n8 Witch-Hazel ( H arnamelidece ) 



(6) Wild Black Currant. R. fldridum, L'Her. 



Flowers, large, whitish, in drooping, downy clusters of 

 many blossoms. Calyx, tubular, bell-shape, smooth. 

 Petals, fringed toward the base. Stamens, short. 

 Flower-stems, downy. Bracts, narrow, and longer 

 than the flower-stems. May, June. 



Leaves, three- to five-lobed, the surface marked on both 

 sides with yellowish, resinous dots. Stems, without 

 thorns or prickles, grayish. 



Fruit, somewhat egg-shape, insipid, black, and smooth. 



Found, in woods and hedges from New England to 

 Virginia, and westward. 

 A handsome and common bush three to four feet hieh. 



Fig. 52. (7) Wild Red Currant. R. rubrum, L., var. subglan- 



dulbsum, Maxim. 



This species differs from the Black Currant ( R. 



fldridum) chiefly in these items : 



Flower-clusters, less downy. Calyx, flat. 



Leaves, often with less pointed lobes. 



Fruit, round, red. 



Found, in swamps and damp woods from New Jersey 

 northward and westward. 



A shrub with straggling and sometimes reclining stems. 



17. Family HAMAMELIDE/E. (Witch-Hazel Fam.) 



Genus Hamamelis, L. 



Fig- 53- Witch Hazel. H. Virginica, L 



Flowers, stemless, bright-yellow, in clusters of three to 

 four blossoms, blooming profusely about the time of 

 the ripening of the leaf. Petals, four, separate, about 



