XXXII. GROSSULA‘CEE: RI‘BES. 483 
Engravings. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1278. and 1658, ; and our jigs. 874, 875. 
wee Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 3- 
lobed, serrated, beset with 
resinous glands beneath, as 
are also the bracteas. Ra- 
cemces longer than theleaves, 
either drooping or erect. 
Bracteas —_ cuneate-oblong, 
obtuse, at length reflexed. 
Calyx campanulate, yellow- 
874. R. (n.) punctatum. ish. Berries oblong, hairy, 
black, and dotted. Petals 
small, yellow. (Don's Mill.) A sub-evergreen shrub, 875. 2. (n.) punctatum, 
Chili, on hills, Height 3 ft. to4ft. Introduced in 1826. Flowers yellow : 
Apriland May. Fruit black ; ripe in July. 
The leaves are shining, and of a yellowish green, and, when rubbed, have 
an agreeable odour. The short close bunches of rich yellow flowers are pro- 
duced in the axils of the leaves. The plant throws up suckers from the roots : 
a circumstance which distinguishes it from almost every other species of the 
genus in British gardens. Dr. Lindley has given two figures of this species in 
the Botanical Register : one, t. 1658., of the wild plant, in which the spikes are 
pendulous, or nodding ; and the other, t. 1278., of the cultivated plant, in which 
the spikes are erect. He observes that it is hardy enough to live in a dry 
border without protection, and that it is a rather pretty evergreen shrub. H. S. 
a 34, R. (N.) HETERO’TRICHUM Meyer. The variable-haired 
Currant. 
Identification. Meyer in Led. FI. Ros. Alt. Illus., 1. p. 270, ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 187- 
Engr avings. Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. Nlus., t, 235.; and our jig. 876. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem erectish. Leaves pubescent, bristly, 
and glandular, nearly orbicular, 3-lobed ; lobes obtuse, toothed. 
Racemes erect. Pedicels equal in length to the bracteas, 
Calyx flat, pubescent. Berries puberulous, glandless, bract- 
less. (Don’s Mil.) An upright shrub. Altaia, on rocks, at the 
foot of the mountains. Height 2ft.to 3ft. Introduced in 
1837. Flowers purple; April and May. Fruit like that of the 
y red currant, but orange-coloured ; 
876.R.heterétrichum. ripe in August. 
& 35. R. (n.) BRacTEO'sUM Dougl. The bracteate 
Currant. 
Identification. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232. 5 Don’s Mill., 3. 
Engraving. Our fig. 877. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker’s 
herbarium, 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves on long petioles, cordate, 
deeply 5—7-lobed; lobes acuminated, cut, doubly 
serrated, hispid above, but full of resinous dots 
beneath ; racemes often terminal, at length re- 
flexed. Pedicels erectly spreading, pubescent, 
exceeding the spathulate bracteas. Calyx rotate, 
glabrous. Petals minute, roundish. Germens and 
berries full of resinous dots. (Don’s Mill) A 
large shrub. North-west coast, of America, at 
the confluence of the Columbia with the ocean. 
Height 5 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers pur- 
plish yellow; April and May. Fruit about the 
size of the red currant, greenish, hairy. 
A very remarkable and elegant shrub, ma leaves 877. R. (n.) bractedsum. 
It 
