DICOTYLEDONS. HALORAGE.?:. Hippuris. 1o7 



Order XL. GROSSULARI.^. Decand. 

 {Part of Cactif Jtiss.) 



Cat. superior, 5-deft. Corolla 5-petaled. Slnmens 5, opposite 

 the petals. Ovary \. Style \. Stigma dowhle. Berry \-c&\\Qd, 

 many-seeded. P/afe?^/^ parietal. Seeds w'xih a minute centri- 

 fugal embryo in the base of a corneous albumen. 



Shrubs with opposite leaves. Flowers bracteated, in bunches. 

 Mirb. 



1. RIBES. 



Cff/. urceolatc, S-cIoft. Petals 5. Stamens^). Style 2-M. 



* Without thorns. 



1. R. rubnnn, without thorns erect, racemes glabrous pendulous, 

 flowers nearly plane, petals obtuse, p. 81. — Briishwood. 



2. R. petrceum^ without thorns erect, racemes when in flower 

 erect in fruit pendulous slightly downy, flowers nearly j)lane, 

 petals bluntish, bracteas shorter than the pedicel, p. 81. — 

 Woods. 



3. R. nlpinum, without thorns erect, racemes erect both in flower 

 and fruit, flowers plane shorter than the bracteas, leaves shin- 

 ing beneath, p. 61. — IVoods. 



A. R. 7/?"^rz/m, without thorns erect, racemes lax pubescent pen- 

 dulous witii a simple flowerstalk at their base, flowers canipa- 

 nulate, bracteas shorter than the pedicels, leaves punctato- 

 glandulose beneath, p. 82. — PVoods. 



** Thorny. 



5. K. Grossularla, branches prickly, leaves rounded and lobed, 

 peduncles hairy, pedicels single-flowered with a pair of minute 

 bracteas, fruit hairy, p. 82. — Hedges and woods. 



Order XLl. 



(Hygrohio', Rich. Cercodece, Jnss.) 



Cal. superior, entire, or divided ; or none. Cor. none. Sfd- 



mens definite, inserted in the calyx. Ovary one- or few-celled. 



Ovule solitary, pendulous, or peltate. Pericarp indel.iscent. 



Embryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Badicle superior. 

 Inconspicuous Herbs with opposite, usually whorled leaves. 



Flowers axillary. 



1. HIPPURIS. 

 Cal. entire. Stairien 1. Style 1. Pericarp one-celled. 

 1. TI vuloavi^, leave's whorled linear, p. 2. — Ditches. 



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