58 CRASSULACEZ. (STONE-CROP FAMILY.) 
§ 1. Thorny under the fascicles. GOOSEBERRIES. 
Berry. prick ys. sasiciresneevecscigreesy spies co opatevemeuebt Sane ciclaiteyMiGre R. Menziesii, 1 
Berry: Smo 0b lis isos s2hotecated ntsc d: os spisinaiee saeets sees renee R. divaricatum. 2 
Berry dry; flowers large, bright-red............ cece cece eee eeee R. speciosum. 3 
§ 2. Thornless and prickless. CURRANTS. 
Flowers rose-red' to white wecccis saw eewsecews swaewa dag eeescves R. sanguineum. 4 
Flowers golden yellow..............6 wews% suelow mibleatd sowie gales ee R. aureum. 5 
1, R. Menziesii, Pursh. Calyx about half an inch long, purplish red; its oblong 
lobes spreading or recurved, longer than the funnelform tube, hardly longer than the 
stamens which surpass the whitish petals; berry thickly covered with prickles. 
2. R. divaricatum, Dougl. Flowers one-third of an inch long; calyx livid-pur- 
plish or greenish-white; its lobes about twice as long as the fan-shaped white petals, 
these only one-third as long as the stamens and villous 2-cleft style. 
3. R. speciosum, Pursh. Very tall; flowers 2 to 5 ona bristly-glandular peduncle, 
drooping, fuchsia-like, almost an inch long and stamens as much longer. 
4, R. sanguineum, Pursh. Racemes drooping, many flowered; calyx prolonged 
beyond the ovary into a campanulate tube 2 or 3 lines long, about equaling the lobes,— 
Runs into indefinite varieties. 
5. RK. aureum, Pursh. Flowers golden yellow, spicy-fragrant, in 5-10-flowered, 
leafy-bracted racemes. 
Oxzprr 23. CRASSULACEAL. 
Succulent or fleshy plants, with completely symmetrical as well as regular flowers. 
Parts of the flower each 4 to 7; stamens twice as many. Petals distinct....Sedum. 1 
Petals somewhat united c..cccasecan seecivaseseevassds sins ¥¥evew sss es Cotyledon. 2 
1. SHDUM, L. Sronz-Crop. 
Sepals 4 or 5 united atthe base, Carpels distinct or rarely connate at the base. 
1. S. spathulifolium, Hook. Stems ascending from a branched rooting caudex, 4 
to 6 inches high; leaves obovate or spatulate, flat, 6 to 10 lines long; flowers secund in 
a forked cyme, nearly sessile, 3 lines long; petals yellow, lanceolate acute. 
2, COTYLEDON, L. 
Petals united into a 5-lobed pitcher-shaped or cylindrical corolla, Stamens 10, in- 
serted on the corolla-tube. Carpels usually distinct. 
1. C. farinosa, Benth. & Hook. Acaulescent, more or less mealy-pulverulent; 
rosulate leaves lanceolate, acuminate, the larger ones 2 to 4 inches long; flowering 
branches a span high with scattered broadly ovate to lanceolate clasping leaves. Flowers 
yellow. 
