330 THE GOOSEBEEKY FAMILY. 



A. — Stem thorny. 

 1. Peduncles one or two-flowered ; lobes of the leaves 



rounded Common Goosebeeey. 



B. — Stem thornless. 

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 a. Bracts longer than the flowers, which are usually uni- 

 sexual and dioecious ; racemes erect ; leaves small 

 and shining ; benies red Mountain Gdbbant. 



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 Bracts shorter than the flowers, which are always bisexual. 



3. Leaves glandular and fragrant; flowers cup-shaped; 



lower pedicels longer than the upper ones ; berries 



black Black Citeeant. 



4. Leaves neither glandular nor fragrant; flowers nearly 



flat ; pedicels aU short ; berries red or whitish .... Red Cuebant. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Common Goosebekby — {Ribes Grossuldria.) 

 Cotterill Clough. Woods near Marple. Ashley Woods. Mob- 

 berley, by brooksides. Fl. March, April. 

 E. B. x\iii. 1292. 



2. Mountain Citreant — {Ribes alpinum.) 

 Abundant in the hedges between Gorton and Reddish. (Mr. Side- 

 botham.) Woods at Styal. On the left bank of the half-dry brook 

 below the reservoir, at the foot of Mere Clough (two large and leafy 

 bushes). Not infrequent in gardens. Fl. April. 



E. B. X. 704. 



3. Black Cuerant — {Ribes nigrum.) 

 Cotterill Clough. Ashley Woods. " In a clough near Ashworth 

 Wood." (B. G.) Fl. April. 



E. 15. xviu. 1291. 



4. Red Currant — [Ribes riibrmn.) 



Cotterill Clough (ripening fruit). Red Brows, below Northen. 



Gatley Carrs. Wood near Marple Aqueduct. Mobberley, by brook' 



sides. Fl. April. 



E. B. xviii. 12«9 ; Baxter, v. 345. 



Universal in gardens, with all the others that yield edible fruit. 



