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their base, some of them often dwarfed. 
auricomus. Goldilocks. 
Leaves hairy; petals with a scale at their base. 
Flower-stalks not furrowed; leaves with deeply cut, 
more or less equal, segments. } 
.* not, or scarcely, hairy; petals without a scale a 
acris. Buttercup. 
Flower-stalks furrowed ; the middle segment of the 
lower leaves usually longer, and more or less | 
stalked. repens. Luttercup. 
RESE'DA. 
Leaves entire and undivided, though often waved ; sepals 
4 only. 
lu'teola. Weld. 
Leaves deeply divided; sepals 5 or 6. 
One or two of the lower petals narrow and undivided ; 
leaves with few segments. 
lu'tea. Cut-leaved Mignonette. 
All the petals 3-cleft; leaves with numerous (about 
g-21) segments. 
al'ba. White Mignonette. 
RHAM'NUS. 
Leaves regularly toothed, with few, much-curved lateral 
f nerves, mostly near the base. } 
L cathar'ticus. Buckthorn. 
Leaves entire, with numerous lateral nerves. af 
Fran’gula. Black Alder.) 
RI'BES. 
Branches bearing prickly spines; flowers only 1 or 2 
f together. } 
L Grossula/ria. Gooseberry. 
No spines; flowers in clusters of 4 or more. 
Calyx, and back of leaves, sprinkled with resinous 
f drops, fragrant when rubbed ; fruit black. } 
L nigrum. Black Currant. 
Leaves not resinous or scented; fruit red. 
Flower-stalks with very short bracts; leaves not very 
f deeply cut, downy beneath; fruit acid. } 
rubrum. Red Currant. 
\Bracts longer than the flower-stalks ;. leaves more 
deeply cut, scarcely downy beneath ; fruit | 
insipid. alpinum. 
