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** Flowers racemose. Spines none. Currants. 



2. R. alpinum (L.) ; dioecious, racemes upright both in flower 

 and fruit glandular-pilose, bracts exceeding the pedicels lanceo- 

 late, cal. ylabrous, 1. shining beneath. E. B. 704. St. 51. 6. 

 Male raceme dense, of many flowers ; fem. of 2 5 fl. Limb of 

 the calyx nearly flat. Berries scarlet. L. with 3 acute deeply 

 serrate lobes. Woods. North of E., rare. Sh. IV. V. E. 



3. R niyrum (L.) ; racemes pendulous downy with a separate 

 simple pedicel at the base of each, bracts subulate falling short 

 of the pedicels, cal. pubescent, 1. glandular-punctate beneath. 

 E. B. 1291. Racemes lax. Calyx-limb bell-shaped. Berries 

 large, black. L. with 3 5 acute serrate lobes. In damp and 

 swampy places. Sh. IV. V. Black Currant. E. 



4. R. rubrum (L.) ; racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, 

 bracts shorter than the pedicels ovate, cal. nearly flat glabrous, 

 1. bluntly 5-lobed. E. B. 1289. a. sativum (B.) ; 1. glabrous, 

 raceme glabrous. /3. R. petrceum (Sm. not Wulf.) ; racemes 

 slightly downy, in flower upright, in fruit pendulous. E. B. 

 705. R. spicatum (Hobs.); racemes erect with fl. and fr., "fl. 

 nearly subsessile," was perhaps a sport from this. E. B. 1290. 

 -Woods. /3. North of E., S. Sh.IV.V. Red Currant. E. S. 



Order XXXVI. SAXIFBAGACE^l. 



Cal. 4 5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4 5, rarely 0. 

 Stam. 5 10, free, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 

 present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the inflexed 

 sides or margins. Styles 2, persistent, usually diverging. Seeds 

 many. Albumen fleshy. Stip. 0. 



1. SAXIFRAGA. Cal. 5-fid or 5-parted, more or less adnate 

 to the ovary or free. Cor. of 5 petals. Stam. 10, rarely 5. 

 Styles 2, persistent. Caps. 2-celled, with 2 beaks, opening 

 by a pore between the beaks. 



2. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. Cal. 4-fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 

 Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, with 2 beaks, 

 opening into the form of a cup. 



3. PABNASSIA. Cal. 5-cleft, inferior. Pet. 5. Stam. 5, 

 perigynous, with 5 scales bearing glandular bristles inter- 

 posed, Stigm. 4, sessile. Caps. 1-celled, with 4 valves. 



