ordeh go.— the HOUSELEEKS. 



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KI'HES. Currants and Gooseberries. 



The character of the genus is about the same as of the 

 Order. 



§ Currants. Steins witliout prickles or thorns a 



§ Gooseberries. Stems armed witli prickles or spines.. . .c 



a Leaves rolled in the bud (convolute). FIs. bright yel 1 



a Lvs. plaited (plicate) in the bud. FIs. not yellow b 



b Fruit hairy 2, 3 



b Fruit smooth . . . .4-6. 



c Fruit hispid 7, 3 



c Fruit smooth d 



d Stalks ofthe flower or fruit long.... 11, 12 



d Stalks very short 9, 10 



1 R. au'reum. Mlssouvi Currant. Shrub 6-Sf., with smooth, 

 3-lobed leaves (Fig. 471). W. f 



2 R. sanguin''eum. Oregon C. Flowers bright red, showy. 



Leaves o-5-lobed. + 



3 R. prostra'tum. Skunk C. FIs. striped with red. Lvs. 5-7-lobed. Mts. N. M. 



4 'R. ru'brum. Common Red G. Leaves not dotted, downy beneath. Berries glob- 



ular, red or white, in pendulous racemes as well as the fls. (Figs. 243, 261.) 



5 R. flor'idum. Flowering C. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries obovate, black. 



6 R. nigrum. Black G. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries roundish, black. Petiole 



shorter than the blade. Eacemes loose, partly nodding, Gardens. 



7 R. Cynos^bati. Prickly Gooseberry. B:iccmc3 2 or 3-flowered. Styles united. 



(Fig. 2S1.) 



8 R. lacus'tre. Swainp G. Eacemes 5-S-flowered. Style 2-cleft. Berry small. 



9 R. hirtil^lum. Smoothish G. Stems not prickly. Calyx tube bell-shaped. North. 



10 R. oxycanthoi'des. Hawtlwm G. Stems very prickly. Calyx tube cylindric. 



North. 



11 R. rotundifo'lium. Round-leaved G. Calyx cylindric. Stalk 1-3-flowered. 



12 R. Uva Cais'pa. Garden G. Calyx bell-shaped. Stalk hairy, 1-flowered. 1 



Fig. 471. Missouri 

 Currant,— flower di- 

 vided. 



Order LX. CRASSULACE^. The Houseleeks. 



Thick, juic7|^?«?z^ with simple, mostly entire leaves; with 



flowers perfectly symmetrical and regular ; the 



petals., sepals., and pistils being of the same number (3-20) ; and the 



stamens either the same or twice as many ; the 



follicles (as many as the ovaries) distinct or somewhat united. 



