BOTANY OF LA SALM COUNTY. 75 



Y., stamens 8; anthers Or.; Stems square. In 

 spring's and streams. 



PARNASSIA, P. Grass of Parnassus. Leaves 

 from root, smooth; flowers solitary, each stem 

 bearing- one clasping- leaf. 



P. palustsis. Scapes 5 to 10 in., leaves cordate 

 thick shining- above, flowers W. 1 in. broad. A 

 plant of wet springy lands, Farm Ridg-e, S. E. 

 corner of N. E. # of Sec. 18 near A. W. Grif- 

 fith's place. The place having- been drained it 

 has disappeared. * About Eng-lewood, Cook Co. 

 Also near Morrison, Whiteside Co. 



HYDRANGEA. Shrubs with opposite petiolate, 



leaves, no stipules, and flowers in larg-e cymes. 



H. asborescens. Smooth, branching- 2 to 5 ft. 



flowers G. W. outer ones larg-e, showy, sterile; 



Ju. Aug-. Rocky bluffs. 



RIBES. Currant. Gooseberry. Fruit a berry, leaves 



palmately lobed. 



R. Cynosbati, Wild g-ooseberry. Fruit covered 

 with prickles; leaves round-cordate, 3 to 5 lobed; 

 flowers G. Y. 



Jh. R. rotundifolium. Stems with whitish bark, often 



prickly; fruit smooth; flowers G. Y. 

 R. oxyacanthoides. R. hirtellum of 5th Ed. Pe- 

 duncles very short; fruit usually smooth, spines 

 if present \vhitish; flowers G. Y. ting-ed P. 

 R. floridum. Wild Black Currant. Leaves some- 

 what cordate, sharply 3 to 5 lobed, doubly 

 serrate; flowers yellow; fruit black, smooth. 

 Order 36. CRASSULA CEAE. House Leaks. 

 Orpines. Except Penthorum plants with thickn 

 fleshy leaves, the flowers symmetrical; pistils, 

 petals and sepals same number, 3 to 20 and 

 stamens the same or twice as many. 



