136 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
1. G@2NOTHE’RA, L. Eventna Prormose. 
[Greek, Oinos, wine, and Thera, a chase ; application obscure] 
Calyx of 4 membranaceous sepals, united below into a long tube; pe 
reflexed, and, _ a portion of the tube, deciduous. Petals 4. 
lined. Ca, 
mens 8, erect or ‘apsule more or less oblong and qua: 
lar, 4-valved, ray hoe Z 
BIEN’NI8s, L. Stem erect, somewhat branched, pilose and 
2 een das 
roughish ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, repand-dentate ; petals i inversely 
heart-shaped ; ile obtusely angled, subsessile. 
BIENNIAL Sea eerRt Evening Primrose. Night Witenes 
Root bienn Stem 2-5 or 6 feet high, rather stout, hairy and u nish 
Leaves 2-6 meg em oh ses or Hibeseatle: Flowers large, ina terminal “eat spike 
—. colored,—the tube much longer than the ovary. BA cnr ellow. Ovary oblong 
style rather longer than aa: corolla ; eee cruciate, e ted, lin Capse ob- 
scurely 4-sided, an inch to an inch and If long, boner: splitting i into 4 sub-linear 
va 
Fields, aera ewe &c. throughout the United States. Fl. June-September. Fr. 
August - Octo! 
Obs. a. coarse ag is entitled to the notice of the farmer, merely 
in paren ti xg being a common, rather conspicuous, and worthless 
weed, in pas , and on ae borders of cultivated fields. variety, 
of yet Ari “growth and wey ares flowers (CE. grandiflora, of some 
authors), is often tolerated in gardens. There is another species (. 
cosa, eg sma sik er size, with sn sone, yet more rigid stems), 
which is quite common in old fields; but is scarcely of sufficient impor- 
tance, even as a weed, to claim a place i in t this 9 work. 
Orper XXIX. GROSSULA’CE. (Currant Famty.) 
—, shrubs, — —— ose or prickly, with alternate palmately lobed and Seng leaves 
es or small olnstars. Colpsrtebe: adherent to the ovary, the limb 
Blobel, sometimes rcalored. Peals 5,small. Stamens 5. Ova with 2 parietal placent2 ; 
styles more or less Fruit a her oa crowned with the shriyelled remains of the 
flower. pe moatly 1 moet Tous ; scales minute, in beer albumen, 
A small Order,—and of little or no interest beyond the genus here noticed. 
i$ RI'BES, L. Gooseserry anp Currant. 
{An ancient Arabic name,—of obscure meaning.] 
Bas The Generic character the same as that of the Order. 
* Stems more or less prickly. 
1. R. Uva-cris’pa, L. Leaves obtusely 3- nee somewhat villous 
beneath and on the petiole; peduncles mostl steed poorer 3 
sepals abcae ovary and ae villous ; berry ae 
Fr. Vrai Groseillier. Germ. Die Stachelbeere. Span. Uva api” 
| Stem 2-3 fect high, diffusely branching. Leaves K of mone EN : 
