Ordbk 60.— the HOUSELEBKS. 



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EI'BES. Currants and Gooseberries. 



The character of the gemis is about the same as of the 

 Order. 



§ Currants. Stems -without prickles or thorns a 



§ Gooseberries. Stems armed with prickles or spines o 



a. Leaves rolled in the bud (convolute). Fls. bright yel 1 



= Lvs. plaited (plicate) in the bud. Els. not yellow b 



b Fruit hairy 2, 3 



b Fruit smooth. . . .4^6. 



o Fruit hispid 7, 8 



o Fruit smooth.... d 

 d Stalks of the flower or fruit long. . . .11, 12 



d Stalks very short 9, 10 



1 E. au'reum. Missouri Gv/rrami. Shrub 6-8f., with smooth, 

 3-lobed Waves (Fig. 471). W. t 



2 B. sangnin'eum. Oregon 0. Flowers bright red, showy. 



Leaves 3-5-lobed. t 



3 H. prostra'tum. ShunJe V. Fls. striped with red. Lvs. 5-7-lobed. Mts. N. M. 

 4 E. ru'brnm, Common Red 0. Leaves not dotted, downy beneath. Berries glob- 

 ular, rod or white, in pendulous racemes as well as the fls. (Figs. 243, 261.) 



6 H. flor'idum. Flowering G. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries obovate, black. 

 6 E. nigrum. Bl^ck G. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries roundish, black. Petiole 

 shorter than the blade. Eaoemes loose, partly nodding. Gardens. 

 7 E. Cynos'bati. Prickly Gooseberry, Eaoemes 2 or 3-flowered. Styles united. 



(Fig. 281.) 

 B E. lacus'tre. Swamp G. Eacemes 5-8-flowered. Style 2-oleft. Berry small. 



9 E. hirtil'lum. SmoothisTi G. Stems not priokly. Calyx tube' bell-shaped. North. 



10 E. Oxyoanthoi'des. Hawthorn <?. Stems very priokly. Calyx tube cylindrio. 



North. 



11 E. rotundifo'lium. Bound-Uavei G. Calyx cylindric. Stalk 1-3-flowered. 



12 H. Uva Cais'pa, Garden G. Calyx bell-shaped. Stalk hairy, 1-flowered. t 



Fig. ill. Missouri 

 Currant,— flower di- 

 vided. 



Order LX. CRASSTJLACE^. The Houseleeks. 



Thick, Juicy jpfarafo, with simple, mostly entire lea/oes; with 



flowers perfectly symmetrical and regular ; the 



petals, sepals, and pistils being of the same number (3-20) ; and the 



stamens either the same or twice as many ; the 



follicles (as many as the ovaries) distinct or somewhat united. 



