Order I. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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1. Unarmed. Currants. 
3107 Leaves smooth pendulous. Flowers flattish, Petals obcordate, Leaves obtuse 5-lobed, Stem erect 
^ Berries yellow 
y Lobes of leaves shortish, Leaf-stalks, Flower-stalks, and Flowers pubescent [Stem erect 
3108 Rac. rather hairy when in flow, erect afterw. pendul. Brae, shorter than flow. Lvs. acum. lob. cut toothed, 
3109 Racemes spiked pendulous, Petals oblong, Bractes shorter than flowers 
3110 Spikes erect, Petals oblong, Bractes shorter than flower 
3111 Leaves moderately lobed smoothish above pub. beneath, Flowers small. Sepals trifid. Berries red hairy 
31 12 Racemes erect, Flowers flat, Leaves obtusely lobed, Stem procumb. [fruit stiffly upr. Ber. rough red 
3113 Branc. upr. Leaves smooth above beneath pub. nett. Lob. and teeth acute, Rac. loosely many-fl. always in 
3114 Stems prost. Lvs. lobed smoothish younger pub. Rac. nearly erect. Petals deltoid, Bract, min. Berr. hi.spid 
3115 Racemes erect, Bractes as long as flowers or longer, Peduncles hairy with glands, Lvs. shining beneath 
3116 Very smooth, Lvs. 3-lobed, Lobes spreading with a few teeth. Bract, lin. as long as fl. -stalks, Berries smooth 
3117 Lvs. dotted beneath, Racemes hairy loose, Flow, campan. Brae, shorter than fl. -stalks, Ped. simple at base 
3118 Leaves dotted on each side, Racemes pendulous, Flowers cylindrical, Bractes longer than germen 
3119 Leaves cordate 5-lobed cut-toothed smooth, Stalks slender, Racemes loose erect the length of leaves 
3120 Glandular hairy, R^c. erect, Lvs. 5-lobed obtuse cren. roundish, Bractes lingulate longer than fl. -stalk 
2. Prickly. Gooseberries. 
3121 Spine one under the axills. Branches hispid, Lvs. small l-trifid : lobes toothed, Berr. solitary smooth red 
3122 Spine under axillary very short, Lvs. on slend. stalks pub. on both sides : lobes acute cut and toothed, Ped. 
3123 Prickles solitary, Peduncles 2 or 3-flowered, Berries polished [capillary 
3124 Somewhat prickly, Leaves round cut-lobed hairy, Racemes short. Berries rough with hairs 
3125 Prickles twin or solitary, Leaves wedge-shaped 3-parted and obsoletely 3-lobed toothed, Fl. racemose erect 
3126 Branches somewhat prickly reclinate. Bract, of the peduncle 3-leaved 
3127 Leaf-stalks hairy. Peduncles I flowered, Bractes 2, Fruit hairy 
3128 Peduncles 1-flowered, Bractes connate-tubular. Fruit smooth 
3129 Branches prickly all over 
3130 Spine sub-axillary compound. Stem hispid all over. Leaves lobed beyond middle. Berries racemose hispid 
3131 Prickles sub-axillary, Berries prickly racemose dull brown 
3132 Leaves like those of the vine stinging cirrhose 
3133 Leaves roundish ovate acuminate. Calyxes reflexed pressed close to the spike 
3134 Leaves obovate acute narrowed at base, Calyxes reflexed pressed close to the spike 
3135 Leaves ovate lanceolate opposite. Spikes elliptical corymbose on long stalks. Stem shrubby 
3136 Leaves whorled ovate downy. Corymbs compact dichotomous, Flowers with corollas 
3137 Stem erect, Ovate leaves and calyxes smooth 
3138 Stem erect rounded and elliptical oblong leaves pubescent, Spikes axillary and terminal stalked 
3123 ,K-^^^A..^_ 3129 jSJ, 3132 ^(()»313,3 
- and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
of the black currant, which are therefore not much used in the kitchen or dessert, and seldom in wine making. 
They make a jelly or jam in estimation as a gargle for inflammatory sore throats. 
The culture of the black currant is similar to that of the red ; but as it is less apt to bear on spurs than on 
young wood, the shoots are not so much shortened in this as in the other. It is singular that no varieties have 
been raised of this species, nor will it produce hybrids, as far at least as has been tried with the other cultivated 
sorts of Rlbes. 
R. Grossularia and R. uva crispa are the rough and smooth gooseberries; Groseille, Fr., Johannisheere, Ger., 
and Uvaspma, Ital. ; in universal culture and estimation in Britain, but not much known or esteemed in any 
ot.ier coimtry. The climate of France, Italy, and Spain is too warm ; and the summers of many parts of the 
north of Europe too rapid for their attaining a good size. They are, however, more in vogue now in the latter 
countries than they have ever been before ; but as the quality of the fruit soon degenerates when the plants 
are not kept in high cultivation, it can never become very popular in countries where the pear, vine, fig, and 
olive grow freely, and which being planted and once established in the soil, grow and bear for ages with very 
little care. ' o & j 
The varieties of the gooseberry are very numerous, and yearly increasing in Lancashire and other counties 
where the fruit is grown for prizes, by raising from the seed. These new varieties, however, are valued more ac- 
cording to the size of the berry, than its flavor, or the prolificacy of the plant ; so that few so originated are fit 
to be added to the list of table or kitchen fruit. Twenty-five pennyweights is considered a great weight for a 
gooseberry, but some have been raised a few dwts. heavier. (See the Manchester Gooseberry Book, pub. annually.) 
.ine gooseberry is generally propagated by cuttings, and trained as a dwarf bush, or sometimes on espalier 
raus : one variety, the green-gage, makes very neat half-standards, and bears better in that state than as a bush. 
1 ney require a loamy soil, an open airy situation, and yearly attention to pruning, and refreshing their roots 
with manure and stirring the surface. ^ o, t, 
y.^^\-^^°^°^"- In honor of John Frederick Gronovius, a learned botanist at Leyden. This is a trailing plant 
iiKe ine cucumber, with broad hairy leaves, which sting like the nettle. Treated like the melon, it will pro- 
Kr% ""'^^ ^ Pl^"* of neither beauty nor use. 
on I ^^^'y^if'^s. From a^^fov, chafF, and xv^o?, a flower, in allusion to the chaffy nature of the floral 
hand ■ *® ^^^^ culture, but little beauty. All root freely by cuttings. A. porrigens is the only 
