Flora Medica

GROSSULACE^E.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 26.RISES.Calyx 5-lobed, the segments more or less coloured. Petals 5,minute, scale-like. Stamens 5, distinct, inserted in the throatof the calyx. Styles 1-2-3-4-cleft. Berry 1-celled, succulent,with narrow parietal placentae. Seeds oblong, slightly compressed.133. R. rubrum Linn. sp. pi 290. Eng. Bot. 1. 1289. DC.prodr..m. 481. Woods in many parts of Europe. (Red Currant.)Leaves bluntly 3-5-lobed, downy beneath, smooth above. Racemesnodding. Bracts blunt, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx flattened out,spreading, with obtuse lobes. Petals somewhat obcordate. The juiceof the fruit is refrigerant, and very grateful to the parched palates ofpersons suffering from fever.134. R. nigrum Linn. sp. pi. 291. Eng. Bot. t. 1291. DC.prodr. iii. 481.- Woods in some parts of Europe and Siberia.(Black Currant.)Leaves 3-5-lobed, with glandular dots underneath. Racemes lax.Bracts minute, subulate or blunt, much shorter than the pedicel.Calyx campanulate, with reflexed segments. Petals oblong. Berries largeand black, Fruit, leaves, and wood, tonic and stimulant. A juiceprepared from the fruit is used in domestic medicine against catarrhs.