7b COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



slender petioles, roundish heart-shaped, 3-5-lobed. Ped- 

 uncles slendeVf 2— B-iiowered. Berry cove'red with long 

 prickles. — Open ■woods and clearings. 



2. R. oxyaeanthoi'des, L. (E. hirtellum, Michx.) (Small 

 Wild Gooseberry.) Stems with very short thorns or none. 

 Peduncles very short, 1-2-ilowered. Stamens shorter than 

 the broadly oblong calyx-lobes. Berry small, smooth. — Low 

 grounds. 



3. B. rotundifo'lium, Michx. Like the last, but tJie 

 stamens are longer than the narrorvcly oblong^apathulate calyx- 

 lobes, — Chiefly eastward. 



4. R, laeus'tre, Poir. (Swamp Gooseberry.) Shrubby. 

 Young stems prickly, and thorny at the bases of the leaves. 

 Leaves cordate, deeply SS^ldhed, the lobes deeply cut. Macemes 

 4-fJ-flowered, slender, nodding. Fruit bristly. — Swamps and 

 wet woods. 



6. R. flor'idum, L. (Wild Black Cttrrant.) Stems and 

 fruit without prickles or thorns. Leaves resinous - dotted, 

 sharply 3-5-lobed, doubly serrate. Eaoemes m any-flowered ,- 

 drooping. Calyx bellrshaped. Fruit black, smooth. — 

 Woods. 



6. R. rubrum, L. (Wild Eed Currant.) A low shrub 

 with straggling stems. Leaves obtusely 3-5-lobed. Race'mes 

 from lateral bvAs separate from the leaf buds, drooping. 

 C^lyx flat. Fruit red, smooth. — Bogs and wet woods. 



7. R. prostra'tum, L'Her. (Fetid CurrAnt.) Stems re- 

 clined. Dfeaves deeply cordate, 5-7-lobed, smooth, the lobes 

 ovate, acute, doubly serrate. Eacemes erect, slender, the 

 flowers greenish. Fruit pale red, glandular-bristly. — Cold 

 damp woods and rocks. 



8. R. HudSOnia'num, Eiohards. Like the last, but with 

 white flowers crowded in the erect raceme, and darker and 

 smooth fruit. — N. W. Also in central Ontario. 



8. PAK\AS'SIA, Tourn. Grass of Paknassus. 



1. P. Carollnia'na, Michx. Petals sessile, very veiny. 

 Sterile filaments 3 in each set. Leaves ovate or rounded. 



