446 



BUSE-FBUITS 



cc. Calyx tube saucer -shaped, expanding immediately- 

 above the ovary; peduncles racemosely 5-15 

 flowered; berry small, currant-like, beset with 

 glandular-tipped hairs. Nos. 28, 29. 

 . Thornless and prickless ; leaves plaited in the bud ; racemes 

 few to many-flowered; stamens short. (Currants.) 

 B. Calyx dilated immediately above the ovary. 



c. Leaves without resinous dots beneath. Nos. 30, 31, 

 32, 33, 34. 

 cc. Leaves bearing resinous dots on the under surface. 

 Nos. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39. 

 BB. Calyx prolonged above the ovary into a campanulate or 

 cylindrical tube. 



c. Flowers in leafy clusters, somewhat corymb-like; 

 leaves with rounded lobes. Nos. 40, 41. 

 cc. Flowers in leafless racemes. Nos. 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 

 47, 48. 

 . Thornless and prickless ; leaves convolute in the bud ; racemes 

 several-flowered; calyx tube much elongated. No. 50. 



Rihes speciosum (X%). 



1. RiBES SPECIOSUM, Pursh. Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry. 



(Fig. 80.) 



Btem thick and woody, 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) high, the 



smaller branches covered with fine prickles and glandular-tipped 



hairs ; thorns long and slender, commonly in threes : leaves small. 



