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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART II] 



Dean, Northumberland, 

 in May. 



A shrub, growing 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, and flowering 



» 20. B. (r.) spica v tum Bobs. The spiked-Jloivo-ed red, or Tree, Currant. 



Identification. Robs, in Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t. 21. ; Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1290. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 16. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p, 187. 

 St/)ioni/»n\ The Tree Currant. 

 Engravings. Lin. Trans., 3. p. 240. t. 21. ; Engl. Bot, t. 1290. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 16. ; and our fig. 728. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves roundish- 

 cordate, 3 — 5-lobed, covered with 

 soft hairs above, and with tomen- 

 tum beneath. Racemes erect. 

 Flowers more or less pedicellate. 

 Bracteas obtuse, tomentose, much 

 shorter than the pedicels, Sepals 

 roundish-cuneated. Petals oblong. 

 Styles bifid. Berries glabrous, glo- 

 bose, and in colour and taste re- 

 sembling those of B. rubrum. The 

 tree currant affords a fruit rather 

 smaller, and more acrid, than the 

 common red currant ; but by cross- 

 ing and cultivation it might, no doubt, 

 be greatly improved ; and, from its comparatively tree-like habits, might be 

 a more convenient fruit shrub in respect to the crops around it. (Don's 

 Mill.,m. p. 187.) Native of the north of England, in woods near Rich- 

 mond in Yorkshire, and between Piersbridge and Gainford in Durham. A 

 shrub, varying from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and flowering in April and 

 May. 



a 21. B. (r.) carpa'thicum Kit. The Carpathian red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Schultes CEstr. EL, 2. ed. 1. p. 432. ; et Rcem. et Schultes Syst.,5. p. 493. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. R. acerrimum Rachel ex Rcem. et Schultes, 1. c. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect. Leaves 5-lobed, cordate. Racemes pendulous, 

 and, as well as the calyxes, pubescent. Petals, flattish, smaller than the 

 calyx. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 187.) Perhaps only a variety of B. rubrum. 

 Native of the Carpathian Mountains. A shrub, growing 4ft. high. 



at 22. B. (r.) multiflo^rum Kit. The many-flowered red Currant. 



Identification. Kit. in Rcem. et Schultes Sy ., 5. p. 493., but not of H. B. et Kunth ; Sims Bot. 



Mag., 2368. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 11. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 187. 

 Synonyme. R. spicatum Schultes CEstr. Fl., 



ed. 1. p. 433. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2368. ; Berl., 1. 



c, t. 2. f. 11. ; and our Jig. 729. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves 5-lobed, 

 cordate, tomentose beneath. 

 Racemes very long, pendulous, 

 drooping. Bracteas shorter 

 than the flowers. Petioles 

 length of leaves. Petals wedge- 

 shaped. Styles bifid, and some- 

 times distinctly trifid. (Don's 

 MilL, in. p. 187.; Native of 

 Croatia. Introduced in 1822. 

 A shrub, growing to the height 

 of from 4ft. to (> ft.; flowering 

 in April and May. The long racemes of flowers, the vigorous growth of the 

 vlioot I, th'; large leaves, and the luxuriant habit of the plant, altogether render 



