. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. I GRUSSULARlACK^li .^17 Leaves. The leaves are alternate, palniately lohed, often resinous-glandular or viscid. Stipules are wanting or pres- ent. In all gooseberries and most currants, the leaves are plicate (Fig. loi) in the bud. In a few cases, as the golden currant (Ribes aureum), they are convolute (Fig. loi). Inflorescence and Flowers.^—Currants and gooseberries usually have a typical racemose type of inflorescence; rarely the flowers are solitary. Each pedicel is subtended b)- a. Fig. 129.—A, flower of red currant
. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. I GRUSSULARlACK^li .^17 Leaves. The leaves are alternate, palniately lohed, often resinous-glandular or viscid. Stipules are wanting or pres- ent. In all gooseberries and most currants, the leaves are plicate (Fig. loi) in the bud. In a few cases, as the golden currant (Ribes aureum), they are convolute (Fig. loi). Inflorescence and Flowers.^—Currants and gooseberries usually have a typical racemose type of inflorescence; rarely the flowers are solitary. Each pedicel is subtended b)- a. Fig. 129.—A, flower of red currant (Ribes rubrum) in lengthwise section; B, flower of golden currant (Ribes aureum). The portion designated calyx- tube is in reality toral tube, (.-l after Sargent.) bract and usually also bears two bractlets at about the middle. The flowers are perfect, regular, with calyx and corolla both present and well differentiated (Fig. 129). The receptacle (torus) is cup-shaped and surrounds the carpels (Fig. 130). The calyx is divided into four or five lobes, often colored. There are four or five very small petals, scale-like and alternating with the calyx lobes; the petals are free, and inserted on the throat of the calvx tube. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co
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