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petals white, the anthers red or pinkish, the flowers borne singly (or in 2's) 

 in the leaf-axils; berries yellowish, pinkish or purplish, or becoming red-brown 

 when ripe, 1/2 to nearly 1 inch in diameter, covered with long, stiff spines 

 sometimes I/4 inch long, the spines finely hairy; occurs on slopes and canyon- 

 sides at middle altitudes in the mountains of California where it is the most 

 common gooseberry in the main timber belt. 



Occurrence. — LASSEN, up to 7,000 feel: Hot Springs Valley; Lassen Peak. YOSEM- 

 ITE, abundant, 4,000 to 7,000 feet; southeast of Wawona ; near Chinquapin; Glacier 

 Point; Big Meadow; Coulterville road 1 mile above All Year Highway; Yosemitc 

 Valley; Yosemite Creek trail above Falls; Pohono trail; Mirror Lake; foot of Vernal 

 Falls; Merced Lake trail; Cascade Creek. KINGS CANYON: near Sphinx Creek; Gen- 

 eral Grant Grove. SEQUOIA, 5,000 to 7,800 feet: Marble Fork Kaweah River; Rejoic- 

 ing Summit; General's Highway; Redwood Meadows; Redwood Creek; Atwell s 

 Mill; vicinity of Mineral King. 



23a. Blood Sierra Gooseberry (Var. cmentum (Greene) Rehd.). — 

 Leaves and flowers smooth, not hairy; berries densely spiny, the spines not 

 hairy nor glandular. 



Occurrence. — CRATER LAKE, rare, near south and west boundaries: lower Redblanket 

 Cr.nyon ; Crescent Ridge. 



24. Watson Gooseberry, Mt. Adams Gooseberry (Ribes Watson- 

 iantim Koehne). — Erect shrubs 2 to 6 feet high, the stems smooth except for 

 usually 3 stiff slender spines below the leaves; leaves very finely hairy, % to 2 

 inches across, divided into 3 to 5 broad lobes, the margins toothed; flowpt-s 

 borne singly or in 2's or 3's in the leaf-axils, the tubes greenish-white, bell- 

 shaped, about 1/3 inch long, the 5 lobes 2 to 3 times as long as the shallow 

 tube; petals white; berries densely covered with slender straw-colored spines; 

 found only at Mount Rainier National Park. 



Occurrence. — MOUNT RAINIER, rare, 4,500 to 5,500 feet: Whiie River along the 

 Yakima Park road; Sunrise Ridge. 



25. Siskiyou Gooseberry (Ribes b'mommatum Hell.). — Stems trail- 

 ing; young shoots finely hairy but not glandular; leaves about % to 2^/^ 

 inches across, deeply divided into 3 or sometimes 5 lobes, the margins toothed, 

 finely hairy above, more densely so below, not glandular; flowers greenish- 

 white, about 1/3 inch long, the 5 lobes about 2 to 3 times as long as the 

 shallow tube; tiny petals white; berry about 1/3 inch in diameter, densely 

 covered with stiff straw-colored spines, some of them nearly ^ inch long. 



Occurrence. — CRATER LAKE: northwest of Crater Peak, 6,300 feet; Annie Creek at 

 mouth of Pole Bridge Creek. 



26. Tulare Gooseberry (Ribes tularense (Cov.) Fedde). — Leaves 

 and young shoots glandular-hairy; stems somewhat prickly between spines. 



Occurrence. — SEQUOIA, rare. After its description from a collection made in the 

 "Giant Forest " region, this species was lost sight of until it was recently discovered 

 along the Colony Mill road at around 5,500 feet elevation. 



