446 



BUSH-FRUITS 



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. 



AA. 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. 



BE. 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. 



AAA. Thornless and priekless ; leaves convolute in the bud ; racemes 

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



Fig. 80. Biles speciosum (X%). 



1. 



RIBES SPECIOSUM, Pursh. Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry. 

 (Fig. 80.) 



Stem 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, 



