1 1 8 Witch-Hazel (Hamamelidece) 



(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 high. 



Fig. 52. (7) Wild Red Currant. R. riibrum, 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 HAMAMELIDEyE. (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 



