140 36. SAXrPEAQACE^. 



1. RiBES. Cal. 6-oleft. Berry many-seeded, crowned with 

 ' the persistent calyx. ^ , 



1. RiBES,: I lAnn. ,, , i 



* Peduncles 1 — S-Jlowered. Stems spinous. Gooseberry. 



' tl- -B- Gfrossuldna (L.) ; ped. with 2 miniite: bracts, cal. bell- 

 shaped, Sep. reflexed oblong, pet. ovate. — Thorns, 1 — 3 at the 

 base of the young branches. Germen and fruit smooth or 

 pubescent or glandular. L. rounded, 3 — ;-5-l.pbed aijd , cut, 

 glabrous or hairy. — Hedges and thickets, .d(\nbtfully native. 

 Sh.rV.V. "' ■ E.S. 



** Flowers racemose. Spines- none. Currants. 



2. S. alpinum (L.) ; dioecious, racemes vpright both in flower 

 and fruit glandular-pilose, bracts longer than the pedicels lanceo- 

 late, cal. glabrous, 1. shining beneath. — E. B. 704. ;S^. 51^6. — 

 Male raceme dense, of many flowers ; fern;' of 2^5 fl; Limb of 

 the calyx nearly flat. Berries scarlet. L. with 3 acute deeply 

 serrate lobes.— Woods. Norih of E., rare. ' Sh. IV. V. E. S. ? 



3. R. nigrum (L.) ; 7-acemes pendulous downy with a~separate 

 simple pedipelat the base, of each, bracts subulate shortei: than 

 the, pedicels, cal. pubescent, 1. glandular-punctate beneath. — 

 E. B. 1291.— Racemes lax. Oalyx-limb bell-shaped. Berries 

 large, black. L. with 3 — 6 acute serrate lobes. — In damp and 

 swampy places. Sh. IV. V. Black Currant. E. 



■ ' 4. lR. rubrum (L.) ; racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, 

 bracts shorter than thei pedicels ovate, cal. ueajly flat ^faftrosw, 

 1. bluntly 5-lobed.— --E. B.. 1289.— The wild and cultivated 

 plants differ slightly in their flowers.— t|3. M. jjetrtsum (Sm. not 

 Wulf.) ; racemes slightly downy, in flower upright, in fruit 

 pendulous. E. B. 705. R. spicaium (Robs.), racemes erect 

 bothin flower and fruit, "fl. nearly sessile,", was perhaps a sport 

 from this. E. B. 1290.— Woods. /3. North of E., S. Sh. 

 IV. V. Med Currant. -•.:) E. S. 



Order XX5VI. SAXIFRiGACEJE. \ 



Cal. 4 — 5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4 — 5, rarely 0. 

 Stam. 5 — 10, free, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 

 present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the inflexed 

 sides or margins. Styles '2, persistent, usually diverging. Seeds 

 many. Albiunen' fleshy. i ■ 



1. Saxifbaga. Cal. 5-fld or 5-parted, more or less adnate 

 to the ovary or free. Cor. of 5 petals. St«,m. 10, rarely 5. 



