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bryo minute at the base of hard albumen. — Low, sonu-tinies pricklv f»hrul)s, 

 with ultornate and palmately-lohed leaves, which are i)laitL'd in the l»ud (cvcopt 

 in one species), often fascicled on the branches; the small thtwers from the 

 same clusters, or from sejiarate lateral buds. (From riehs, i\ (Jcrnuin pojiular 

 name for the currant. Grossularia was the i)roper name to have been adopted 

 for the genus.) 



§ 1. GROSSULARIA. (Gooseberry.) Stems mostli/ hmrinfj t/mrna (it the 

 base of the leafstalks or clusters of leaves, and often with scattered ftristli/ 

 prickles ; berries pricklij or smooth. {Our species are Indlscrnnlnatelij called 

 Wild Gooseberry; the flowers greenish.) 



* Peduncles I - 3-Jlowered ; cali/x as high as broad; lea res round ish-hi art- 

 shaped, 3 - ')-lol)ed. 

 4- Cali/x-lohes decidedly shorter than the tube ; brrries apt to be pricklj. 



1. R. Cynosbati, L. Stamens and undivided style not longer tlian the 

 broadly bell-shaped calyx ; berries large, armed with long prickles or rarely 

 smooth. — Rocky woods, N. Brunswick to the mountains of N. C, and west to 

 Minn, and Mo. 



+- -t- Cali/x-lobes decidedlij longer than the short and rather narrow tube ; berries 

 smooth, purple, sweet and pleasant. 



2. R. gracile, Michx. (Missouri Goosererry.) Spines often long, 

 stout and red ; peduncles long and slender ; fowers white or whitish , filaments 

 capillary, 4- 6'^ long, generally connivent or closely parallel, soon conspicuousli/ 

 longer than the oblung-Unear calijx-lobes. (R. rotundifolium, M<^x., in part.) — 

 Mich, to Tenn., west to Tex., Minn., and the Rocky Mts. 



3 R. rotund if 61mm, Michx. Spines short; peduncles short : flowers 

 f/reenish or the l(d)cs dull purplish ; filaments slender, 2-3" long, more or less 

 crceedinq the narrowli/ oblong-spatulate cahjx-lobes. — AV. Mass. and N. Y., south 

 in the AUeghanies to N. C. 



4. R. OXyacanthoideS, L. Peduncles verji short , flowers greenish or 

 dull purplish : stamens usual/ 1/ scarceli/ equalling the rather broodl// oblong calijx- 

 lobes. (K. hirtellum, Michx ) — Newf. to N. J., west to Ind., Minn., and west- 

 ward. The common smooth-fruited gooseberry of the north , the whitish 

 spines often numerous. 



* * Flowers several m a nodding raceme, small and flattish, greenish. 



5. R. laciistre, I'oir. Young stems clothed with bristly prickles and 

 with weak thorns ; leaves heart-shaj)od, 3 - S-parted, with the lobos deeply cut ; 

 calyx broad and flat ; stamens and style not longer than the petals ; fruit 

 bristly (small, unpleasant). — Cold woods and swamps, Xewf. to X. Kng., west 

 to N. Y., Mich., and Minn. 



§2. RIBESIA. (CiRKANT.) Thornless and priclcless ; racemes few- man 1/- 

 flowcred . stamens short. 



6. R. prostr^tum, LTIer. (Fetid Currant.) Stems reclined ; leaves 

 deeply heart-sliaped, 5- 7-lol)ed, smooth, the lobes ovate, acute, doubly serrate ; 

 racemes erect, »\euder , calyx flattish; pedicels and the (pale red) fruit glandu- 

 lar- bristli/. — Cold damp woods and rocks, Lab. to mountains of N. C, west to 

 Mich., Minn., and the Rocky Mts. 



