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36. Buds, new twigs not yellow-resin-dotted as 

 above. 

 38. Buds red, conspicuous, to 3/ 4 inch long, 



slender, pointed at tips; bud scales often 

 3-veined (veins merging near bud-scale 

 top, protruding beyond it in a dark, 

 glandular tip), lower shorter than upper, 

 spreading at tips; fruit -cluster stalks erect, 

 usually with a few stalked glands and dark 

 glandular dots; leaves finely whitish-hairy- 

 matted on under surface, sometimes per- 

 sistent; shrubs to 12 feet high, often culti- 

 vated for its beautiful red flowers; common 

 in moist soils w., occasional along road 

 cuts or streams, e. slopes of Cascades; type 

 locality, Columbia River. 



blood currant (Ribes sanguineum). 

 38. Buds not red or as above. 



39. New twigs shiny, pale to golden- or 

 reddish-tan, usually hairless (rarely with 

 fine, short, whitish hairs or with longer, 

 gland-tipped hairs) ; end buds about 

 same size (% inch long) as the usually 

 appressed side buds; leaves rolled 

 lengthwise (convolute) in the bud, other 

 native Oreg. and Wash, currants have 

 leaves accordion-pleated (plicate) in 

 the bud; sometimes cultivated for its 

 spicy-fragrant, golden-yellow blossoms; 

 shrubs to 8 feet high; common along 

 streams, moist hillsides, or often in rocky 

 sites with sagebrush, e. Oreg., e. Wash.; 

 type locality, "On the banks of the rivers 

 Missouri and Columbia." 



golden currant (Ribes aureum). 

 39. New twigs, buds not as above, some- 

 times sticky-shiny (viscid) or sugary- 

 crystalline-) waxy; young bark reddish 

 brown to reddish tan, with fine, short, 

 ashy-white hairs; older bark gray, 

 smooth ; bud scales very finely glandular- 

 hairy-fringed on margins. 



sticky currant, wax currant. 

 40. Gland-tipped hairs short, rather 

 coarse, present on new twigs; young 

 bark peeling off in patches; end buds 

 like side buds but larger (to y 2 inch 

 long), broadly egg-shaped, with 

 pointed tips; bud scales broad, thin- 

 papery, finely gland-dotted, pale pink- 

 ish tan to purplish brown, often 3- 

 veined (veins merging near bud-scale 

 top, protruding beyond it in a short, 

 dark glandular tip) ; stiffly branched, 



