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4. CHRYSOSPLENIUM, L. 



Flowers very small, green or yellow, in axillary or 

 linal cymes; petals o; stamens 8-10 ; ovary inferior, 

 celled ; capsule 2-lobed. Not alpine. 

 The two species of Golden Saxifrage, C. alternifolium, 

 ., with alternate, and oppositifolium, L., with opposite 

 leaves, are found in wet places, by springs, &c., blossom- 

 ing very early in the spring ; the former much the most 

 common. 



Order XXXI. GROSSULARIE^E. 



Flowers regular; calyx usually 5-lobed, persistent; 

 petals 5 ; ovary I -celled, entirely inferior, with parietal 

 placentation ; fruit an indehiscent berry. A small order, 

 chiefly European. 



I. RlBES, L. 



Flowers small, solitary or in racemes; styles 2. 

 Shrubs. 



R. Grossularia, L., Gooseberry (usually the form R. 

 uva-crispa, L., with small smooth berries) ; R. nigrum, L., 

 Black Currant ; R. rubrum, L., Red and White Currant ; 

 are widely distributed, though not very common. R. 

 alpinum, L. ; flowers unisexual, in erect racemes, yellow- 

 ish-green ; bushy places ; Alps, Pyrenees, local. R. 

 petrceum, Wulf. ; flowers bisexual, reddish, in racemes 

 which are ultimately pendant ; bushy places ; Switzerland, 

 Jura, Styria, Vosges, local. 



