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Leaves mostly wedge-shaped or straight at the base; 

 steins usually with spines and also prickles; 

 berries red 18. R. ox\)acanthoides. 



Leaves mostly heart-shaped at base; spines often none; 

 prickles none; berries reddish-purple to black 



19. R. iuerme. 



Leaves '74 to % inch across. 



Rigidly-branched shrub 1 to 6 feet high 20. R. leplanihum. 



Straggly shrub with spreading stems 1 to 2'/2 feet long 



21 . R. seiosum. 



Flower-tubes finely and softly fuzzy; leaves I/2 to % inch across; 



berries usually finely and softly fuzzy 22. R. velutinum. 



Berries densely bristly with stiff spines. 



Flowers red, ^ to I inch long; leaves ]/2 'o 1 inch across; spines on 

 berries usually red or brown: common in Sierra Nevada of Cali- 

 fornia 23. R. Roezli. 



Flowers greenish, about 1/3 inch long; leaves % to 2^/^ inches across; 

 fruit spines straw-colored; species of uncommon occurrence. 



Plants erect; found at Mount Rainier National Park 



24. R. IVaisonianum. 



Plants with trailing stems. 



Leaves and young shoots finely hairy; found at Crater Lake 



- 25. R. binominatum. 



Leaves and young shoots glandular-hairy; found at Sequoia 



National Park : 26. R. tularense. 



1. Stink Currant (Ribes hracteosum Dougl.). — Erect shrub 3 to 8 

 (or 14) feet high, the herbage with a strong, rather musky mint-hke odor; 

 leaves large and maple-hke, 3 to 8 (or 10) inches across, on long stalks, 

 smooth and green above, covered with gland dots below; flowers saucer- 

 shaped, greenish, borne in the upper leaf-axils in erect or spreading clusters 

 5 to 8 inches long; berries dark purple or black, coated with a whitish film 

 and covered with sticky resin dots, about 1/3 inch in diameter, unpleasantly 

 flavored and not edible; common along stream banks in the woods or in moist 

 open bums, often forming dense thickets. 



The specific name, bracteosiim, supposedly comes from the leaf-like bracts 

 along the lower part of the flower stalk. This species is one of the most 

 susceptible to white pine blister rust at Mount Rainier National Park. 



OccuTTence. — OLYMPIC, common in the forests up to 4,000 feet: Mount Angeles; 

 Low Divide; Elwha River; Olympic Hot Springs; Quinault River; Canyon Creek; 

 Duckabush River. MOUNT RAINIER, common along streams in the forests, 2,000 to 5,000 

 feet: Nisqually Valley; Cowlitz Canyon; Stevens Canyon; south of Mowich Lake. 



2. Western Black Currant (Ribes pet.olare Dougl.). — Erect or 

 spreading shrub 3 to 5 feet high; leaves 1 to 4 inches across, maple-like, nearly 

 smooth or with a few hairs, covered below with gland dots; flowers white, 

 shallowly cup-shaped, with tiny petals, borne in erect clusters 1 to 4 inches 

 long; berries I/4 to nearly i/^ inch in diameter, dark purple or black, covered 

 with gland dots. 



Western black currant is found in the Rocky Mountains commonly along 



