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THE FLORA. 



§ Flowers openiug by night. Pods rounded at the comers, sessile 1, 2 



§ Flowers opening by day. Pods club-shaped, sharply 4-cornered a 



a Stems erect, 1-3 feet high. Flowers large (1-2' across) .... 8 



a Stems half-erect, 6-16' long. Flowers small (5-8" across) 6, 7 



1 CE. bien'nis. Lvs. slightly toothed. Pods oblong. Fls. 1' or more wide. 



2 CE. sinna'ta. Leaves sinuate-toothed or pinnatifld. Flowers i' wide. S. 

 3 Pods scarcely winged on the 4 sharp angles. Leaves narrow 4, 5 



3 CE. frutico'sa. Pods with the 4 angles distinctly winged. Leaves lanceolate. 



4 CE. ripa'ria. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers finally racemed. S. M. 



5 CE. linea'ris. Leaves Jinear. Flowers on the ends of the branches. S. M. 



6 CE. pum'ila, Flowers straw-yellow. Pods almost sessile. Common. N. M. 



7 CE. chrysan'tha. Fls. orange-yellow. Pods distinctly stalked. Bare. N.-W. 



8. OIROiE'A. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



Calyx tube a little prolonged above the ovary, lobes 2. Petals 2, ob- 

 cordate. Stamens 2, opposite the sepals. Fruit reflexed, inversely egg- 

 shaped, with hooked hairs, 2-celled" 2-seeded. — U Small, tender herbs, 

 with opposite leaves and terminal racemes of small, reddish-white flowers. 



C. Lntetia'na. (See the figure.) Stem l-2f. high, sparingly branched, pubescent. 

 Leaves dark green, ovate, snbcordate, acuminate, coarsely toothed. Pedicels 

 without bracts, bent down after flowering. Fruit clothed with bristly hooks. 

 June, July. 



C. alpi'na. Stem 5-10' high, very smooth. Leaved pale green, broad cordate, thin, 

 slightly dentate. Common in rocky woods at the North. 



Order LV.— GROSSULAC^. Currants. 



Small shrubs, often prickly, with alternate, 



lobed, plaited leaves; 

 flowers in axillary racemes, regular^ 4 or 5- 



parted, small; 

 petals inserted into the throat of .the .calyx, 



small, distinct, and the 

 fruit a 1-oelled, many-seeded, 2-carpeled berry. 



Fig. 468. A flower of the Eed Currant cat open; o, the ovary and ovules; st, the Biyle; 

 c, the calyx tute; p, the petals; «, the stamens. Fig. 469. A berry cnt open, showing the two 

 placenta and seeds. Fig. 470. A seed cut open, showing the little embryo. 



