

PENTANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. Ribes. 259 



I. Fruit-stalks many-flowered, solitary: leaves egg-shaped : Noli-tangere. 



stem swoln at the joints. 



Fl. dan. 582-Riv. Mr. 244*. Impatiens.-Dod. 659- 2-G*r. 

 em. 446. ( erroneously printed 450.^ b*-Park. 290. 5-Trag* 

 295~Lonic. i. 99. 4-Co/. «/£r. i. 150. 1-Barr. 1197- 

 Gars. 414-G^r. 36l. 3-L*£. adv. 135, ;V. i. 31S. 1- 

 J. B. ii. 908. 



When the seeds are ripe, upon touching the capsule, they are 

 thrown out with* considerable force. In the day time the leaves 

 are expanded ; but at night they hang pendant. Linn. Blossoms 

 yellow ; the lateral petals spotted with red ; by cultivation they 

 are changed to pale yellow or purplish. 



Quick-in-hand. Impatient. Touch-me-not. Moist shady 



E laces and banks of rivulets. Banks of Winandermere near Am- 

 leside, near Rydall Hall and other places in Westmoreland* 

 [Between Ambleside and Rydall Hall, Westmoreland, plenti- 

 fully. Dr. J. E. Smith. — By the side of Coniston Lake, Lan- 

 cashire, and near Ambleside. Mr. Woodward. Near the foot- 

 path going from the Inn at Ambleside up the brook, towards 

 the cascade. Mrs. Watt.] A. July, Aug.* 



RFBES. "Petals 5, they and the stamens fixed 



the calyx : style cloven : berry beneath, 







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celled, many-seeded 



prickles 



ruttfum 



Wood*. 74-F/. dan. g67~Ludw. 92-Sbeldr. pi. 1, 2, i 

 and 5-Walc.-Blackrw.185. 1. H-Kmph. 1-Trag. 995 



Matth 



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Leaves segments rounded. Calyx spreading. Floral-leaves 

 shorter than the flower. Bloss. greenish white. Berries red. 



Red Currants. Woods in the northern counties, [Both this 

 and the R. nigrum are found undoubtedly wild upon the banks 

 of rivers ; the former by the Tees, and the latter by the Skern, 

 in many places. Mr. Rob son.] S. May.t 



The whole plant is considerably acrid. Goats eat it. Horses, cows, 

 and sheep refuse it. The Sphinx Elpenor lives upon it. 



+ The fruit is universally acceptable, either as nature presents it, or 

 toadc into jelly. The juice is a most agreeable acid in punch. If equal 

 heights of picked currants and pure sugar are put over the tire, the liquor 

 that separates spontaneously is a most agreeable jelly. Cows, goats, and 

 sheep eat the leaves. Horses are not fond of them. Linn. This plant 

 is very apt to be infested by the Aphis Ribes^ and then the green leaves be- 

 coroe red, pitted, and puckered. 



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