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claws. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals at the base of 

 the calyx. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary l-celled, of 2 valves, which 

 soon separate and become unequal^ one elongating, the other 

 remaining short. Seeds few at the base of the placentae. 

 Blooming in summer and found from northern California to 

 British Columbia. 



T. unifolia'ta Hook. Stems slender, ^-1^ ft. high. Leaves 

 ovate-cordate, 3-5-lobed; those from the root on long petioles; 

 stem leaves few, on short petioles. Panicle narrow. This is found 

 in shady woods from northern California to British Columbia. It 

 blooms in the summer. 



Vn. RFBES, Currant, Gooseberry 



Shrubs with alternate, palmately veined and lobed leaves. 

 Flowers solitary or in racemes at the ends of leafy branchlets, 

 sometimes blooming before the leaves. Calyx with tube 

 attached to the globose ovary and extending beyond it, the 

 border 4 or 5 cleft, usually colored. Petals erect, smaller 

 than the calyx lobes. Stamens alternating with the petals. 

 Fruit a herry, smooth or prickly, containing rnany seeds, and 

 generally surmounted by the withered remains of the flower. 



a. R. specio'sum Pursh. Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry. Tall, 

 with prickly branches armed with 3 large thorns under each cluster 

 of leaves. Leaves thick, small, smooth, nearly evergreen. Flowers 

 2-5, on a glandular-bristly peduncle, bright red, with the parts four, 

 almost 1 in. long, drooping. Stamens protruding from the corolla. 

 Berry dry, densely glandular-bristly. Common in southern Cal- 

 ifornia. 



b. R. divarica'tum DougL Gooseberry. Stems destitute of 

 prickles except on young shoots, with 1-3 thorns under each cluster 

 of leaves. Calyx greenish white or purple. Petals white, fan-shaped, 

 much shorter than the filaments and 2-cleft style. Berry dark red, 

 smooth. Widely distributed. 



c. R. sanguin'eum Pursh. Flowering Currant. Stems with- 

 out prickles or thorns, usually glandular. Racemes numerous, many- 

 flowered, drooping. Flowers rose-color. Berries black or covered 

 with a bloom. This is one of the earliest-blooming plants, some- 

 times flowering in November. The flowers appear before or with 

 the leaves, and the whole plant is very fragrant. Some botanists con- 

 sider that several species are included in this. Widely distributed. 



