RIBES SANGUINEUM FLORE PLENO. 
(Double Bloody-flowered CuiTant.) 
Class, Order, 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order- 
GROSSULACEA3. 
tkneric Character.— superior ; limb four or 
j-parted, regular, coloured. Petals five, inserted in 
■ throat of the calyx, and alternating with its seg- 
nts, equal. Stamens four or five, very rarely six, 
y short, alternating with the petals, equal ; 
merits conical or cylindrical, distinct ; anthers two- 
led, opening lengthwise. Ovarium one-celled, with 
> opposite parietal placentaa ; ovula numerous. 
•le one, three or four cleft. Fruit succulent, nearly 
hose, umbilicate at the apex from the permanent 
yx, one-celled, many-seeded. Seeds arillate, sus- 
ided by a long filiform podosperm ; outer integu- 
nt gelatinous or juicy, and membranous; under 
) a very thin membrane, adhering closely to the 
umen ; bluntish at the extremity opposite the 
hilum. Albumen horny, conforming to the seed, 
whitCo Embryo minute, at the sharpest end of the 
seed, excentral, with a blunt radicle, which is placed 
next the hilum. 
Specific Character.— PZanf a bushy shrub. Leaves 
cordate, somewhat five-lobed,serrated,veiny, smoothish 
above, but clothed with villous tomentum beneath. 
Racemes drooping, pubescent, twice the length of the 
leaves. Calyx tubulary, campanulate, Avith oblong 
obtuse spreading segments, exceeding the petals, which 
are red, and quite entire. Bracteas obovate-spatulate. 
Berries turbinate, hairy, brownish-black and bitter, 
destitute of pulp. 
Variety. — A seedling with double flowers. 
For specimens of this interesting variety of a popular slirub vv^e are indebted 
the kind attention of Mr. James M‘Nab, curator of the Caledonian Horticul- 
ral Society ; and we extract the following account from the statement which 
companied them : — 
“ It has flowered for the second season in the garden of the Caledonian 
orticultural Society, both as a standard and on a walk Last year the plants 
3re comparatively weak, and it was not until this spring that it fairly proved 
ielf. It is considerably later in blooming than the ordinary varieties of the 
irlet flowering currant, the standard variety being in bud when the single 
riety was passing out of flower ; and on the wall the double variety is in per- 
ition when the others similarly placed are long gone by. Its racemes vary from 
ree to six inches in length ; and possess sufiicient strength to support its^ com- 
ratively heavier flowers, and cause them to stand clear of the foliage. It also 
mains much longer in a state of perfection than any of the single varieties, 
hen forced, it assumes a still more monstrous form, the flowers resembling the 
en and Chicken Daisy {^Bellis perennis prolif era). Its growth is every bit as 
!e, and it flowers just as profusely as the ordinary single variety, and, like it, is 
sily propagated by cuttings and layers, and requires the same treatment.” 
* We received specimens of it in this state, which perfectly corroborate the description. 
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