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lateral flowers, the pedicels bracteolate; 

 calyx tube attached to the ovary, the limb 

 4-5-lobed, often coloured; petals, 4-5, in- 

 serted on the throat of the calyx, small, 

 scale-like, often included; stamens 4-5, in- 

 serted with the petals; berry globose or 

 ovoid, pulpy, the calyx persistent on its 

 summit. 



Stems prostrate or ascending, 

 Ribes lacus- 



tre (Pers.) 3~4 feet long, very prickly when 

 Poir. young, spines slender and weak, 



Swamp generally clustered. Leaves 



nearly orbicular, thin, smooth or 

 hairy along the veins beneath, deeply 5-7 

 lobed, 1-2 inches broad, the lobes acutish, 

 incised-dentate. Flowers in racemes of 5-9 ; 

 calyx rotate, of an inch broad, spreading, 

 green or purplish; petals exceeding the 

 calyx; ovary glandular-hispid; berry black. 

 A very* abundant gooseberry throughout 

 the region in cool damp woods and bogs 

 at the lower elevations; flowering in 

 June. 



