3 sanguineum Lindl. in Hort. %rans., 7. p. 242. ; R. palmatum Detf. Hort. 



Par. ; R. aureum Ker Bot. Res., t. 125., but not of Pursh ; Chrysob6trya intermedia Spach. 

 Engraving. Coll. Hort. Ripul. Append., 3. p. 4. 1. 1. f. 2. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Unarmed, quite glabrous. Young leaves 3-lobed ; adult 

 ones usually 5-lobed, deeply toothed, about equal in length to the ciliated 

 petioles. Racemes short, 4 5-flowered. Calyx tubular, much longer 

 than the pedicels. Tube slender. Segments rather spathulate, reflexed. 

 Petals one half shorter than the calycine segments. Bracteas elliptic. 

 Berries oblong, glabrous. Flowers yellow. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 191.) A 

 native of North America. A shrub, growing 6 ft. or 8 ft. high ; flowering 

 in April and May. Introduced in 1812. 



App. i. A Classification of the Species and Varieties of Ribes 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden in 1836, made by Mr. 

 Gordon, Foreman of the Arboretum there. 



In the following synopsis, the authorities put immediately after the names 

 of the plants are those of the nurserymen, or others, who sent the plants 

 with these names to the Horticultural Society's Garden ; the authorities in 

 parenthesis are references to books ; and the references to figures are those 



