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THE FLORA. 



Flowers opening by night. Pods rounded at the corners, sessile. ...1,8 

 Flowers opening by day. Pods club-shaped, uliarply 4-cornered.... 

 a Stems erect, 1-3 feet high. Flowers large (1-2' across). . . .3 

 a Steins half- erect, 6-16' long. Flowers small (5-8" across) 6, 7 



1 CE. bien'nis. Lvs. slightly toothed. Pods oblong. Fls. 1' or more wi le. 



2 CE. sinua'ta. Leaves sinuate-toothed or pinnatifid. Flowers 4' wide. 8. 

 8 Pods scarcely winged on the 4 sharp angles. Leaves narrow 4, 5 



3 CE. frutico'sa. Pods with the 4 angles distinctly winged. Leaves lanceolate. 



4 CE. ripa'ria. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers finally racemed. 8. M. 



5 CE. Imea 'ris. Leaves linear. Flowers on the ends of the branches. S. M, 



6 CE. pnm'ila. Flowers straw-yellow. Pods almost sessile. Common. N M. 



7 (E. chrysan'tha. Fls. orange-yellow. Pods distinctly stalked. Rare TM 9f. 



S.'CIRCJS'A. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



Calyx tube a little prolonged above tbe ovary, lobes 2. Petals 2, ol> 

 cordate. Stamens 2, opposite the sepals. Fruit reflexed, inversely egg- 

 shaped, with hooked hairs, 2-celled, 2-seeded. U Small, tender herbs, 

 "with opposite leaves and terminal raceme- of small, reddish-white flowers. 



O. Lutetia'na. (See the figure.) Stem l-2f. high, sparingly branched, pubescent, 

 Leaves dark green, ovate, subcordate, acuminate, coarsely toothed. Pedicel 1 

 without bracts, bent down after flowering. Fruit clothed with bristly hooks 

 June, July. 



O. alpi'na. Stem 5-10' high, very smooth. Leaves pale green, broad cords e, thin 

 slightly dentate. Common in rocky woods at. the North. July. 



ORDER LY. GROSSULAC^. Currants. 



Small shrubs, often prickly, with alternate, 



lobed, plaited leaves; 

 flowers in axillary racemes, regular, 4 or 5- 



parted, small; 

 vetals inserted into the throat of the calyx, 



small, distinct, and the 

 f ruit a 1 -celled, many-seeded, 2-carpeled berry. 



Fig. 463. A flower of the Red Currant cut open; o. tin ovary and ovules; st, the siyl< 

 t, the calyx tub*; p, the petals; *, the stumens. Fig. 469. A berry cut open, showing the two 

 placer*.* and see<is. Fig. 470. A seed cut open, showing tho little emhrvo. 



