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POPILAR FLORA. 



1. OAKDEN'OoosKBramY. Thorns large ; flower-stalks short ; berry bristly or smooth. R. Ui'n-cri,yxt. 



2. I'KU'Kf-V "Wli.D G. Thorns slender or none ; flowers j^reenish, long-stalked ; stamens and style 



not projecting ; berry prickly ; le;ives downy. AVoods, N. R, Cyndxhati. 



3. R.MAI.I. Wll.l) Ci. TlioriiH very short or none; flowers i>urplish or greenish, very short-stiilked ; 



stamens and 2-cleft style a little i)rojecting ; berry small, smooth. Low grounds, N. R. liirtcUum. 



4 SMOOTJr WiM) (J. Tliorn.«8tout or none; flowers greenish, on slender stalks; stamens and thetwo 

 styles very long and projecting (V long); berry smooth. Wood.s, common W. R. rot luvii folium. 



Currant. Rilxs. 



Stems neither thorny nor i)rickly. Flowei-s in racemes, appearing in early spring. T'erries small. 



1. llEI) CuiiUANT. Leaves rounded heart-shaped and somewhat lobeii ; racemes fmm lateral separate 



buds, hanging ; flowers flat, greenisli or purplish ; berry smooth, red, and a white variety. 

 Gardens, &e. "Wild on Mountains, N. /•'. ru'ivum. 



2. Fktio C Steins )eclined ; leaves de(>ply heart-sha])ed, 5-li)l)ed ; racemes erect ; flowers grecrush, 



tlattish ; pale red berry ami its stalk l)ristly, sti-ong-snielling. ("old wooils, N. R. /jmstratum. 



3. "Wild IJlack C. Leaves on long foot-stalks, slightly henrt-shape<l, sharply lobed, sprinkled with 



dots both sides; racemes ratlier drooping; flowers oblong, yellowi'-li-white ; berries oblong, 

 black, rather sjiicy. "Wooded banks. R. Jforiditm. 



4. Gahoen lilACK (\ Leaves on shorter footstalks, less dotted ; racemes looser, and black berrio.* 



larger than in Xo. 3. Gardens. /.'. tnijruin. 



5. IMl.ssoi'KI or Hl'KKAl.o C. Leaves smooth ; raci-mes witli leafy bracts; flowers (caly.x) long and 



tubular, bright yellow, spicy-fragrant. Cultivated for ornament. R. aureuin. 



41. STONBCROP FAMILY. Onkr CRASSULACE.I-. 



Herbs witli thick .'UhI llr-liy ]e;ives (except in one jiecn- 

 liar |>l;int of ilic family, vi/., the Ditchw 01 1) ; the Hower.s 

 I'cniai'kahle. i'or lieiiiL; perfectly re|^'alar and symmetrical 

 throuLihout, i.e., liaving the sepal.", petals, and pi^^tils all of 

 the same number and all separate, or nearly so (except in 

 Ditcliwort) ; the i-taniens al.^^o of the same number, or 

 ju.st twice as many. Pods contaiiiini^f few or many seeds. 

 Mostlv small ithuits : .-everal are found in ''avuens. 



;i7S. Flower ofStonccrop. • '■ ^ 



Flowers with petals, nnd their pistils entirely separate from each other. 



Sepals, narrow jietals. and i)i.stils 4 or 5. Stnnu-ns 8 or 10, [Scihtm) StoxkorOP. 



Sepals, petals, and jiistils 6 to 20. Stamens t2 to 40, (Sc 'iprrnrnin) HoLSEi.EEK. 



Flowers with 5 sepals, no petals, ami 5 pistiis grown together below. lieaves thin, 



lauce-shaped, , {Peut'^urain) DncHViOnr. 



Stoaecrop or Orpine. Scdum. 



1. Mort.sv Stoneckop. Small and creeping, moss-like ; the stems thickly covered with little ovate 

 thick and closely sessile leaves ; flowers yellow. Cultivated for garden edging, &c. S. acre. 



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