XXXII. GROSSULA‘CEZX: RI'BES. 487 
= 42. R. a‘rro-purruREUM Afeyer, The dark-purple-flowered Currant. 
Identification. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. Ill, t. 231.; Fl. Alt., 1. p. 268. ; 
Don's Mill. 3. p. 191. 
Engravings. Led. ¥1. Ross. Alt. Ill, t. 231. ; our sig 887. from a living plant 
in the Birmingham Botanic Garden. ; and jig. 888. from Ledebour. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Leaves pu- 
bescent, nearly orbicular, cordate, 3—5- 
lobed; lobes acute, serrated. Racemes 
drooping. Pedicels exceeding the bracteas, 
Calyxes campanulate, ciliated. Berries. 
glabrous, and bractless; dark purple, and 
the size of those of the common cur- 
rant. (Don’s Mill.) An upright shrub. 
Altaia, on mountains and subalpine 
places on the river Ursal ; and also at the 
river Tscharysch. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 
Vy Flowers deep purple; April and May. 
887. Ratopurpireum. Fruit dark purple ; ripe in July. 
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Varieties. 
s R. a. 1.— Flowers deep purple. Leaves rather pubescent beneath, 
but smooth and glabrous above, as well as the branches. 
a R. a. 2,— Leaves rather pubescent beneath, but hispid from bristles 
above, as well as the peticies and stems. Found near the river 
Volschoi Ulegumen. 
 R. a. 3.—Flowers paler. Leaves pubescent above, but most so below. 
Branches smooth. 
§ iv. Symphécalyx Dec. 
Derivation. From sumphud, to grow together, and kalux; in reference to the sepals of the calyx 
of the species belonging to this section. 
Sect. Char. The calyxes tubular, and yellow. The racemes many-flowered. 
Leaves compassing the bud. Unarmed shrubs. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 483.) 
gy 43. R. av’reum Pursh. The golden-fowered Currant. 
Identification. Pursh F). Amer. Sept., 1. p. 164.; Don’s Mill.,3 p. 191. 
Synonymes R. palmatum Desf. C. Hort. Paris. ; Chrysobétrya revolita Spach. 
Engravings. Berl, l. c., t. 2. f. 23.3; Bot. Reg., t. 125. ; and our fig. 889. 
Spec. Char., §c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 3-lobed ; 
lobes divaricate, with a few deep teeth, shorter than 
the petioles, which are ciliated at the base. Calyxes 
tubular, longer than the pedicels. Tube slender. Seg- 
ments oblong, obtuse. Petals linear, much shorter than 
the calycine segments. Bracteas linear, length of the 
pedicels. Style entire. Berries glabrous. Flowers 
golden yellow. Fruit yellow, seldom black, and of 
an exquisite flavour. (Don’s Mill.) An upright branchy 
shrub, which before blowing has the appearance of a 
species of Crate‘gus. North-west America, in light 
gravelly soils, from the Great Falls of the Colum- 
bia River to the mountains, and on the southern 
branches. Height 6 ft. to 8ft. Introduced in 1812. 
Flowers yellow; April and May. Fruit yellow, seldom black; ripe in 
August. 
Varieties. ( xe 
g R.a. 1 pre‘cow Lindl. in Hort. Trans. vii. p. 242. R. fragrans Lod. 
(Bot. Cab., t. 1533.; and our jig. 890.)— Flowers earlier. Leaves 
cuneated at the base, pubescent beneath ; lobes deeply serrated. 
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