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3. O. polyantha, Haw. Stem erect; joints oblong ; spines yellow, strong, 
unequal; flowers numerous around the summit of the joints; stigmas 6.— 
Key West, and waste places around Apalachicola, Florida. June. 
4. O. Pes-Corvi, Leconte. Stems prostrate, diffuse; joints small (1' -3'), 
cylindrical or somewhat flattened, easily separable, spiny; spines by pairs, un- 
equal, elongated; sepals and petals 8-12, cuneate; stigmas 4; fruit small, 
fleshy, bristly, 1- 2-seeded. — Barren sandy places along the coast, Florida and 
Georgia. May.— Stems 1? - 2? long. 
Orprer 57. GROSSULACEZE. (Currant FAMILY.) 
Spiny or unarmed shrubs, with alternate palmately veined and lobed 
leaves, without stipules, and with axillary racemose or clustered flowers. — 
Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary, the limb 5-lobed. Petals 5, small. Sta- 
mens 5. Ovary 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentz. Styles more or less 
united. Fruit a 1-celled, many-seeded berry. Seeds anatropous, with the 
minute embryo at the base of hard albumen. 
1l RIBES, L. CURRANT. Gooseserny. | ki 
. Character same as the order. * 
* Stems spiny and commonly bristly: peduncles peccet 
1. R. Cynosbati, L. Leaves on slender petioles, slightly cordate, round- 
ish, 3-5-lobed, pubescent; peduncles 2—3-flowered ; stamens and single style 
not longer than the broad and short calyx-tube; petals obovate; berry mostly 
prickly. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. July.— Stem smooth 
or bristly. Leaves 1/-2/ in diameter. 
2. R. rotundifolium, Michx. Leaves small, smoothish, roundish, 3-5- 
-lobed, often acute at the base, on slender petioles; peduncles 1- 2-flowered ; 
Stamens and 2-parted style longer than the narrow-cylindrical calyx-tube; petals ` 
Spatulate ; berry small, smooth. — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. 
— Shrub 3°- 4° high, often unarmed. Leaves }/—1/ in diameter. 
. 3. R. gracile, Michx. Axillary spine very short; leaves on slender psst- 
oles, pubescent on both sides, the lobes acute, incised, and acutely — toothed; 
peduncles long, capillary, erect, 1 —2-flowered ; calyx smooth, tubular-campauu- 
late. — Mountains of "Tennessee. 
* * Stems without spines or bristles : racemes many-flowered. 
.* R. prostratum, L’Herit. Leaves long-petioled, deeply cordate, with 
about 5 spreading incised and ‘serrate lobes, smooth; racemes erect ; style 2- 
: deft; berry glandular-bristly.— Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. DNE : 2 
and ntur reclining.  Hacemes = a Leaves 2-3 in 
Stand nines ave roundish, 3-54obed; ‘racemes erect; ; 
