XXXII. GROSSULA CEH! RIBES. 477 
A. Flowers greenish, or greenish yellow, or readish ; and Fruit, ma wild 
State, red. 
ge 18. R. ru‘srum LZ, The common red Currant. 
identification. Lin. Sp., 290.; Dec. Prod., 3. p, 481. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 187. 
Syxonymes. R. vulgare N. Du Ham.; Groseillier commun, Fr.; gemeine Johannisbeere, Ger. 5 
Aalbessen Boom, Dutch; Ribes rosso, Ital. 
Engravings. Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1289.; Krauss, t. 48.; and our jig. 860. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cordate, bluntly 3—5-lobed, 
pubescent beneath, when young, usually rather to- 
mentose, glabrous above. Racemes drooping. Brac- 
teas ovate, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx flatly 
campanulate, spreading. Sepals obtuse. Petals ob- 
cordate. Fruit quite glabrous. Flowers yellowish. 
(Don’s Mill.) An upright shrub. Europe and Siberia, 
in woods; and throughout Canada to the mouth of 
the Mackenzie ; in the North of England and in Scot- 
land, in mountainous woods, and about the banks 
of rivers. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers greenish yel- 
low; April and May. Fruit red ; ripe in Juiy. 
Varieties. De Candolle gives the following forms of this 
species : — 
a R. +r. 1 sylvéstre Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. p. 406. — Leaves and berries small. 
Lobes of leaves short. 
a2 R.7+. 2 horténse Dec. l.c. R. ribrum Lois. Nouv, Dict. iii. — Leaves 
large, sometimes variegated. Berries sweeter and larger than in 
var. 1. Cultivated in gardens. 
2 R. r. 3 cérneum Berl. MSS. ex Dec. Prod. iii. p. 481. R. ribrum 
domésticum 2 baccis carneis Wallr. Sched. p. 106. — Leaves rather 
tomentose beneath. Sepalsred. Cells of anthers distant. Berrics 
pale red. 
a R. +r. 4 variegdtum Dec. Prod. iii. p.481., Wallr. l.c., has the berries 
beautifully variegated ; or, rather, distinctly striped with white and 
red. In cultivation in Austria, and well deserving of a place in 
every collection, from the beauts and singularity of its fruit. 
R. r. 5 album Desf. Cat. Bot. p. 164. — Berries white. 
R.r. 6 foliis liteo variegatis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with 
yellow, and the fruit red. 
a R.r. 7 foliis dlbo variegatis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with 
white, and the fruit white. 
a: R.r. 8 sibtricum Oldaker. The Russian currant.—Of vigorous growth. 
860. R. rubrum. 
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The propagation, culture, &c., of the currant, as a fruit shrub, will be found 
given at length in our Encyclopedia of Gardening, and in our Suburban Hortt- 
culturist. 
«1 19. R.(R.) aver'num L, The alpine red 
Currant. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 291.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 480.5 
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. 
Synonyme. R. diotcum Masters. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 96.; and our/fig. 861. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 3—5 lobes, ob- 
tuse, hairy above, shining beneath. Racemes 
grouped. Bracteas lanceolate, inflated, spar- 
ingly glandulose, mostly larger than the 
flowers. Petals minute, as if in abortion. 
Anthers more or less sessile. Styles con- 
nate. Berries red. (Dec. Prod.) A 
spreading shrub. Alps of Europe and Si- 
861. 2. (r.) alpinum. 
