DICOTYLEDONS. HALORAGE^E. Hippuns. 257 



ORDER XL. GROSSULARLE. Decand. 



(Part of Cacti t Juss.) 



CaL superior, 5-cleft. Corolla 5-petaIed. Stamens 5, opposite 

 the petals. Ovary I. Style 1. Stigma double. Berry 1 -celled, 

 many-seeded. Placenta parietal. Seeds with a minute centri- 

 fugal embryo in the base of a corneous albumen. 



Shrubs with opposite leaves. Floiuers bracteated, in bunches. 

 Mirb. 



1. RIBES. 



CaL urceolate, 5-cleft. Petals;*. Stamens 5. Style 2-fid. 

 * Without thorns. 



1. R. rulrum, without thorns erect, racemes glabrous pendulous, 

 flowers nearly plane, petals obtuse, p. 81. Brushwood. 



2. R. petrceum, without thorns erect, racemes when in flower 

 erect in fruit pendulous slightly downy, flowers nearly plane, 

 petals bluntishj bracteas shorter than the pedicel, p. 81.-. 

 JVoods. 



3. R. alpinum, without thorns erect, racemes erect both in flower 

 and fruit, flowers plane shorter than the bracteas, leaves shin- 

 ing beneath, p. 81. Woods. 



4. R. nigrum, without thorns erect, racemes lax pubescent pen- 

 dulous with a simple flowerstalk at their base, flowers campa- 

 nulate, bracteas shorter than the pedicels, leaves punctato- 

 glandulose beneath, p. 82. Woods. 



** Thorny. 



5. R. Grossularia, branches prickly, leaves rounded and lobed, 

 peduncles hairy, pedicels single-flowered with a pair of minute 

 bracteas, fruit 'hairy, p. 82. Hedges and woods. 



ORDER XLI. HALORAGE^E. Br. 



(Hygrolice, Rich. Cer codec? , Juss.) 



CaL superior, entire, or divided; or none. Cor. none. Sta- 

 mens definite, inserted in the calyx. Ovary one- or few-celled. 

 Ovule solitary, pendulous, or peltate. Pericarp indehiscent. 

 Embryo in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Radicle superior. 



Inconspicuous Herbs with opposite, usually whorled leaves. 

 Flowers axillary. 



1. HIPPURIS. 



CaL entire. Stamen \ . Style 1 . Pericarp one-celled. 



1. H. vulgaris, leaves whorled linear, p. 2. Ditches. 



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