. Botany for young people and common schools. Botany. 156 POPULAR FLORA. 1. Garden Gooseberry. Thorns large; flower-stalks short; berry bristly or smooth. R. Uva-crispa. 2. Prickly Wild G. Thorns slender or none; flowers greenish, long-stalked; stamens and style not projecting; berry prickly; leaves downy. Woods, N. R. Cynosbati. 3. Small Wild G. Thorns very short or none; flowers purplish or greenish, very short-stalked; sta- mens and 2-cleft style a little projecting; berry small, smooth. Low grounds, N. R. hirtellum. 4. Smooth Wild G. Thorns stout or none; flowers greenish, on slender stalk
. Botany for young people and common schools. Botany. 156 POPULAR FLORA. 1. Garden Gooseberry. Thorns large; flower-stalks short; berry bristly or smooth. R. Uva-crispa. 2. Prickly Wild G. Thorns slender or none; flowers greenish, long-stalked; stamens and style not projecting; berry prickly; leaves downy. Woods, N. R. Cynosbati. 3. Small Wild G. Thorns very short or none; flowers purplish or greenish, very short-stalked; sta- mens and 2-cleft style a little projecting; berry small, smooth. Low grounds, N. R. hirtellum. 4. Smooth Wild G. Thorns stout or none; flowers greenish, on slender stalks; stamens and the two styles very long and projecting (£' long); berry smooth. W7oods, common W. R. rotundifolium. Currant. Ribes. Stems neither thorny nor prickly. Flowers in racemes, appearing in early spring. Berries small. 1. Red Currant. Leaves rounded heart-shaped and somewhat lobed; racemes from lateral separate buds, hanging; flowers flat, greenish or purplish; berry smooth, red, and a white variety. Gar- dens, &c. Wild on Mountains, N. R. riibrum. 2. Fetid C. Stems reclined; leaves deeply heart-shaped, 5-lobed; racemes erect; flowers greenish, flattish; pale red berry and its stalk bristly, strong-smelling. Cold woods, N. R. prostratum. 3. Wild Black C. Leaves on long foot-stalks, slightly heart-shaped, sharply lobed, sprinkled with dots both sides; racemes rather drooping; flowers oblong, yellowish-white; berries oblong, black, rather spicy. Wooded banks. 4. Garden Black C. Leaves on shorter footstalks, less dotted; racemes looser, and black berries larger than in No. 3. Gardens. R. nigrum. 5. Missouri or Buffalo C. Leaves smooth; racemes with leafy bracts; flowers (calyx) long and tubular, bright yellow, spicy-fragrant. Cultivated for ornament. R. aurewn. 41. STONECROP FAMILY. Order CRASSULACEjE. Herbs with thick and fleshy leaves (except in one pe- culiar plant of the family, viz. the Ditchwort) ; the flowers remarkable for being perfectly regular
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