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Petals small, spatulate or linear. Little pods 2 or 3, nearly separate, opening 

 down tlie inner suture, several-seeded. 



12. TIARELLA. Flowers in a raceme. Calyx colored (white), 6-parted, and 



in the sinuses bearing 6 very narrow slender-clawed petals. Filaments and 

 styles long and slender. Ovary 1-celled, with several ovules towards the base 

 of the 2 parietal placentae, 2-beaked ; one of the beaks or carpels gi-owing 

 jnuch more than the other and making the larger part of the lance-shaped 

 membranaceous pod, which is few-seeded towards the bottom. 

 ■I- t- Petals 6, pamatifid, very delicate. 



13. MITELLA. Flowers in a simple raceme or spike, small. Petals colored like 



the short open calyx (white or green). Stamens short. Styles 2, very short. 

 Ovary and pod globular, 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentas at the base, many- 

 seeded, opening across the top. 



••-■>-■•— Petals Twne. 



14. CHRySOSPLENIUM. Flowers yellowish-green, solitary or in a leafy cyme. 



Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary, the tube or expanded border with 4 or 

 6 blunt lobes. Stamens 8 or 10, very short. Styles 2, short, recurved. Pod 

 obcordate, thin, its notched summit rising above the calyx-tube, 1-celled 

 with 2 parietal placentae, several -many-seeded. 



1. BIBES, CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY. (An Arabic name.) Leaves 

 plaited in the bud, except the last species, often clustered in the axils of 

 those of previous season. Fl. spring. Fruit mostly eatable. 

 § 1 . GoosEEEKKY. Stems commonly with 1 or 2 thorns below the leafstalks or 



the clusters of leaves, often with numerous scattered prickles besides, these 



sometimes on tlie berry also. 



* Cultivated species. 



R. Speci6suin, Showy Flowering-Gooseberkt, of California: cult, 

 for. ornament, especially in England, likely to succeed in Southern Middle 

 States, is trained like a climber ; has small and shining leaves, 1-3 very hand- 

 some flowers on a hanging peduncle, the short-tubular calyx, petals, and long- 

 projecting stamens deep red, so that the blossom resembles that of a Fuchsia ; 

 berry prickly, few-seeded. 



B. Grossul^ia, Garden or English Gooseberry. Cult, from Eu. 

 for the well-known fruit ; thorny and prickly, with small obtusely 3 - .5-lobed. 

 leaves, green flowers 1 - 3 on short pedicels, bell-shaped calyx, and large berry. 



» « Native species {chiefly N. #■ W.), passing under the general name ofWiu> 

 Gooseberry, vnth greenish or dull-purplish blossoms, only 1 - 3 on each 

 peduncle. 



E. hirt611um, the commonest E., is seldom downy, with very short thorns 

 or none, very short peduncles, stamens and 2-cleft style scarcely longer than- 

 the bell-shaped calyx ; and the smooth berry purple, small, and sweet. 



B,. rotundifblium, commoner W., is often downy-leaved ; peduncles 

 slender, the slender stamens and 2-parted style longer than the narrow calyx ; 

 berry smooth. , ,.,,■, , 



B. Cyn6sbati, of rocky woods N., is downy-leaved, with slender pedun- 

 cles, "stamens and undivided style not exceeding the broad calyx, and large 

 berry usually prickly. 



« « « Native species ivith the prickly stems of a GoosAerry, but with a raceme of 

 flowers like those of a Currant. 



E laCTistre, Lake or Swamp G. Cold bogs and wet woods N. : low, 

 with' 3 - 5-parted leaves, their lobes deeply cut, very small flowers with broad 

 and flat calyx, short stamens and style, and small bristly bernes of unpleasant 

 flavor. 



§ 2. Currant. No thorns nor prickles, and the flowers numerous in the racemes. 

 » Wild, or cultivated for the fruit : flowers greenish or whitish. 

 *- Leaves without resinous dots : calyx flat and open : berries red (or white). 



E prostrAtum, Fetid C. Cold woods N. ; with reclining stems, deeply 

 heart-shaped and acutely 5 - 7-lobed leaves, erect racemes, pedicels and pale-red 



