Philadelphus.] XXXIII, SAXIFRAGES. 213 



4. ITEA, Linn. 



Trees and shrubs, with, alternate, petiolate, exstipulate leaves. Flowers 

 small, white, in long, terminal, and axillary simple racemes. Calyx-tube 

 adnate at the base to ovary, with 5 ovate or subulate persistent lobes. 

 Petals 5, perigynous, linear. Stamens 5, inserted under the edge of a 

 perigynous disc ; anthers short, oblong. Ovary oblong, free or half free, 

 2-celled ; style simple, erect, persistent, with 2 furrows. Capsule free, 

 septicidally 2-valved, each valve terminated by half the style, the stigma 

 cohering. Seeds numerous or few. Embryo cylindrical, in the axis of a 

 scanty fleshy albumen. 



1. I. nutans, Eoyle. Vern. Lelar, Kaghan ; Ga?'kath, Kamaon. 



A shrub, leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, sharply ser- 

 rate, 4-6 in. long, subcoriaceous, glabrous and shining above, pubescent 

 or glabrous beneath ; main lateral nerves 5-7 pair, anastomosing by slender, 

 closely parallel, transverse, and by distinct intramarginal veins. Flowers 

 in fascicles of 3-5, on pedicels as long as calyx, in slender drooping racemes 

 4-8 in. long. Calyx and pedicels pubescent or glabrous. Capsules re- 

 flexed. 



North- West Himalaya 3000-6000 ft., from Hazara (rare) to Kamaon. Fl. 

 Apr.-July. 



5. RIBES, Linn. 



Shrubs, often armed with prickles. Leaves alternate, entire or lobed, 

 plaited or convolute in bud. Stipules none or adnate to petiole. Flowers 

 white red yellow or green, solitary or racemose, often unisexual ; pedi- 

 cels bracteate. Calyx adnate to ovary, limb tubular or campanulate, 

 4-5-fid, imbricate or subvalvate in bud. Petals small, 4-5. Stamens as 

 many as, and inserted with petals in the throat of the calyx. Ovary infe- 

 rior, 1 -celled ; styles 2 ; ovules few or many, on 2 slender parietal placentae. 

 Berry ovoid or globose, 1 -celled, with few or many seeds. Seeds horizontal ; 

 testa with a gelatinous coat; albumen adhering to the testa; embryo 

 minute. 



Armed ; peduncles 1-2 flowered . . . . . 1. R. Grossularia. 



Unarmed ; flowers racemose unisexual ; racemes erect j calyx- 

 limb short, flat. 

 Pubescent and viscid with stipitate glands ; leaves nearly 



orbicular with obtuse lobes . . . . 2. R. orientate. 



Nearly glabrous ; leaves with large acute or acuminate lobes . 3. R. glaciate. 

 Unarmed ; flowers racemose bisexual, racemes drooping ; calyx- 

 limb campanulate. 

 Leaves glandular, dotted beneath ; bracts minute . . 4. R. nigrum. 



Leaves eglandular ; bracts ovate . . . . 5. R. rubrum. 



1. R. Grossularia, Linn. ; Wall, in Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 515 ; Hook. 

 Stud. Fl. 134. Syn. R, Himalense, Eoyle. R. alpestre, Wall. ; Jacq. 

 Yoy. Bot. t. 75. Gooseberry. (Krusbar, Swed. ; Groseille, Fr. ; Krushow- 

 nik, Buss. ; Krausbeere, Graselbeere, local German names, seem all to 

 have the same origin, and Grossularia is derived from them.) Vern. 

 Pilsa, pllikcha, Mnsi, teila, amlanch, Upper Chenab and Lahoul. 



