ORDER 60.—THE HOUSELEEKS. 205 
RI’BES. Currants and Gooseberries. 
The character of the genus is about the same as of the 
Order. 
§ Currants. Stems without prickles or thorns....a 
§ Gooseberries. Stems armed with prickles or spines....¢ 
a Leaves rolled in the bud (convolute). Fis. bright yel....1 
a Lvs. plaited (plicate) in the bud. Fis. not yellow....b 
b Fruit hairy....2, 3 
b Fruit smooth....4-6. 
e Fruit hispid....7, 8 
¢ Fruit smooth....d 
d Stalks of the flower or fruit long....11, 12 
d Stalks very short....9, 10 
1 R. an’reum. Missouri Currant. Shrub 6-8f., with smooth, Fig. 471. Missouri 
8-lobed leaves (Fig. 471). -W. t¢ Currant,—flower di- 
2 R.sanguin’eum. Oregon C. Flowers bright red, showy. Vided. 
Leaves 8-5-lobed. + 
8. R. prostra’‘tam. Skunk C. Fis. striped with red. Lvs. 5-7-lobed. Mts. N. M. 
4 R.ro/brum. Common Red C, Leaves not dotted, downy beneath. Berries glob- 
ular, red or white, in pendulous racemes as well as the fls. (Figs. 248, 261.) 
5 R. flor‘idum. Flowering C. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries obovate, black. 
6 R.nigrum. Black C. Leaves yellow-dotted. Berries roundish, black. Petiole 
shorter than the blade. Racemes loose, partly nodding, Gardens. 
7 R. Cynos’bati. Prickly Gooseberry. Racemes 2 or 8-flowered. Styles united, 
(Fig. 281.) 
8 R. lacus’tre. Swamp G. Racemes 5-8-flowered. Style 2-cleft. Berry small. 
9 R. hirtil’lum, Smoothish G. Stems not prickly. Calyx tube bell-shaped. North. 
10 R. oxycanthoi/des. Hawthorn G. Stems very prickly. Calyx tube cylindric, 
North. 
11 R. rotundifo’lium. Found-leaved G. Calyx cylindric. Stalk 1-8-flowered. 
12 R. Uva Cais'pa. Garden G. Calyx bell-shaped. Stalk hairy, 1-flowered. 4 
Orver LX. CRASSULACEA. The Houseleeks. 
Thick, juicy plants, with simple, mostly entire leaves ; with 
Jflowers.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. 
