ORDER 60. THE HOUSELEEKS. 213 



lil'BES. Currants and Gooseberries. 



The character of the genus is about the same as of the 

 Order. 



$ Currants. Stems without prickles or thorns a 



Gooseberries. Stems armed with prickles or spines.... c 

 a Leaves rolled in the bud (convolute). Fls. bright yel .... 1 



a Lvs. plaited (plicate) in the bud. Fls. not yellow b 



b Fruit hairy 2, 3 



b Fruit smooth 4-6. 



c Fruit hispid. .. .7, 8 



c Fruit smooth d 



d Stalks of the flower or fruit long 11, 12 



d Stalks very short 9, 10 



1 R. au'reum. Missouri Currant. Shrub 6-8f., with smooth, Fig. 471. Missouri 

 3-lobed leaves (Fig. 471). W. t Currant,-flower di- 



2 R. sanguin'eum. Oregon G. Flowers bright red, showy, vided. 



Leaves 3-5-lohed. f 



3 R. prostra'tum. Skunk C. Fls. striped with red. Lvs. 5-7-lobed. Mts. N. M. 



4 R. ru'brum. Common Red C. Leaves not dotted, downy beneath. Berries glob- 



ular, red or white, in pendulous racemes as well as the fls. (Figs. 243, 261.) 



5 R. flor'idum. Flowering C. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries obovate, black. 



6 R. nigrum. Black G. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries roundish, black. Petiole 



shorter than the blade. Kacemes loose, partly nodding, Gardens. 



7 R. Cynos'bati. I*rickly Gooseberry. Kacemes 2 or-3-flowered. Styles united. 



(Fig. 281.) 



8 R. lacus'tre. Swamp G. Racemes 5-8-flowered. Style 2-cleft. Berry small. 



9 R. hirtil'lum. Smoothish G. Stems not prickly. Calyx tube bell-shaped. North. 



10 R. oxycanthoi'des. Hawthorn G. Stems very prickly. Calyx tube cylindrio. 



North. 



11 R. rotundifo'lium. Hound-leaved G. Calyx cylindric. Slalk 1-3-flowered. 



12 R. tTva Cais'pa. Garden G. Calyx bell-shaped. Stalk hairy, 1-flowered. \ 



ORDER LVI. CRASSULACE^E. The Houseleeks. 



Thick, juicy plants, with simple, mostly entire leaves ; with 



flowers perfectly symmetrical and regular ; the 



petals, sepals, and pistils being of the same number (3-20) ; and the 



stamens eithei Jie same or twice as many ; the 



follicles (as many as the ovaries) distinct or somewhat united. 



