CHAP. LV. 



GROSSULA CEiE. RPBES. 



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* R. s. 4 dtro-rubens Hort. has the flowers and racemes rather smaller, 

 and of a much deeper and darker red, than those of the species. 

 Plants of this variety, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, when 

 in flower, are strikingly distinct. 



a. Species or Varieties of Ribes belongi?ig to the Division C of the Section Ribesia, 

 which have not yet been introduced. 



afe 40. R. a n tro-purpu v reum Meyer. The dark-purple^oi^ratf Currant. 



Identification. Meyer in Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 231. ; Fl. Alt., 1. p. 268.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Engraving. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 231. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect. Leaves pubescent, 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 currant. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 191.) A native of Altaia, on mountains and subalpine places on the river Ursal ; and 

 also at the river Tscharysch. A shrub, growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, and producing its flowers 

 in April and May. 

 Varieties. 



s£ R. a. I. — Flowers deep purple. Leaves rather^ pubescent beneath, but smooth and glabrous 



above, as well as the branches. 

 Sfe R. a. 2. — Leaves rather pubescent beneath, but hispid from bristles above, as well as the 



petioles and stems. Found near the river Volschoi Ulegumen. 

 3fe R. a. 3. — Flowers paler. Leaves pubescent above, but most so below. Branches smooth. 



§ iv. Symphocalyx Dec. 



Derivation. From sumphuo, to grow together, and kalux j 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.) 



3£ 41. R. au'reum Pursh. The golden-floiuered Currant. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 164. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 191. 

 Synonymes. R. palmata Desf. Cat. Hort., Paris. ; Chrysobotrya revoluta 



Spach . 

 Engravings. Berl., 1. c, t. 2. f. 23. ; Bot. Reg., t. 125. ; and^our fig. 762. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Quite glabrous. Leaves three-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. 

 Segments 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. (Do?i's Mill., iii. p. 191.) 

 A native of North-west America, in light gravelly 

 soils, from the Great Falls of the Columbia River, to the mountains, and 

 on the southern branches. A shrub, growing 6 ft. or 8 ft. high ; flowering 

 in April and May. Introduced in 1812. 

 Varieties. 



afe R. a. \ prat cox Lindl.in Hort. Trans., 



vii. p. 242 . — Flowers earlier. Leaves 



cuneated at the base, pubescent 



beneath ; lobes deeply serrated. 



Berries copious, earlier, turbinate. 



Racemes bracteate. A native of 



North America. 

 afc R. a. 2 villosum Dec. Prod., iii. p. 483.; 



R. longiflorum Fraser's Cat., 1813. 



— Leaves rather villous. 

 $k R. a. 3 serotinum Lindl., 1. c. j and our 

 fig. 743. — Flowers late. Leaves of 



various forms, smoothish beneath ; 



lobes deeply serrrated. Berries 



few, late, round. Racemes naked. 



A native of North America. 



