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Woods and hedges, but scarcely wild. — /3. N. of England, and in 
Scotland. — y. near Richmond, Yorkshire. h . 4,5. — Leaves doubly 
serrate, on longish stalks. Limb of the calyx shorter than the 
spreading roundish segments. Petals distinct from each other, cunei- 
form-orbicular. Stamens inserted into the throat of the calyx ; an- 
thers reniform. Style cylindrical ; stiymas subglobose. 
2. R. alpinum L. ( tasteless Mountain (7.); dioecious, branches 
angled, leaves shining beneath, racemes glandular erect both in 
flower and fruit, flowers shorter than the bracteas, limb of the 
calyx nearly plane. E. B. t. 704. 
Woods in the N. of England. Scarcely wild in Scotland, h . 4, 5. 
— Leaves small frequently 3-lobed ; lobes acute, deeply serrate. 
Racemes with a few small flowers. Ca/.-limb nearly flat shorter than 
the spreading segments. Petals distant. Stamens inserted into the 
throat of the calyx. Style cylindrical, bifid at the apex ; stigmas sub- 
globose. Berries red, few-seeded. 
3. R. nigrum L. (black C .) ; flowers perfect, leaves dotted 
with glands beneath, racemes lax downy pendulous with a sepa- 
rate simple flower-stalk at their base, limb of the calyx cam- 
panulate pubescent. E. B. t. 1291. 
Woods and river-sides, in various situations, but probably intro- 
duced. h • 4, 5. — Inflorescence glandular. Segments of the calyx 
revolute as long as the tubular portion of its limb. Petals imbricated 
at the margins. Stamens inserted upon the tube ; anthers cordate- 
oblong, apiculate. Ovary half-superior. Style almost entire ; stigmas 
somewhat reniform. Berries the largest of our currants, black, much 
esteemed medicinally and for making jelly. 
** Peduncles 1 — 3 -flowered. Stems spiny. 
4. R. Grossuldria L. (common G.) ; leaves rounded and lobed, 
peduncles short hairy 1 — 3-flowered with a pair of minute 
bracteas. E. B. t. 1292. R. Uva-crispa L.: E. B. t. 2057. 
Hedges and thickets, but scarcely indigenous, tj- 4,5. — Branches 
not setose. Thorns immediately beneath a fascicle of leaves, solitary 
or 2 — 3 combined at the base, spreading. Limb of the calyx cam- 
panulate, about as long as the reflexed segments. Petals ovate, distant 
half as long as the stamens. Stamens inserted into the bearded throat 
of the calyx, and shorter than the segments. Style cleft to the middle, 
below which it is very hairy ; stigmas minute, truncate. 
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Ord. XXXVII. S AXIFR AG ACE2E Juss. 
Calyx of 4 — 5 sepals, or united into a tube which is wholly 
or in part adnate with the ovary. Petals 4—5, or 0. Stamens 
5 — 10, distinct, perigynous or somewhat hypogynous. Ovary 
with usually two diverging persistent styles, 2-celled with an 
