RiBES. GROSSULACE.'E. 551 



glabrous; fruit black, sprinkled with resinous dots. — Dou<tI. ! I. c. ; lluvk.! 

 fi. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 233; Bonaurd! veg. Silclia, I. c. p. i:i7. 



Oro2;on, Duuislas! ScouLcr I AuttaU! in sliady wwkIs. Sitcha, Bonfiard.' 



A striking $|)ecies, 5-8 feet liigh ; the fuil-trrown leaves fre(|ucntly <> inches 

 in diameter, on petioles about the same length. Racemes often 6-10 indies 

 long, deflexed in fruit. 



' 24. R. cercum (Doufrl.) : leaves (small) roimdish, mostly cordate, 3-5-l()br-d, 

 incisely crenate, viscid-])ul)orulcni or nearly glabrous, clotbed with white 

 waxy dots on one or boiii sides; racemes nodding, somewliat ca|)iiate, 

 3-5-flowered; pedicels scarcely any; bracts ovate, appressed to the ovary ; 

 calyx tubular, glandular: the segments very short, recurved; petals minute, 

 orbicular; stvk- undivided ; stigmas 2, capitate; fruit a little glandular, glo- 

 bose. — Douiil.! in hoTt. Irans.'7. p. 312; Lindl. ! bol. na;. t. 1J(J3; Hook.! 

 Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 234, S^- bot. mag. t. 3008. R. incbrians, Lindl. hot. rcg. 

 t. 1471. R. pumilum, Autf.! wss. 



0. flowers smaller; leaves renifbrm-cordate, scarcely lobed. — R. reniforme, 

 Nutt..' in jour. arad. Philad. 7. p. 26. 



Banks of the (Jregon and its tributary streams, from the Great Falls to the 

 Rocky Mountains, Douglas! H. Rocky jMountains, Mr. Wyeth ! Nuttall! — 

 A low shrub, with small \iscid leaves, and rather Inrge greenish-wiiitc flowers. 

 Bracts sometimes crenate or incised. — In the character of Nuttall's K. reni- 

 forme the bracts are said, doubtless by an error of the pen, to be nmch shorter, 

 instead of longer than the pedicels. 



25. R. viscosissimum [Vuxih): viscid-pubescent; leaves cordate, roundish, 

 obtusely 3-5-lobed ; tlie lobes short, rounded, doubly crenate, somewhat in- 

 cised ; racemes erect, somewhat corA'mbose ; bracts spatulate, rather shorter 

 than the glandular pedicels; calyx cam])anulate, the segments shorter than 

 the tube; stvle 2-cleft at the apex; fruit ovoid, black, viscid-pubescent.— 

 Pursh,fl. I.'p. 163; DC. I. c. ; Dougl.! in hori. trans. 7. p. 511 ; Hook.! 



fi. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 234, t. 76. Coreosma viscosissima, Spach, I. c. 



Rocky Mountains near the sources of the Oregon, Lewis, Douglas! Nutt- 

 all! Also on hills near the Spokan River and Kettle Falls, at an elevation 

 of 8000 feet, Douglas. June. — Flowers large, greenish-yellow. Berries 

 unpleasant to the taste. 



* * Flovjers red: fruit destitute of pulp, 



26. R. glutinosum (Benth.) : leaves cordate, about 3-lobed, serrate, nearly 

 glabrous, somewhat viscous, veiny; racemes 30-40-flowered, pubescent and 

 viscous, much longer than the leaves ; pedicels longer than the flowers ; calyx 

 tubular-campanulate ; the segments oblong, obtuse, spreading, longer than 

 the obovate (red) petals; style 2-cleft at the apex; fruit ovoid, glandular- 

 hirsute and viscid. — Benth. ! in hort. trans, {n. ser.) 1. j). 476 ; Hook. ffArn. ! 

 hot. Beechey, suppl. p. 345. 



California, Douglas! — Flowers as large as in R. sangiiineum; the ra- 

 cemes much longer than in that species. Petioles dilated and membranous 

 at tlie base, pectinately ciliate, glandular. 



•^ 27. R. sangiiineum (Pursh) : young branches and petioles glandularly 

 puberulent; leaves cordate, 3-5-lobed, doubly serrate, glabrous above, veiny 

 and tomentose-canescent beneath; racemes puberulent and glandular, loose, 

 about twice the length of the leaves ; peilicels about the length of tlie flower, 

 rather shorter than the obovate-spatulate (red) bracts; calyx tubular-cam- 

 panulate ; the segments obovate, spreading, as long as the tube, and a little 

 exceeding the spatulate petals; style minutely 2-cleft at the apex; fruit sub- 

 globose, sparsely glanduleur-hirsute.— Pwrs/i .' fi. 1. p. 164; Smith, l. c. ; 



