5^2 GROSSULARrE;iE' 



Ordo XC. 



GROSSVLARIEJC 



(DG. fl: fr: IV. p. 4o6. et Prodr: III. p. 477. 



s= Caclearum genus Juss: gen: p. 3 10. = Cerece Spp: 



sjst: I. n. 911. = Grossulariece Bartl: 



ord: nat: p. 221. 275.). 



Cliar: essentialis. 



» Cal\ superus 5 - quandoque 4"P^i'titus regularis 

 » coloratus. Pet: totidem quot calycis divisiones ii&- 

 » dem alterna vel rarissime o. Stam: totidem petalis 

 )) alterna libera jequalia. Sljl: i - plerumque 2 - raro 

 )) S-^-fi^dus. Bacca sub-globosa caljce persistenle ura- 

 1) bilicata i-locularis polysperma. Sem: arillata podo- 

 » spermis longis suspensa. Emhr: minimus in basi al- 

 » buminis. Cotjled: foliacese. » 



Ohs: Ordo constans unico genere, fructificatione af- 

 fini Rhipsalideis , sed liabitu valde diverso. Frulices 

 jnermes vel spinosi, follis alternis lobatis iucisis, pe- 

 dunculis axillaribus vel e gemmis erumpentibus in 

 stirpibus spinescentibus i-3-lloris raro racemosis, in 

 inermibus racemosis, pedicellls basi i-apice 2-bractea- 

 tis , floribus virescentibus albidis flavis vel rubris quan- 

 doque dioicis. Stirpes ex DG. 53. , ex Spr: 4^* 



I. RiBEs Lin: gen: n. 281. = Lam; dicl: t. i/^S. 

 » Charact: ordinis. » 



