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t. 705. — y. racemes splcate, erect in flower and fruit, 

 catuin Robs. : E. B. t. 1290. 



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Woods and hedges, but scarcely wild. 

 Scotland, 



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7. Near Richmond^ Yorkshire. 2/.. 4.5. — Leares doubly 

 serrate, on longish stalks. Limb of the calyx shorter than the 

 spreading roundish segments, 

 form-orbicular. 

 ihers renlform. 



Petals distinct from each other, cunei- 

 Siamens inserted into the throat of the calyx ; an^ 

 Style cylindrical ; stigmas subglobose. 



2. R, alpinum L. (tasteless Mountain C) ; dioecious, branches 

 angled, leaves shining beneath, racemes glandular erect both in 

 flower and fruit, flowers shorter than the bracteas, limb of the 

 calyx nearly plane. E. B. t. 704. 



Woods, in the N. of England. Scarcely wild In Scotland. 2/.. 4, 5 

 Leaves small frequently 3-lobed; lobes acute, deeply serrate. 

 Racemes with a few small flowers, Cal, limb nearly flat shorter than 

 the spreading segments. Petals distant. Stamens inserted into the 

 throat of the calyx. Style cylindrical, bifid at the apex ; stigmas sub- 

 globose. Berries red, few-seeded. 



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duced. %, 4, 5. — Inflorescence glandular. 



3. R. 7iigrum L. {black C) ; flowers perfect, leaves dotted 

 with glands beneath, racemes lax downy pendulous with a sepa- 

 rate simple flower-stalk at their base, limb of the calyx cam- 

 panulate pubescent. E. B. t. 1291. 



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revolute as long as the tubular portion of its limb. Petals imbricated 

 at the margins. Stamens inserted upon the tube; a?z;fAer5 cordate- 

 oblong, apiculate. Ovar^ half superior, 5'(;/Ze almost entire ; stigmas 

 somewhat reniform. kernes the largest of our Currants, black, much 

 esteemed medicinally and for making jelly, 



** Peduncles 1 — ^-flowered. Stems spiny, 



4. R. Grossuldria L. {common G.) ; leaves rounded andlobed, 

 peduncles short hairy 1 — 3-flowered with a pair of minute 

 bracteas. E. B. t. 1292. R. Uva-crispaZ.; E. B. t. 2057. 



Hedges and thickets, but scarcely indigenous. Tj . 4, 5. — Branches 

 not setose. Thorns immediately beneath a fascicle of leaves, solitary 

 or" 2 — 3 combined at the base, spreading. Limb of the calyx cam- 

 panulate, about as long as the reflexed segm.ents. Petals ovate, distant 



Stamens inserted into the bearded throat 

 of the calyx, and shorter than the segments. Style cleft to the middle, 

 below which it is very hairy ; stigmas minute, truncate. 



half as long as the stamens. 



Orb. XXXVII. SAXIFRAGACE/E Juss. 



Calyx of 4 — 5 sepals, or united Into a tube which is wholly 

 or in part adnate with the ovary. Petals 4 — 5, or 0. Stamens 

 5 — 10, distinct, perigynous or somewhat hypogynous. Ovary 



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