CHAP. LV. 



GHOSSULA^CEiE. RI BES. 



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this a very ornamental sort. From the luxuriance of the flowers and leaves, 

 and of the plant generally, fruit is seldom produced ; and, when it appears, 

 it is generally of small size. On account of the gracefulness of the long 

 drooping racemes of flowers, it well deserves a place in collections. 



-* 23. R. (r.) procu'mbens Pall. 



The procumbent red Curr 



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ant. 



Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 35. t. 65. ; Ait. Hort. Kcvv., 2. p. 41. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Synonyme. It. polycarpon Gmel. Syst. Veg., p. 419. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 35. t. 65. ; and our fig. 730. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves bluntly lobed ; lobes serrated, 

 lateral ones a little cut. Racemes erect. Peduncles ^ 

 long, setaceous. Segments of the limb of the flower 0|T 

 pubescent, acute, of a purplish colour. Anthers hardly ^, 

 rising from the calyx. Flowers flattish. Berries very 

 grateful to the taste, rufescent when ripe. {Boil's Mill., 

 iii. p. 186.) A native of Siberia, in moist shady places. 

 A procumbent shrub, flowering in May and June. Intro- 

 duced in 1804. The plant to which this name is at- 

 tached in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges is the 

 R. prostratum described below, which induces us to 

 think that the two alleged species may possibly be the 

 same thine. 



jc 24. R. (r.) prostraVum Li 



The prostrate red Currant. 



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Identification. L'HeVit.'Stirp., 1. p. 3. t. 2. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Synonyme. R. glanduldsum Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. p. 279., Richards 



in Frankl. First Journ., ed. 2. p. 9., Schmidt Baum., t. 95. 

 Engravings. L'Herit. Stirp., 1. p. 3. t. 2. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 12.; Schmidt, 



Baum., t. 95. ; and our fig. 731. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves deeply cordate, 5 — 7-lobed, 

 glabrous. Lobes acutely cut, doubly serrate, naked 

 on both surfaces. Racemes erect, loose, slender. 

 JBracteas small, obtuse, much shorter than the pe- 

 dicels, which are beset with glandular bristles. Calyx 

 rotate. Germens and berries beset with glandular 

 bristles. Berries large and reddish. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 186.) This is a very distinct sort; a native of 

 Newfoundland, throughout Canada, and in the woods 

 on the Rocky Mountains. A prostrate shrub, flow- 

 ering in April and May. Introduced in 1812. 

 Variety. 



** R. (r.) p. 2 laxiflorum ; R. affTne Dougl. MSS. ; R. laxiflorum Pursh 



Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 731. — Racemes pubescent. Pedicels divaricate. 



A native of the north-west coast of America. 



& 25. R. (r.) resino v sum Pursh. The resinous red Currant. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 163. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 186. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., 1. 1583. ; Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 10. ; and our fig. 731. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. All herbaceous parts of the shrub bear hairs 

 tipped with resinous glands. Leaves 3 — 5-lobed, roundish. 

 Racemes erect. Calyx flattish. Petals bluntly rhomboid. 

 Bracteas linear, longer than the pedicels. Flowers greenish 

 yellow. ? Berry hairy and red. Perhaps the flowers are 

 dioecious. Very like R. alpinum. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 186.) 

 A native of North America, on the mountains. A shrub, 

 growing to the height of from 3 ft. to .5 ft.; flowering in April 

 and May. Introduced in 1800. 



j: 26. R. (r.) tri'fidum Michx. The \x\M-calyxed red Currant. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 110. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 186 



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