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òpec. Char., 4c. Stipular prickles twin.
Leaves with a disk shorterthan the petiole,
and wedge-shaped, perfectly glabrous, and
parted into 3 lobes which are dentate.
/lowers upon long pedicels, in long upright
racemes. Bracteas the length of the «¿wers.
feepals rounded, yellowish. Petals small,
roundish. Berry ovate or globose, red!
(JJcc. lTod.) A spiny shrub. Dahuria and
Liberia, in rocky places. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft.
Introduced in 1781. Flowers yellowish
green; May and June. Fruit ovate, red •
ripe in August. *
A very distinct sort, easily known by its
cuneated leaves and yellowish flowers. In
Messrs. Loddiges’s collection there is a fasti-
giate-growing variety.
* 17 P . LACU'STRE Poir. The lake-sirfe
Currant-like Gooseberry. ' sm. x. bussmi,..
/ p. 478. ; Doll’s MÍU., 3. p. 178
L u g rm w g . Oorfig. 859. f.-oii, a plain ia tho i K i / K s L i '/ ’s Gardeo.
Spee Urnr., f r . Infra-axillai’v prickles nia-
mlo d ; the stem hispid with minute
prickles. Leaves lobed beyond the middle :
glalirous beneath, rather pilose above
fttm le s villous. Peduncles ? upright,'
Preflexed bearing 2 - 3 flowers upo¿
hispid pedicels. Flowers small, yellowish
green. Germen iiispid. (Dec. Prod ) A
very prickly shmb. Canada and Vireinia
m inoist places. Height i ft. to 5 ft. In!
tronuced in 1812, Flowers small, yellowish
; April and May. Fruit purplish black,
about the size of the common black cur-
rent ; ripe in August.
Variety.
m R. I. 2 echinàtum-, R. echinàtum
Uougl. MSS., .and Arb. Brit. 1st
/ I t . p. 992. ; R. armàtum Hort. ;
™ h e ? s S e r " " “"‘™‘®’ and
5 iii. R ib e s ia Dec. Currants.
X X X I I . G R O S S U L A C E Æ ; R I B E S . 477
A. Floiuers , or greenish yellow, or reddish ; and Fruit, tn a wild
State, red.
tì 18. -ß. ru 'b rum L . The common red Currant,
m,-Atiñcation. Lin. Sp., 290. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 481. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 197. ^ •
(i/Konymes. R- vulgàre N. Du Ham. ; Groseillier commun, Fr. ; gemeine Johannisbeere, Ger. ;
A’illiessen Boom, Dutch; Ribes rosso, Ital.
E n g ra v in g s . Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1289. ; Krauss, t. 48. ; and our Jtg. 860.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves cordate, bluntly 3—5-lobed,
pubescent beneath, when young, usually rather tomentose,
860. R. rù b rum .
glabrous above. Racemes drooping. Bracteas
ovate, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx flatly
campanulate, spreading. Sepals obtuse. Petals pb-
cordate. Fruit quite glabrous. Flowers yellowish.
(Doris Mill.) An upright shrub. Europe and Siberia,
in woods; and throughout Canada to the mouth of
the Mackenzie ; in the North of England and in Scotland,
in mountainous woods, and about the banks
of rivers. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers greenish yellow
; April and May. Fruit red ; ripe in July.
Varieties. De Candolle gives the following forms of this
species: —
áfe R. r. 1 sylvestre Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. p. 406 Leaves and berries small.
Lobes ot leaves short.
^ R. r. 2 hortense Dec. 1. c. R. riibrum Lois. Nouv. Dict. iii. — Leaves
large, sometimes variegated. Berries sweeter and larger than in
var. 1. Cultivated in gardens.
ÍÉ R. r. 3 cárneum Beri. MSS. ex Dec. Prod. iii. p. 481. R. riibrum
domésticum 2 báccis cárneis Wallr. Sched. p. 106. — Leaves rather
tomentose beneath. Sepals red. Cells of anthers distant. Berries
pale red.
Sfe K. r. ii variegàtumDec.'Ptoà. iii. p. 481., Wallr. I.e., has the berries
beautifully variegated ; or, rather, distinctly striped with white and
red. In cultivation in Austria, and well deserving of a place m
every collection, from the beauty and singularity of its fruit.
3È R. r. 5 album Desf. Cat. Bot. p. 164. —Berries white.
at R. r. 6 foliis lùteo variegàtis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with
yellow, and the fruit red.
a R. r. 7 foliis âlbo variegàtis Du Ham. has the leaves variegated with
white, and the fruit white,
äi R. r. 8 sibiricum Oldaker. The Russian currant.—Of vigorous growth.
The j)ropagation, culture, &c., of the currant, as a fruit shrub, will be found
given at length in our Encyclopædia of Gardening, and in our Suburban Ilorti^ culturist.
J* 19. R. ( r .J a lpi'num L. The alpine red
Currant.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 291. ; Dec. Frod., 3. p. 480. ;
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186.
Synonyme. R. diotcum Masters.
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 96. ; and oaxfig. 861.
Spec. Char., 4c> Leaves with 3—5 lobes, obtuse,
hairy above, shining beneath. Racemes
grouped. Bracteas lanceolate, inflated, sparingly
glandulose, mostly larger than the
flowers. Petals minute, as if in abortion.
AnthRi’s more or less sessile. St3’Ies connate.
Berries red. (Dec. Prod.) A
spreading shrub Alps of Europe and Si- 661. R. (r.) alpinum.