398 GROSSULARIACEAE 



4. Grossularia Parishii (Heller) Cov. & Britt. Parish's Gooseberry. Fig. 2335. 



Ribes Parishii Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 134. 1906. 



Grossularia Parishii Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 224. 1908. 



Ribes divaricatum var. Parishii Jepson, Fl. Calif. 2: 151. 1936. 



Shrub with erect or straggly branches, bristles none or rarely few, nodal spines solitary, 

 deflexed or spreading, young shoots pubescent. Leaves 2-5 cm. broad, 3-5-lobed, crenate- 

 dentate, glabrous or nearly so on the upper surface, densely pubescent beneath, not at all 

 glandular; petioles and peduncles pubescent, the latter nodding, 2-5-flowered ; bracts 1-2 mm. 

 long; pedicels well exceeding the villous bracts; ovary glabrous; hypanthium campanulate, 

 4 mm. long, purple-red, pubescent ; sepals purplish, more or less pubescent, 6-8 mm. long ; 

 stamens nearly as long as the sepals ; styles villous. 



Shaded ravines and washes, Upper Sonoran Zone; southern California. Type locality: San Bernardino 

 Valley, California. March-May. 



5. Grossularia cognata (Greene) Cov. & Britt. Umatilla Gooseberry. Fig. 2336. 



Ribes cognatum Greene, Pittonia 3: 115. 1907. 



Grossularia cognata Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 222. 1908. 



Shrub, 2-3.5 m. high, much branched, nodal spines subulate, 10-15 mm. long, young shoots 

 white or gray, bristly or sometimes smooth. Leaves 1.5-4 cm. broad, 3-5-lobed, crenate- 

 dentate, more or less pubescent on both surfaces and minutely glandular ; petioles villous and 

 glandular-pubescent; peduncles nodding, 2-5-flowered; bracts about as long as the pedicels, 

 glandular-pubescent ; ovary glabrous ; hypanthium greenish white, sparingly hirsute, 3-6 mm. 

 long, nearly tubular; sepals half to two-thirds as long as the hypanthium, white or pink; 

 stamens shorter than the sepals; styles pubescent below; berry smooth. 



Stream banks, Arid Transition Zone; Columbia Basin of eastern Washington and Oregon. Type locality: 

 river banks at Pendleton, Oregon. May-June. 



6. Grossularia irrigua (Dougl.) Cov. & Britt. Inland Black Gooseberry. 



Fig. 2337. 



Ribes irriguum Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 7: 516. 1830. 



Ribes divaricatum var. irriguum A. Gray, Amer. Nat. 10: 273. 1876. 



Ribes leucoderme Heller, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 93. 1897. 



Grossularia irrigua Spach ex S. Wats. Bibl. Index 333, as a synonym. 1878. 



Grossularia irrigua Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 222. 1908. 



Shrub, 1-3 m. high, usually bristly, nodal spines subulate, about 1 cm. long; young shoots 

 pale gray, pubescent or glabrous, often without bristles. Leaves 3-7 cm. wide. 3-5-lobed, 

 coarsely incised-dentate, thin, glabrous or nearly so on the upper surface, pubescent beneath; 

 petioles villous and glandular-pubescent ; peduncles nodding, 1-3-flowered ; bracts glandular and 

 ciliate, about equaling the short pedicels; ovary glabrous; hypanthium greenish, glabrous, 

 broadly tubular, 3-4 mm. long; sepals greenish white. 6-8 mm. long; stamens about half as 

 long as the sepals ; style pubescent below ; berry smooth. 



Stream banks and bottom land, Arid Transition Zone; interior of British Columbia to the Blue Mountains, 

 Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Type locality: Blue Mountains. April-June. 



7. Grossularia lasiantha (Greene) Cov. & Britt. Alpine Gooseberry. Fig. 2338. 



Ribes lasianthum Greene, Pittonia 3: 22. 1896. 



Grossularia lasiantha Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 219. 1908. 



Ribes leptanthum var. lasianthum Jepson, Fl. Calif. 2: 152. 1936. 



Low shrub, mostly 4-6 dm. high, with stout spreading branches, bristles none, nodal spines 

 usually 3, yellowish, young shoots puberulent. Leaves 1-2 cm. wide, glandular and sparingly 

 pubescent on both surfaces ; petioles densely pubescent : peduncles about as long as the petioles, 

 pubescent, 2-4-flowered; bracts broad, pubescent, longer than the short pedicels; ovary gla- 

 brous or sparsely pubescent; hypanthium 4-5 mm. long, cylindrical, pubescent, yellow; sepals 

 shorter than the hypanthium, yellow; stamens slightly exceeding the spatulate petals. 



Dry rocky ridges. Canadian Zone; central Sierra Nevada, California. Type locality: above Donner Lake, 

 toward Castle Peak, California. June-July. 



8. Grossularia quercetorum (Greene) Cov. & Britt. Oak Gooseberry. Fig. 2339. 



Ribes quercetorum Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1 : 83. 1885. 



Ribes Congdonii Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 101. 1904. 



Ribes leptanthum var. quercetorum Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 381. 1907. 



Grossularia quercetorum Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 220. 1908. 



Shrub, 1-1.5 m. high, the branches arcuate-spreading, sparingly bristly or without bristles; 

 nodal spines usually solitary, straight or slightly curved, 0.5-1 cm. long; young twigs pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-2 cm. wide, suborbicular, 3-5-cleft, the lobes dentate, puberulent on both surfaces, 

 sometimes also with a few scattered glands; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; hypanthium 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, greenish yellow, pubescent, cylindric ; sepals yellow, equaling the hypanthium ; petals cream- 

 yellow, slightly longer than the stamens ; ovary and style glabrous ; berry glabrous, about 8 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Dry hillsides and mountain slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; interior Coast Ranges (Monterey County) and 

 southern Sierra Nevada (Kern County), California, to northern Lower California. Type locality: Paso Robles, 

 California. March-May. 



