166 POPULAR FLORA. 



1. GakdEjS Gooseberry. Thorns large ; flower-stalks short ; berry bristly or smooth. R. UvO'Crispa. 



2. Prickly Wild G. Thorns slender or none ; flowers greenish, long-stalked ; stamens and style not 



projecting; berry prickly; leaves downy. Woods, ]?I. H. CynosbcUL 



3. Small AViLD G. Thorns very short or none; flowers purplish or greenish, very short-stalked; sta- 



mens and 2-cleft. style a httle projecting; berry small, smooth. Low grounds, N. R. Inrtellum. 



4. Smooth Wild G. Thorns stout or none ; flowers greenish, on slender stalks; stamens and the two 



styles very long and projecting (i' long); berry smooth. Woods, common W. R. roUmdifdUum. 



Currant. Ribes. 

 Stems neither thorny nor prickly. Flowers in racemes, appearing in early spring. Berries small. 



1. Red Currant. Leaves rounded heart-shaped and somewhat lobed ; racemes from lateral separate 



buds, hanging; flowers flat, greenish or purplish; berry smooth, red, and a white variety. Gar- 

 dens, &c. Wild on Mountains, N. R. riibi'um. 



2. Fetid C. Stems reclined; leaves deeply heart-shaped, 5-lobed; racemes erect; flowers, greenish, 



flattish; pale red berry and its stalk bristly, strong-smelling. Cold woods, N. R. prostraium. 



3. Wild Black C. Leaves on long foot-stalks, slightly heart-shaped, sharply lobed, sprinkled with 



dots both sides; racemes rather drooping; flowers oblong, yellowish-white; hemes oblong, black, 

 rather spicy. Wooded banks. R, ji6ridu7n% 



4. Garden Black C. Leaves on shorter footstalks, less dotted; racemes looser, and black berries 



larger than in No. 3. Gardens. R. nigrum. 



5. Missouri or Buffalo C. Leaves smooth; racemes with leafy bracts; flowers (calyx) long and 



tubular, bright yellow, spicy-fragrant. Cultivated for ornament. R. aureum. 



41. STONECROP FAMILY. Order CEASSULACE^. 



Herbs with thick and fleshy leaves (except in one pe- 

 culiar plant of the family, viz. the Ditchwort) ; the flowers 

 remarkable for being perfectly regular and_ symmetrical 

 throughout, i. a. having the sepals, petals, and pistils all of 

 the same number and all separate, or nearly so (except 

 in Ditchwort) ; the stamens also of the same number, or 

 just twice as many. Pods containing few or many seeds. 

 Mostly small plants : several are found in gardens. 



ff78. Flower of Slonecrop. 



Flowers with petals, and their pistils entirely separate from each other. 



Sepals, narrow petals, and pistils 4 or 5. Stamens 8 or 10, {Sedum) .Stoxecbop. 



Sepals, petals, and pistils 6 to 20. Stamens 12 to 40, {Sempei-vivum) IIouseleek. 



Flowers with 5 sepals, no petals, and 5 pistils grown together below. Leaves' thin, lance- 

 shaped, • [Penthorum) Ditchwort. 



Stonecrop or Orpine. Sedum. 

 1. Mossy Stonecrop. Small and creeping, moss-like; the stems thickly covered with little ovate 

 thick and closely sessile leaves ; flowers yellow. Cultivated for garden edging, &o. S. acre. 



