548 329. Larbrea. 49. PARONYCHIDE.®. PL ex. cal. 
C. Bractece scarious; calyx-lobes with a membranaceous 
edge ; leaves not stipuled. 
VII. 329. LARBREA. St. Hilaire. Larbrea. 
Calyx 5-cut, pitchershape at bottom ; petals 5, perigy- 
nous, 2-cut; stamens 10, perigynous; ovary 1 -celled; ovules 
many; placentarium central, threadshape; stigmata 3, 4, 
or 5; capsule 6-vaived at the tip. — Plant herbaceous, de- 
cumbent ; stem 4-angular ; leaves opposite ; peduncles axil- 
lary and terminal, 2 or 3-flowered ; bractece 2 to each flower. 
Larbrea aquatica . Water larbrea . 
Stem decumbent; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, callous at 
the tip; peduncles mostly in pairs, 1 or many-flowered; 
petals shorter than the calyx. 
Alsine longifolia uliginosis proveniens locis, Raii Syn. 347,7. 
Alsine fontana, Ger. em. 613, 8. 
Stellaria aquatica, Pollich 1,429. 
Stellaria Alsine, Hoffm. FI. Germ. 
Stellaria uliginosa, Villars Delph. 
Stellaria gratninea /8, Hudson FI. Angl. 190. 
Stellaria hyperciifolia, Vigers Ilolsat.3 4. 
Stellaria Dilleniania, Leers , 107. 
Stellaria fontana, Jacquin Coll. 6,327. 
Larbrea aquatica, St. Hilaire , Mem. Mus.3. 
Fountain Chickweed. Bog stitchwort. 
Rivulets and inundations ; annual; June. 
Stem weak ; leaves many-veined, glaucous. 
Fam. XV. 50. GROSSULARI^. Jussieu. 
Calyx adherent, 5-cut; petals 5; stamens 5 , inserted on 
the calyx; style 2-cut; stigmata 2; berry globose, 1- celled; 
placentaria 2, parietal, opposite; seeds many; corculum 
straight, very small, at the base of the fleshy perisperm.— 
Plant shrubby ; leaves alternate, palmately ribbed, 5-lobed. 
330. RIBES. Fuchs. Currant . 
Calyx 5-cut ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; berry globular, one- 
celled. 
a. Ribes. Stem not armed ; flowers racemose ; fruit small . 
1. Ribes rubrum . Red currant . 
Stem upright, unarmed ; leaves bluntly 5-lobed ; racemes 
pendulous, bald; flowers flat; petals reverse-heartshape. 
