128 35. GROSSULARIACEvE. 



4. COTYLEDON Linn. Navelwort. 



1. C. Umbilicus (L.) ; lower 1. peltate concave, bracts entire, 

 fl. pendulous. E. B. 325. Raceme usually simple. St. 6 12 in. 

 high, leaves mostly collected at its base. Fl. greenish-yellow. 

 Rocks and walls in the west. P. VI. VIII. 



[C. lutea (Huds.) ; bracts toothed, fl. erect. E. B. 1522. Fl. 

 bright yellow. Not a native. P. VII.] 



Order XXXV, GROSS ULARIACE.E. 



Cal. superior, 4 5-cleft, regular. Pet. 4 5, small, inserted 

 at the mouth of the tube and alternating with the stamens. Ovary 

 1 -celled, with 2 opposite parietal placentas. Style 2 4-cleft. 

 Berry many-seeded ; cell filled with pulp. Albumen horny. 



1. RIBES. Cal. 5-cleft. Berry many-seeded, crowned with 

 the persistent calyx. 



1. RIBES Linn. 

 * Peduncles 1 3-flowered. Stems spinous. Gooseberry. 



fl. jR. Grossularia (L.) ; ped. with 2 minute bracts, cal. bell- 

 shaped, sep. reflexed oblong, pet. ovate. E. B. 12.92 and 2057. 

 Thorns 1 3 at the base of the young branches. Germen and 

 fruit smooth or pubescent or glandular. L. rounded 3 5-lobed 

 and cut, glabrous or hairy. Hedges and thickets, doubtfully 

 native. Sh. IV. V. 



** Flowers racemose. Spines none. Currants. 



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

 and fruit glandular-pilose, bracts longer than the pedicels lanceo- 

 late, cal. glabrous, 1. shining beneath. E. B. /04. St. 51. 6. 

 Male raceme dense, of many flowers ; fern, 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. S. 



3. JR. nigrum (L.); racemes pendulous downy with a separate 

 simple pedicel at the base of each, bracts subulate shorter than 

 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 serrated lobes. In damp and 

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



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. The wild and cultivated plants 

 differ slightly in their flowers (Phytol. ii. 51 7). /3. R. petrceum 



