44 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Var. a, Bromjieldiannm. 



E. rul>rum var. sylvestre, Bromf. Phyt. 184G, p. 519. 



Leaves sparingly hairy above, grey-tomentose beneath when, 

 young, at length sub-glabrous above but remaining slightly 

 tomentose beneath. Racemes drooping both in flower and fruit. 

 Pedicels equalling or exceeding the fruit. 



Var. (i, Smithianum.* 



Plate DXXI. 



R. petrseum, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 705 (nou Widfen). 

 E. rubrum var. petraeum, Auct. Angl. 



Leaves hairy above, densely grey-tomentose beneath when 

 young, at length sub-glabrous above but remaining tomentose 

 beneath. Racemes erect or spreading in flower, drooping in fruit ; 

 pedicels equalling or exceeding the fruit. 



Var. y, spicatum.f 



Plate DXXII. 



B. spicatum, Bobson. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 1290. 

 E. rubrum var. spicatum, Auct. Angl. 



Leaves hairy above, densely grey-tomentose beneath when 

 young, at length sub-glabrous above but remaining tomentose 

 beneath. Racemes erect both in flower and fruit ; pedicels shorter 

 than the fruit. 



In woods and thickets. Var. a generally but sparingly or 

 rather locally distributed in England. Var. in Yorkshire, Dur- 

 ham, Northumberland, and, according to Dr. Bromfield, in the Lie 

 of Wight. I have gathered what seems nearest this form at 

 Dollar, Clackmannanshire, but the racemes are drooping in flower. 

 Var. y in a wood at Applegarth, near Richmond, Yorkshire, now 



extinct. 



England, Scotland. Shrub. Spring. 



This has smaller and firmer leaves than the common red currant, 

 and they are more hairy when young, and remain more or less 

 tomentose beneath even when mature. The rachis of the racemes 

 is downy, and the flowers are apparently always tinged with dingy- 

 purple. ' Mr. II. C. Watson pointed out to me the different shape 



* Named " R rubrum var. y Smithianum " in the Plate, 

 t Named " E. rubrum var. I spicatum " in the Plate. 



