4 8 0 A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R IT A N N IC U M .
Spec. Char.y 4 c . Branches glabrous. Leaves glabrous
above, but with a few scattered hairs beneath, 3—5-lobed;
lobes acuminated, serrated. Racemes axillary, erect.
Peduncles pubescent. Berries nodding. Calyx campanulate.
Petals rounded at the apex. (Bou's Mill.) A
smooth shrub. Nepal, on Sirmore and Eniodi. Height
4 ft. to 6 ft. IntJ’oduced ? in 1837. Flowers greenish
yellow ; April and May. Fruit red, about the size ofthat
of the red currant ; ripe in July.
Jk 26. R. ( r . ) t r F f id u m Michx. The tv\£\à-calyxed red
Currant.
Identification. Miclix. Fl. Bor. Amer, ).
p. 110.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 186.
Engraving. Our fig. 867. from a specimen
m Sir W. J. Hooker’s herbarium. «• fò)
Spec. Char.y 4c. Leaves smooth, moderately lobed.
Racemes loosely many-flowered, pubescent. Flowers
small. Calycine segments rather trifid. Berries
hairy, red. Lobes of leaves acutish. Racemes
weak, nearly like those of R. rùbrum, bui
the flowers smaller. Petals purplish, spathulate,
rounded at the apex. (Bon’s Mill.) A prostrate
shrub. North America, near Quebec, and at Hudson’s
Bay. Height 1ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in
1823. Flowers purplish; April and May.
867. Ä. (r.) trifldum.
B. Floivers greenish yellow, sometimes with the Tips of the Sepals and Petals
red. Fruit blade.
a 27, R. n i ' g r u m L. The black Currant.
Identification. IJ n . Sp., 291. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 190
683. ; dapis and Poivrier, Fr. ; schwartze Johannisbeere
Engravings. Engl.’Bot.', t. 129). ; and o u r ^ . 868.
Spec. C h a r . y 4c. Leaves dotted from glands beneath, 3-5 -lo b ed . Racemes
loose. Bracteas minute, subulate or obtuse, much shorter than the pedicels.^
Petals oblong. Calyx campanulate, with reflexed segments. Flowers
whitish, or yellowish green. Calyx often of a rich brownish red colour,
or pink. Stamens sometimes more than 5, in wliich case there are fewer
petals ; so that vvhen there are 10 stamens there m-e no petals. This
change of petals into stamens is just the reverse of the process by which
single flowers become double; and it is the only fact of the kind which has
hitherto been observed. Stigmas bifid. Berries globose, black, glandular.
(Doris MUL) A shrub with smoothish branches, strong-smelling leaves.
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Europe. Height 4 ft. Flowers yellowish green ; April and May. Fruit
dark purple; ripe in June and July.
Varieties.
3È R. w. â bacca Jlâvida Hort. — Supposed to be a hybrid between the
black and white currants, ancl to have been originated near Bath,
previously to 1827. The fruit is of a dingy greenish yellow ; but
the plant has the habit and general appearance of R. nigrum.
3È R. n. 3 bacca viridi Hort. has the fruit green when ripe. This variety
is common in Russia in a wild state. Hort. Soc. Garden.
at R. n. 4:fòiiis variegàtis Vilin, — Leaves variegated with yellow streaks.
Garden Varieties. Six of these are enumerated in the Horticultural So-
ciet}’s Fruit Catalogue of 1831, the best of which are the black Najfies and
the large black. The fruit of the former vai’iety is very large and handsome,
more especially when the plant is grown in deep rich soil, and in a situation
rather shady and moist.
The leaves, fruit, and the entire plant are powerfully diuretic. The treatment
of the black currant, as a fruit tree, will be found in the Encyclopædia
of Gardening, and in the Suburban Horticidturist.
R. ( n . ) t r i ' s t e Pall.
The 8?iòi-coloured, or dark-blossomed, black
Currant.
860, Ä. (I).) triste.
Identification. Pall. Nov. Act. Pet., 10. p. 378. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 189.
Svnonynie. R. altàicum Lodd. Cat.
Engraving. Oar fig. 869. from a living specimen.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves 5-lobed. Branches simple,
twiggy, bearing leaves and racemes of flowers at
the apex. Racemes pendulous, both when in ^
flower and in fruit. Corollas flattish, of a dull
brownish red on the outside, and yellowish
inside. Petals revolute. Berries small, black,
insipid. Root creeping. {Boris Mill.) A low
shrub. Siberia, on the Mongol Mountains.
Height 2 fl. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers
brownish red and yellow ; April and May.
Fruit black ; ripe in July. Differs from R. nigrum only in the dull brown
colour of the flowers.
^ 29, R. ( n . ) FLO^iiDUM L'Hérit. The flowery black Currant.
Identification. L ’H é r i t . S t i r p . , 1. p . 4. ; Ph. S e p t., 1. p . 104 ; Don’s MilL, 3. p . 190.
Svnonvmes. R.aXgram 2. L in .S p . 291.; R. pennsyivânicum Lam. Dici. 3. p. 49. ; R -/e c u ft
vàtum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 109., according to Torrey ; Ribeswm nigrum, &c., Dill- Elth.
2. t 244. f. 3IÓ.
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 92. ; and oar fig. 870.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves full of resinous glands,
3 or 5-lobed, cordate, doubly serrated. Racemes
pendulous, pubescent. Bracteas linear,
longer than the pedicels. Calyx tubularly
campanulate, glabrous : with the segments obtuse,
and at length reflexed. Germens and
black berries oval-globose, glabrous. This is
in many respects nearly allied to R. nigrum;
but its more copious and denser flowers, and
especially their long bracteas, and more tubular
calyxes, will always distinguish it : the solitär}^
pedicel, too, at the base of the flowers, is wanting
in this species. Petals oblong, rather erose
at the apex ; greenish yellow. {Don's Mill.)
A large shrub. Canada to Virginia, in hedges
and woods. Height 4ft. to 6 ft. Introduced
in 1759. Flowers pale yellow; April and
May. Fruit black ; ripe in July.
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