144 35. BIBESIACE2E. 



4. Coitie'don Linn. Navelwort. 



1. C. Umbilicus (L.) ; lower 1. peltate concave, bracts entire, 

 fl. pendulous. — -E. £. 325. — Raceme usually simple. St. 6 — 12 

 in. higk, leaves mostly collected at its base. Fl. greenish yeUow. 

 — Obiefly on rocks and walls in tbe West. P. VI. — VIII. 



E. S. 1. 



Order XXXV. EIBESIACE^. 



Cal. superior, 4 — 5-cleft, regular. Pet. 4 — 5, small, inserted 

 at tbe mouth of the tube and alternating with the stamens. 

 Ovary 1-celled, v/ith 2 opposite parietal placentas. Style 

 2 — 4^oleft. Berry many-seeded ; cell filled with pulp. Albu- 

 men horny. Stip. 0. 



1. RiBBS. Oal. 6-cleft. Berry many-seeded, crowned with 

 the persistent calyx. 



1. Ei'bes Linn. 



* Peduncles 1 — 8-Jlmoered. Stems spinous. Gooseberry. 



tl. -K. Grossuldria (L.); ped. with 2 minute bracts, cal. bell- 

 shaped, Sep. reflexed oblong, pet. ovate. — E. B. 1292 and 2057. 

 — Thorns 1 — 3, at the base of the young branches. Germen and 

 fruit snlooth or pubescent or glandular. L. rounded, S — 6-lobed 

 and cut, glabrous or hairy. — Hedges and thickets, doubtfully 

 native. Sh. IV. V. E. S. 



** Flowers racemose. Spines none. Ourrants. 



2. -R. alpinum (L.) ; dioecious, racemes upright both in flower 

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

 late, cal. glabrous, 1. shining beneath. — E. B. 704. St. 51. 6. » 



Male raceme dense, of many flowers ; fem. of 2 — 5 fl. Limb of 

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

 serrate lobes. — Woods. North of E., rare. Sh. IV. V. E.- 



3. B. nigrum (L.) ; racemes pendulous downy with a separate 

 simple pedicel at the base of each, bracts subulate shorter than 

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

 B. 1291. — Racemes lax. Calyx-limb bell-shaped. Berries 

 large, black. L. with 3 — 5 acute serrate lobes. — In damp and 

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



4. B. rubrum (L.) ; racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, 

 bracts shorter than the pedicels ovate, cal. nearly flat glabrous, 

 1. bluntlv5-lobed. — E. B. 1289.— a. sativum (R.) ; 1. glabrous, 

 raceme glabrous. — /3. B. petreeum (Sm. not Wulf.) ; racemes 



