OiiDEK 60.— THE HOUSELEEKS. 



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KI'BES. Currants and Gooseberries. 



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

 Order. 



§ Currants. Steins without prickles or thorns a 



§ Gooseberries. Stems armed with prickles or spines, . . .c 



a Leaves rolled in the hud (convolute), Fls. bright yel 1 



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



b Fruit hairy 2, 3 



b Fruit smooth 4-6. 



c Fruit hispid 7, 8 



c Fruit smooth.. ..d 



d Stalks of the flower or fruit long 11, 12 



d Stalks very short 9, 10 



1 R. au'reum. Missouri Currant. Shrub 6-8f., with smooth, 

 8-lobed leaves (Fig. 471), W. t 

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



Leaves 3-5-lobed. + 

 8 R. prostra'tum. Skunk G. Fls. striped with red. Lvs. 5-7-lobed. Mts. N. M, 



4 R. ru'brum. Common Red C. 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 G. 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. Racemes 2 or 3-flowered. Styles united. 



(Fig. 281.) 



8 R. lacus^tre. Sivamp 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. oxycanthoiMes. Hawthorn G. Stems very prickly. Calyx tube cylindric. 



North. 

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

 ] 2 R. Uva Cais'pa. Garden G. Calyx beU-shaped. Stalk hairy, 1-flowered. \ 



Fig. 471. Missouri 

 Currant,— flower di- 

 vided. 



Order LVI. CRASSULACE.^. The Houseleeks. 



Thick, juicy plants., with simple, mostly entire leaves ; with 



Jlowers perfectly symmetrical and regular ; the 



petals., sejjals^ 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. 



