Epilobium.] ONAGRARL33. 109 



In several places in the County of Cork, in a naturalized state ; Mr. 

 J. Drummond. Fl. May. f? • — Leaves five-lobcd, doubly serrated, 

 on longish stalks. There is a small leaf or bractea at the end of each 

 pedicel. Flowers greenish. Fruit crowned, as in all the genus, with 

 the withered flower. 



2. R. nigrum, Linn. Black Currant. No prickles; clusters 

 hair}', pendulous, with a separate flower-stalk at the base of 

 each ; flowers oblong. Br. Fl. 1. p. 108. E. Fl. v. i. p. 322. 

 E. Bot. t. 1291. 



Moory ground near Castleconnel, County of Limerick, where the 

 seed had probably been carried by birds. In the County of Cork, in 

 a naturalized state ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. May. J? . 



* * Branches prickly. 



3. R. Grossularia, Linn. Common Gooseberry. Prickles 

 one, two, or three, under each bud; branches otherwise smooth, 

 spreading ; stalks single -flowered ; bracteas close together; seg- 

 ments of the calyx reflexed, shorter than the tube. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 107. E. Fl. v. up. 333. E. Bot. t. 2057.— R. Uva crispa, 

 Linn. 



Rocks near the Lee, about Inchegella, County of Cork, in a natu- 

 ralized state; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. April, May. b-— All the 

 numerous varieties of the gooseberry, with hairy and smooth fruit, 

 appear to belong to the same species. 



Ord.30. ONAGRARLE. Juss. Evening- Primrose Family. 



Tube of the calyx wholly, or in part only, adnate with the 

 ovary ; limb 2 — 5-generally 4-lobed, with a valvate aestivation. 

 Petals of the same number as the lobes of the calyx, and alter- 

 nate with them, generally regular; inserted on the mouth of the 

 tube, with a twisted aestivation ; rarely none. Stamens definite : 

 filaments distinct, filiform ; anthers oblong or ovate. Ovary 

 with many cells, often crowned with a disk : style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit a capsule, berry or drupe, 2 — 

 or 4-celled. Seeds many (rarely solitary) in each cell, fixed to 

 the central angle, without albumen. Embryo straight: radicle 

 long, roundish : cotyledons short. — Herbs or shrubs, with simple, 

 alternate or opposite, entire or toothed leaves. Floivers axillary 

 or i?i terminal racemes. 



1. Epilobium. Linn. Willow-herb. 



Calyx superior, 4-parted, segments free, deciduous. Petals 4. 

 Capsule elongated, 4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds with a tuft of hairs at one extremity. — Name from cvi, 

 upon, and Ao/3o?, a pod: the flower being placed upon the top 

 of the elongated seed-vessel. Octandria. Monogynia. 



