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Occurrence. — OLYMPIC: Elwha River near Elk- 

 korn Guard Stalion ; Hurricane Ridge. MOUNT RAI- 

 NIER; upper Nisqually Valley. 



18. Can.a.da Gooseberry (Ribes oxya- 

 canthoides L.), fig. 37. — Low shrub, the 

 branches slender, often reclining, with mostly 

 3 stout short spines at base of the leaves and 

 usually prickly between; leaf-blades mostly 

 squared or wedge-shaped at base, % to 1^ 

 inches across, deeply 5-Iobed with toothed 

 margins, slightly hairy or nearly smooth; flow- 

 ers borne on slender stems in the leaf-axils, 1 

 or 2 to a stem, greenish-white to yellowish or 

 dull purplish, the sepals little longer than the 

 tube; stamens and petals 2 3 as long as the 

 sepals; berries smooth, red. 



Occurrence. — ISLE ROVALE: Mott Island; Green- 

 stone Island; Grace Harbor. 



19. Whitestem Gooseberry {Ribes in- 

 erme Rydb.), fig. 38. — Slender-stemmed shrubs 

 with spines 1 to 3 below each leaf or often 

 none; leaves smooth on both sides or sparinglv 

 hairy below; flowers greenish or purplish, 1 to 

 4; stamens about twice as long as tiny petals; 

 berries reddish-purple to black, smooth, about ^4 "^^^ "^ diameter, of good 

 flavor. (Syn. R. saxosum Hook.) The shrubs usually occur in thickets 

 along streams, often tangled with willows. The foliage furnishes fairly good 

 forage for deer. 



Occurrence. — CRATER LAKE: Sand Creek at mouth of Wheeler Creek; Annie Creek 

 near south entrance to park. LASSEN. YOSEMITE: Mono Pass; Lyell Fork Tuolumne 

 River; Bloody Canyon; Boundary Hill region near edge of cirque. SEQUOIA: 

 Mineral King. GLACIER, common, 3,000 to 5,000 feet: Lake McDonald; Avalanche 

 Lake; St. Mary Lake; Swiftcurrent Creek; Josephine Lake; Cracker Lake trail. YEL- 

 LOWSTONE, occasional: near east entrance; Slough Cieek. GRAND TETON: Waterfall 

 Canyon, 7,800 feet. ROCKY MOUNTAIN: southwest of Mount Bryant, 8,500 feet. GRAND 

 CANYON, occasional on North Rim, 6,300 to 8,800 feet: Point Imperial. 



Hairystem Gooseberry {Ribes hirtelliim Michx.), reported from Rocky 

 Mountain National Park, but can scarcely be distinguished from whitestem or 

 Canada gooseberry. _^/ 



20. Trumpet Gooseberry {Ribes leptajithum Gray), fig. 39. — Low, 

 rounded, rigidly-branched shrub 1 to 6 feet high, the branches sometimes 

 bristly; stems with 1 to 3 stiff spines 1/3 to 2/3 inch long below the leaves; 

 leaves roundish, small, ^ to % inch across, divided into 3 to 5 toothed 

 lobes, smooth or somewhat hairy; flowers greenish-white, finely hairy to 

 nearly smooth, tubular, ^ to i^ inch long, 1 to 2 on short stems; berries 



Fig. 38. Whitestem gooseberry 

 (Ribes inernie). 



