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PART III. 



nessof this sort ; but, judging from the plants in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, as well as from a very 

 beautiful figure in Schmidt's Baumzucht, we cannot but consider it as a 

 variety, or race, of the black currant; but in this, as in similar cases, we 

 have treated it as a species, in order to leave the reader free to form his 

 own judgment on the subject. We have only indicated our opinion by 

 putting the letter n in parentheses, between the generic and specific names. 



Varieties. 

 at R. (n.)f. 2 grandifidrum Hort. has the flowers and racemes larger than 



those of the species, 

 a R. (w.)/. 3 parvi/ldrum Hort. has the flowers smaller, and the racemes 



shorter. 



^ 34. R. (n.) ine v brians Lindl. The intoxicating black Currant. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1471. ; and our Jig. 736. 



Spec. Char,, eye. Leaves roundish, 

 deeply 3 — 5-lobed, and deeply 

 toothed, truncate at the base, 

 glandular on both surfaces. Pe- 

 tioles pubescent. Peduncles 3 

 — 5-flowered, pendulous. Flow- 

 ers aggregate. Calyx tubular, 

 glandular, with the segments re- 

 curved. Calyx greenish white, 

 with the tube 4 lines long. 

 Leaves smelling like those of R. 

 floridum. The species was re- 

 ceived from Mr. Floy of New 

 York, under the name of the 

 intoxicating currant, but with- 

 out any other account of its 

 properties. The berries pro- 

 bably possess some narcotic quality. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 190.) A native 

 of North America, growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., and flowering in 

 April. Introduced in 1827. 



35. R. ce v reum Dougl. 



The waxy-leaved black Currant. 

 737 



Identification. Dougl. in Hort. Trans., 7. p. 512. ; Bot. 



Reg., 1263.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 190. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg, t. 1263. ; and our fig. 737. ~"~ 



Spec. Char., See. Leaves small, cordate, 

 lobed, serrated, clothed with glandular pu- 

 bescence, glabrous, glaucous, full of white 

 glands above. Racemes pendulous, rather 

 capitate. Bracteas ovate, adpressed to 

 the germens, which are glabrous. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, cylindrical, rather angular. 

 Calycine segments small, reflexed. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 190.) In its small foliage, and 

 few-flowered racemes, this species resem- 

 bles the gooseberry tribe ; but it has not 

 thorns. The flowers are rather large and 

 white, with a slight tinge of green, and arc 

 rather downy. White waxy dots like scales 

 cover the upper surface of the leaf; whence 

 the specific name. A native of North-west America, on the banks of the 

 Columbia, and its southern tributary streams, from the Great Falls to the 



