36. SAXIFRAGACE. 125 
cels, cal. pubescent, 1. glandular-punctate beneath.—E. B. 1291. 
—Racemes lax. Calyx-limb bellshaped. Berries large, black. 
L. with 3—5 acute serrated lobes.—In damp and swampy places. 
Sh. IV. V. Black Currant. 
4. R. rubrum (L.); racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, 
bracts shorter than the pedicels ovate, cal. nearly flat glabrous, 
1. bluntly 5-lobed.— E.B. 1289.—The wild plant differs slightly 
in its fl. from that in cultivation (Phytol. ii. 517).—8. R. pe- 
treum (Sm. not Wulf.); racemes slightly downy, in flower upright, 
in fruit pendulous. E. B. 705.—y. R spicatum (Robs.); racemes 
erect both in flower and fruit, “fl. nearly sessile,” anth.-cells 
near together. H. B.1290.—Woods. 8. NorthofE.,8. y. Rich- 
mond, Yorkshire. Sh. IV. V. Red Currant. 
Order XXXVI. SAXIFRAGACE. 
Cal. 4—5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4—5, rarely 0. 
Stam. 5—10, free, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 
present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the inflexed 
sides or margins. Styles 2, persistent, usually diverging. Seeds 
numerous. Albumen fleshy. 
1. Saxirraca. Cal. 5-fid or 5-parted, more or less adnate 
to the ovary or free. Cor. of 5 petals. Stam. 10, rarely 5. 
Styles 2, persistent. Caps. 2-celled, with 2 beaks, opening 
by a pore between the beaks. 
2. CurysospLeniuM. Cal. 4-fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 
Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, with 2 beaks, 
opening into the form of a cup. 
1. Saxirraca Linn. 
Sec. 1. With decumbent barren shoots at the base. 
* Cal. reflexed inferior, fl. panicled, flowering stems leafless. 
+ Filaments enlarged upwards. Ropertsonia Haw. 
1. S. umbrosa (L.); J. obovate with cartilaginous crenatures 
or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated flat footstalks, 
panicle racemose.—L. crenate or dentate, spreading.—E. B. 663. 
—B8. S. punctata (Haw.); 1. nearly round acutely serrate erect. 
R. I. t. 622, 623.—y. S. serratifolia (Mack.); 1. oblong acutely 
serrate erect. E. B. S.2891.—West of Ireland (all the forms). 
Yorkshire, a doubtful native. P. VI. London Pride. St.Patrick’s 
Cabbage. E. I. 
2. S. elegans (Mack.) ; 1. round smooth shining acutely serrate, 
footstalks broad flat convex beneath, panicle racemose.—E. B.S. 
