CHAP. LV. 



G IIOSSULA CEJE. RIBES. 



979 



& 18. R. (r.) alpi x num L. The alpine red Currant. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 291. ; Berlandier in Mem. Soc. 



Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2 ; Dec. Prod., 3, p. 480. : Don's Mill. 



3. p. 186. 

 Engravings. M£m. Soc. Phys. Gen., 3. pars 2. t. 2. f. 9*. ; 



Jacq. Austr., 2. t. 47, i Schmidt Baum., t. 96. ; and our 

 AT- 725. 



«S/>ec. Char., Src Leaves with 3 — 5 lobes, ob- 

 tuse, hairy above, shining beneath. Racemes 

 grouped. Bracteas lanceolate, inflated, spa- 

 ringly glandulose, mostly larger than the 

 flowers. Petals minute, as if in abortion. 

 Anthers more or less sessile. Styles con- 

 nate. Berries red. (Dec. Prod. y iii. p. 480.) 

 A native of the alps of Europe and Siberia; 

 and found, in Britain, in woods, both in 

 England and Scotland. 



Varieties. Berlandier has described two forms of the species, and Dr. Lindlev 

 has added a proper variety. J 



* R. (r.) a. 1 sterile Wallr. Sched., p. 108., Dec. Prod., iii. p. 480 • R 



dioicum MamchMeth. — Flowers many in a raceme, and densely 



disposed, flat, destitute of a germen, soon falling off. Anthers 



almost sessile, acute, bearing pollen. (Dec. Prod iii p 480 ) 

 m R. (r.) a. 2 bacciferum Wallr. Sched., p. 108., Dec. Prod., iii. p. 480 



— Flowers few in a raceme, rather salver-shaped. Anthers upon 



obvious filaments, ? imper- 

 fect. Style bifid to a small 



•extent. Germen obvious. 



(Dec. Prod., iii. p. 480.) 

 .** R. (r.) a. 3 piimilum Lindl, in 



Hort. Trans., vii. p. 244. ; 



and ovxfig. 726. — In every 



respect the same as the 



species, but not one third 



of the size, never exceeding 



2 ft. in height, even when 



cultivated in gardens. The 



leaves are deeply cut, the 



flowers small, and the fruit seldom produced. 

 Sfe R. (r.) a. 4 fbliis variegdtis Hort. has variegated leaves. There is a 



plant of it in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Sk 19. 



R. (r.) FETRi£ v uM Wulf. The rock red Currant. 



Identification. Wulf. in Jacq. Misc., 2. p. S6. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 187. 



Synonymes. R. alpinum Delarb. Auvergn., p. 166.; the woolly-leaved Currant, the 



mallow-leaved Currant. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot, t. 705. ; Berl., I. c, t. 2. f. 14. ; Jacq. Icon., 1. t. 49. ; and our Jig. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves acuminated, 3 — 5- 

 lobed, rather cordate, deeply serrated, on 

 long petioles, pilose above. Racemes 

 erect, crowded, rather pubescent. Brac- 

 teas shorter than the pedicel. Sepals ob- 

 tuse. Petals obcordate, small, white. Ber- 

 ries large, deep red, with an acid taste. 

 Fruiting racemes pendulous. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. 187.) Native of the alps of Carinthia, 

 Savoy, and on almost all the mountains of 

 the continent of Europe. In England, it 

 is found near Eggleston and Conscliffe, in 

 the countv of Durham ; and in Scotswood 



3t 3 



red Marsh- 



727. 



