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GROSSULARIE^. 



[part II. 



ORDER XCIV GROSSULARIE^.— THE GOOSE- 

 BERRY TRIBE. 



This order consists of only one genus (Ribes), 

 which inckides all the Gooseberries and Cur- 

 rants ; the two kinds forming two distinct sec- 

 tions. The first section, which embraces all the 

 Gooseberries, has prickly stems, and the flowers 

 are produced singly, or in clusters of not more 

 than two or three together. The flower of the 

 common Gooseberry (Ribes Gjvssidaria) consists 

 principally of the calyx (a mjig. 136), the five 

 segments of the limb of which are turned back, 



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Fig. 136.— The Gooseberry. (Ribes Groisularia). 



and coloured of a reddish-brown. The petals {b) 

 are white and erect, and bearded at the throat ; 

 but they are so small and inconspicuous, that 



