486 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
C. Flowers deep red. Fruit black. 
» 41, R. sancu’Neum Pursk, The bloody, or red, flowered Currant. 
ificati F ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 191. 
Hentifcation: | Pa ee a nantbs eek Gyct ; Galobourya sanguinea Spach. 
Engravings. Wort. Trans., 7. t. 13.5 Bot. Reg., t. 1349. ; and our fig. 884. 
Spec. Char. &c. Leaves cordate, somewhat 5-lobed, 
serrated, veiny, smoothish above, but clothed 
with villous tomentum beneath. Racemes droop- 
ing, pubescent, twice the length of the leaves. 
Calyx tubularly campanulate, with oblong, obtuse, 
spreading segments, exceeding the petals, which 
are red, and quite entire. Bracteas obovate-spa- 
thulate. Berries turbinate, hairy. (Don’s Mill.) 
A large branchy smooth shrub. North-west coast 
of America, in rocky situations, by the sides of 
streams. Height 4ft. to8ft. Introduced in 1826. 
Flowers deep rose; Marchand April. Fruit pur- 
plish, with a glaucous bloom; ripe in August. 
Varieties. 
% R. s. 2 glutindsum. R. glutindsum Benth. 881, R.sanguineum. 
Hort. Trans. 2d ser. vol. i. _P- 476., vin angustum Dougl. MS. 
(Our jig. 885.) —The foliage is destitute of down, and slightly vis- 
cous. The racemes are rather larger than in the species, and the 
flowers are of a very pale rose colour, This variety comes into leaf 
a month before the species. 
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885. R.s, glutinosum, 886. R.s. malvaceum. 
a R. s. 3 malvdceum. R. malvaceum Benth. l.c. (Our fig. 886.) 
—Leaves rough and hispid on the upper side, and clothed un- 
derneath with a whitish cottony down. ‘The racemes of flowers are 
shorter and closer; and each flower is almost sessile on the common 
stalk. In colour, the flowers are rather darker than those of &.s. 
glutindsum, and have more of a lilac tinge. 
xs Ros. 4 dtro-ribens Hort. — Flowers and racemes rather smaller, and 
of a much deeper and darker red, than those of the species. 
Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
By far the most ornamental species of the genus. It is easily propagated, 
and as hardy as the common black currant. It flowers profusely ; and, com- 
ing into bloom early in the season, forms the most splendid bush to be seen 
in British shrubberies, from the middle or end of March to the beginning or 
middle of May. A great many seeds were sent over by Mr. Douglas, a num- 
ber of which were distributed by the Horticultural Society ;, and the plants 
produced from them have varied in the colour of their flowers, from pale pink to 
deep red. The plants, also, seed freely in this country ; and hence a number 
of varieties bave been originated by nurserymen, independently of R. s. 
malvaceum and R. s. glutindsum, which differ from the species, not only in 
the shades of colour of their flowers, but also in their leaves. The variety 
which has the darkest-coloured flowers is R. s. atro-ribens. 
