326 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
ZONAL DIsTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
This species has been confused with Ribes hudsonianum Richards., which is not known 
west of the Rocky Mountains. 
14. Ribes ciliosum Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1: 208. 1898. 
Ribes migratorium Suksdorf, Deutsche Bot. Monatss. 18: 86. 1900. 
Tyre Locatity: ‘‘Marshy ground about the base of Mt. Ilood on the south side,” Oregon. 
Collected by Howell. 
Rance: Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Skamania County, Suksdorf 969; Klickitat River, Flett 1320; 
without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
15. Ribes sanguineum Pursh, Fl. 1: 164. 1814. RED FLOWERING CURRANT. 
Tyre vocauity: ‘‘On the Columbia River.’’ Collected by Lewis. The exact locality 
was near Deer Island. 
Rance: British Columbia to California in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2658, 2654; Cascade Mountains, latitude 
49°, Lyall in 1859; Seattle, Piper 97; Lake Washington, E'ngelman & Sargent, July 16, 1880; 
Admiralty Head, Piper, April, 1898; Tacoma, Fett 69; upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 80; 
Port Ludlow, Binns; Silverton, Bouck 66; Columbia River, Douglas in 1833; without 
locality, Cooper; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 462. 
ZONAL DistRiBUTION: Humid Transition. 
The color of the flowers of this species varies from very dark to very pale crimson. Ovcca- 
sional specimens are white-flowered. 
16. Ribes cereum Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 7: 512. 1880. 
Ribes reniforme Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 21. 1834. 
Type LocaLity: On ‘‘the river Columbia from the Great Falls 45° 46’ 17” N. Lat. to 
the source of that stream in the Rocky Mts.’’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia to New Mexico and South Dakota. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Piper 2625; Mount Adams Suksdorf, September, 
1877; Columbia Valley, Lyall in 1860; Rock Island, Sandberg & Leiberg 442; Rattlesnake 
Mountains, Cotton 324; upper Naches River, Henderson, June, 1892; White Bluffs, Lake 
& Hull 461; Rock Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg, June, 1893; Rock Creek, Sandberg & Lei- 
berg 93; Coulee City, Henderson, July, 1892; Spokane, Sandberg, McDougal & Heller, 
April 20, 1892; Heller 2936; Pullman, Piper, May, 1894; near Almota, Piper, April, 1894, 
June, 1894; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DisTRipuTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
17. Ribes viscosissimum Pursh, Fl. 1: 1638. 1814. 
Type Locauiry: ‘‘On the Rocky Mountains in the interior of North America.” Col- 
lected by Lewis. The exact locality is on the Lolo Trail, Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Twisp River, Whited 181, and July, 1896; Klickitat River, Mlett 
1306; Conconully, Whited 1323; Nason Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 684; Spokane, Sand- 
berg & Leiberg, May, 1893; Blue Mountains, Piper, July, 1896; Sargent, July 3, 1896; with- 
out locality, Brandegee in 1883; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Mount Carlton, Kreager 
251; Wenache Mountains, Cotton 1278. 
ZONAL pDIsTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Canadian. 
18. Ribes aureum Pursh, Fl. 1: 164. 1814. GOLDEN CURRANT. 
Type Locauity: ‘‘On the banks of the rivers Missouri and Columbia.’’ Collected by 
Lewis. 
Rance: Washington to Montana and southward to California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Whited 22; 1349; Ellensburg, Piper in 1897; Naches 
River, Henderson in 1892; Douglas County, Spillman in 1896; North Yakima, /’lett in 
