CRASSULACE/T2 — GROSSULACEiE. 
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entire, fl. pendulous. — E. B. 325. — Raceme usually simple. 
St. 6 — 12 in. high, leaves mostly collected at its base. Fl. green- 
ish-yellow. — Rocks and walls in the west. P. VI. — VIII. 
[2. C. lutea (Huds.) ; lower 1. somewhat peltate, upper 1. cre- 
nate or toothed, bracts toothed.jfl. erect. — E. B. 1522. — Fl. bright 
yellow. — Probably not a native. P. VII.] E. ? 
Order XXXVI. GROSSULACEiE. 
Cal. superior, 4 — 5-cleft, regular. Pet. 4 — 5, small, inserted 
at the mouth of the tube and alternating with the stamens. Ovary 
1-celled, with 2 opposite parietal placentas. Style 2 — 4-cleft. 
Berry 1-celled, many-seeded. Albumen horny. 
1. Ribes. Cal. 5-cleft. Pet. and stamens inserted at the 
mouth of the tube. Berry many-seeded, crowned with the 
persistent calyx. 
1. Ribes Linn. 
* Peduncles 1 — 2-fioicered. Stems spinous. 
f 1. R. Grossularia (L.) ; peduncles 1 — 2 or rarely 3-flowered 
■with 2 minute bracts, cal. bellshaped, sep. reflexed oblong, pet. 
ovate.— E. B. 1292 and 2057. St. 4. 4. and 44. 13.— Thorns 
1 — 3 at the base of the young branches. Germen and fruit 
smooth or pubescent or glandular. L. rounded 3 — 5-lobed and 
cut, glabrous or hairy. — Hedges and thickets, doubtfully native. 
Sh. IV. V. Gooseberry. 
** Flowers racemose. Spines none. 
2. R. alpinum (L.) ; racemes upright both in flower and fruit 
glandular-pilose, bracts longer than the pedicels lanceolate, cal. 
glabrous, 1. shining beneath. — E. B. 704. St. 51. 6. — Racemes 
densely flowered. Limb of the calyx nearly flat. Berries scarlet. 
L. in 3 acute deeply seriate lobes. — Woods in the north, rare. 
Sh. IV. V. E. S. 
3. R. nigrum (L.) ; racemes pendulous downy with a simple 
pedicel at the base of each, bracts subulate shorter than the pedi- 
cels, cal. pubescent, 1. glandular-punctate beneath. — E. B. 1291. 
— Racemes lax. Calyx-limb bellshaped. Berries large, black. 
L. in 3 — 5 acute serrated lobes. — In damp and swampy places. 
Sh. V. Black Currant. 
4. R. rubrum (L.) ; racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, 
bracts shorter than the pedicels ovate, cal. nearly flat glabrous, 
1. obtusely 5-lobed. — E. B. 1289. — Fl. greenish. Fr. red. — 
fi. petrceum (Hook.) ; racemes slightly downy, in flower upright, 
in fruit pendulous, R. petrceum Sm. E. B. 705. not Wulf. — 
