CHAP. I.] GROSSULARIE^. 373 



few people would notice them if they were not 

 pointed out. The stamens (c) are five in num- 

 ber, and erect, and the anthers burst length- 

 ways on the inside. The ovary (d) is below the 

 cup of the calyx, and the style, which is cloven 

 to the base (e), is always covered with hairs in 

 the common Gooseberry {R. Grossularia), and is 

 more or less hairy in the other species. There 

 are two little bracteoles (f) on the pedicel ; and 

 a large bract, deeply cut, at the point from which 

 the pedicel springs (g). The leaves, which are 

 omitted in the engraving, also grow from the 

 same bud, and are three or five lobed, and 

 hairy ; and there are three spines just below 

 them. The fruit is a many-seeded berry, with 

 the seeds immersed in pulp ; and on cutting 

 open an unripe fruit, it will be found that the 

 seeds are each inclosed in an aril, with a sepa- 

 rate footstalk, by which they are attached to a 

 membrane lining the sides of the berry, and 

 which is called a parietal placenta. The seg- 

 ments of the calyx remain on the ripe fruit. 

 Several of the ornamental species of Ribes be- 

 long to this division, as, for example, R. trifio- 

 rum^ which has white flowers ; and R. speciosum, 

 which has crimson flowers, with the segments of 

 the calyx not reflexed, and long projecting 

 stamens like those of the Fuchsia. The fruit 

 and the whole of the stems and branches of this 



