548 329. Larbrea. 49. PARON YCHIDE^. P/. ex» cal. 



C. BractecB scarious; calyx-lohes with a membranaceous 

 edge ; leaves not stipuled. 



VII. 329. LARBREA. St. Hilaire. Larhrea. 



Calyx 5-cut, pitchershape at bottom ; petals 5, perigy- 

 nous, 2-cut; stamens 10, perigynous; ovary 1 -celled; ovules 

 many; placentarium central, threadshape; stigmata 3, 4, 

 or 5 ; capsule 6-valved at the tip. — Flant herbaceous, de- 

 cumbent ; stem 4-angular ; leaves opposite ; peduncles axil- 

 lary and terminal, 2 or 3-flowered ; hractece 2 to each flower. 



Larbrea aquatica. Water larlrea. 



Stem decumbent ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, callous at 



the tip; peduncles mostly in pairs, 1 or many-flowered; 

 petals shorter than the calyx. 



Alsine loiigifolia uliginosis proveniens locis, Raii Syn. 347,1. 



Alsine fontana, Gei: em. 613, 8. 



Stelluria aquatica, Pollich 1,429. 



Stellaria Alsine, Iloffni. Ft. Germ. 



Stellaria uliginosa, Villars Delpk. 



Stellaria graininea /3, Hudson Fl. yJngl. 190. 



Stellaria hyperciifolia, Vigers Holsat.34. 



Stellaria Dilleniania, Leers, 107. 



Stellaria fontana, Jacquin Coll. 6, 327. 



Larbrea aquatica, St, Hilaire, Mem. Mus,3. 



Fountain Chickweed. Bog slitchwort. 



Rivulets and inundations ; annual ; June, 

 Stem weak ; leaves many-veined, glaucous. 



Fam. XV. 50. GROSSULARI^. Jussieu. 



Calyx adherent, 5-cut ; petals 5 ; stamens 5, inserted on 

 the calyx; style 2-cut; stigmata 2; berry globose, 1 -celled; 

 placentaria 2, parietal, opposite; seeds many; corculum 

 straight, very small, at the base of the fleshy perisperm. — 

 Plant shrubby ; leaves alternate, palmately ribbed, 5-lobed. 



330. RISES. Fuchs. Currant. 



Calyx 5-cut; petals 5 1 stamens 5; berry globular, one- 

 celled. 



a. Ribes. Stemiiot armed ; flowers racemose ; fruit small. 



1. Rihes ruhrum. Red currant. 



Stem upright, unarmed ; leaves bluntly 5-lobed ; racemes 

 pendulous, ha\'A.', flowers flat; petals reverse-heartshape. 



