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36. saxifkagacej:. 
— Thorns 1^3 at the base of the young branches. Germfen and 
fruit smooth or pubescent or glandular. L. roimded, 3 — 5-lobed 
and cut, glabrous or hairy. — Hedges and thickets, doubtfully 
native. Sh. IV. V. E. S. I. 
** Flowers racemose. Spines none. Currants. 
2. It. alpinum (L.) ; dioecious, racemes upright both in flower 
and fruit glandular-pilose, bracts longer than the pedicels lanceo- 
late, cal. glabrous, 1. shining beneath. — U. B. 704. St. 51. 6. — 
Male raceme dense, of many flowers ; fem. of 2 — 5 fl. Limb of 
the calyx nearly flat. Berries scarlet. L. -with 3 acute deeply 
serrate lobes.— 'Woods. North of E., rare. Sh. IV. V. E. S. ? 
3. R. nigrum (L.) ; racemes pendtdom downy with a separate 
simple pedicel at the base of each, bracts subulate shorter than 
the pedicels, cal. pi/bescent, 1. glandular-punctate beneath. — 
E. B. 1291. — Racemes lax. Calyx -limb bell-shaped. Berries 
large, black. L. with 3 — 5 acute sen-ate lobes. — In damp and 
swampy places. Sh. IV. V. Black Currant. E. 
4. R. rubrtim (L.) ; racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous^ 
bracts shorter than the pedicels ovate, cal. nearly flat {/labrmts, 
1. bluntly 5-lobed.— JB". B. 1289;— The wild and cultivated plants 
differ slightly in their flowers {Bhytol. ii. 517). — /3. R. petrmim 
(Sm. not Wulf ) ; racemes slightly downy, in flower upright, in 
fruit pendulous. E. B. 705. — y. R. spicatum (Robs.) ; racemes 
erect Doth in flower and friut, "fl. nearly sessile." E.B. 1290. 
—Woods. /3. North of E., S. y. Richmond, Yorkshire. Sh. 
IV. V. Red Currant. E. S. 
Order XXXVI. SAXIFRAGACE^. 
Cal. 4 — 5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4 — 5, rai-ely 0. 
Stam. 5 — 10, free, pengynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 
present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the inflexed 
sides or margins. Styles 2, persistent, usually diverging. Seeds 
many. Albumen fleshy. 
1 . Saxifbaga. Cal. 5-fld 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-ceIled, with 2 beaks, opening 
by a pore between the beaks. 
2. CmiTSOs'pLENnrM. Cal. 4 -fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 
Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1 -celled, with ? Ijeaks, 
opening into the fonn of a cup. ... 
