482 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Varieties. 
& R. (n.) fi 2 grandifforum Hort. R. rigens Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer 
i. p. 110., Ph. Sept. i. p. 136.—Flowers and racemes larger than 
those of the species. 
% R. (n.) f. 3 parviflorum Hort. R. americanum 
Mill., 2. pennsylvanicum Cels., R. campanulatum 
Hort.—Flowers smaller, and the racemes shorter. 
+ 30. R. (N.) PRocu’mBEns Pall. The procumbent 
black Currant. 
Identification. Pall. F1. Ross., 2. p.35. t.65.; Don’s Mill. 3. p. 186. 
Synonyme. R. Polycarpon Gmel. Syst. Veg. p. 419. 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ros., 2. p. 35. t. 65.; and our fig. 871. 
Spee. Char., $c. Leaves bluntly lobed; lobes serrated, 
lateral ones a little cut. Racemes erect. Peduncles 
long, setaceous. Segments of the limb of the flower 
pubescent, acute, of a purplish colour. Anthers hardly 
rising from the calyx. Flowers flattish. Berries very 
grateful to the taste, rufescent when ripe. (Don’s Alill.) 
A procumbent shrub. Siberia, in moist places. Height 
1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1¢04. Flowers greenish yel- - 
low; May and June. Fruit brownish; ripe Aug. 871. R.(n.) procumbens. 
x 31. R.(N.) Prostra‘rum Lin. The prostrate black Currant. 
Identification. L’Heérit. Stirp., 1. p. 3. t. 2.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. 
Synonymcs. R. glanduldsum Azt. Hort. Kew, ed. 1. p. 279.; R. canadénse Lodd. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 95.; and our fig. 872. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves deeply cordate, 5—7-lobed, 
glabrous. Lobes acutely cut, doubly serrate, naked on 
both surfuces. Racemes erect, loose, slender. Brac- 
teas smal!, obtuse, much shorter than the pedicels, 
which are beset with glandular bristles. Calyx ro- 
tate. Germens and berries beset with glandular 
bristles. Berries large and black. (Don’s Mill.) A 
prostrate shrub. Newfoundland, throughout Canada, 
and in the woods on the Rocky Mountains. Height 
1 ft. to 3ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers greenish 
yellow ; April and May. Fruit black ; ripe in July. 
Variety. 
x R. (n.) p. 2 laxiflorum. R. affine Dougl. 
MSS., R. laxiflorum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 
ii. p.731.— Racemes pubescent. Pedicels 
divaricate. A very distinct sort. North-west coast of America. 
872. R.(n.) prostratum, 
& 32, R. (N.) REsINO’suM Pursh. The resinous black Currant. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept 1. p. 163. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186. 
Synonymes. R. orientale Catros ; R. reclinatum Hort. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1583.; Berl., l.c., t. 2. f 10.; and our fig. 873. 
Spec. Char., §c. All herbaceous parts of the shrub bear hairs @ 
tipped with resinous glands. Leaves 3—5-lobed, roundish. 
Racemes erect. Calyx flattish. Petals bluntly rhomboid. 
Bracteas linear, longer than the pedicels. Flowers greenish 
yellow. ? Berry hairy and black. Perhaps the flowers are 4 
diceecious. (Don’s Mill.) A spreading shrub. North America, 4 Ure 
on the mountains. Height 3ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1800, 873:2+(1) resindsum. 
Flowers greenish yellow; April and May. Fruit black ; ripe in July. 
« 33. R.(x.) puncra’tum Ruiz et Pav. The dotted-/eaved black Currant. 
Identification. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per., 2. p. 12, t. 233. f. a.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 187, 
Synonyme. R. glanduldsum Ruiz et Pavon Fl. Per. t. 233. f.6.,but not of Alt.; Don's Mill, 3 
p. 189,, on the authority of Mr. Gordon, of the Horticultural Society. nae 
