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9. Grossularia velutina (Greene) Gov. & Britt. Plateau Gooseberry. Fig. 2340. 



Ribes leptanthum var. brachyanthum A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 83. 1876. 



Ribes velutinum Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 83. 188S. 



Ribes glanduliferum Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 56. 1905. 



Ribes Stanfordii Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 41: 315. 1906. 



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



Shrub, 1-2 m. high, the branches recurved, without bristles ; nodal spines acicular, 5-20 

 mm. long, straight or nearly so ; young twigs puberulent. Leaves suborbicular, 1-1 . 5 cm. 

 broad, 3-S-cleft, crenate, cordate to truncate at base, puberulent on both surfaces or glabrate; 

 petioles pubescent, often with interspersed gland-tipped hairs ; peduncles 1-3-flowered ; hypan- 

 thium broadly cylindric, about 2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, pubescent; ovary usually densely 

 pubescent or glandular-hairy; sepals about 3 mm. long, white or pale yellow; petals 2-2.5 mm. 

 long, white or yellowish ; style glabrous ; berry yellowish becoming nearly black. 



Dry mountain ridges, Arid Transition and Canadian Zones; Deschutes and Jackson Counties, Oregon, to 

 southern California, Nevada, Utah, and northern Arizona. Type locality: "northern California and regions 

 adjacent." May-July. 



10. Grossularia binominata (Heller) Cov. & Britt. Trailing Gooseberry. 



' Fig. 2341. 



Ribes ambiguum S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 18: 193. 1883. Not Maxim. 1874. 

 Ribes montanum Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 1:210. 1898. Not Philippi, 1859-60. 

 Ribes binominatum Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. ed. 2. 5. 1900. 

 Grossularia binominata Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 218. 1908. 



Shrub with trailing branches about 1 m. long or less, bristles none ; nodal spines usually 3, 

 less than 1 cm. long; young twigs pubescent. Leaves 2-6 cm. wide, thin, incisely dentate- 

 crenate, finely pubescent on the upper surface, densely pubescent beneath, not glandular ; petioles 

 hairy and villous; ovary bristly; hypanthium about 2 mm. long, short-cylindrical, green, 

 villous ; sepals 4^6 mm. long, greenish white, villous ; style glabrous ; berry densely covered with 

 yellowish spines. 



Coniferous forests, Canadian Zone; summits of the Siskiyou Mountains, southern Oregon and northern 

 California. Type locality: forests of the Siskiyou Mountains near the summit. April-July. 



11. Grossularia Watsoniana (Koehne) Cov. & Britt. Mount Adams Gooseberry. 



Fig. 2342. 



Ribes Watsonianum Koehne, Deuts. Dendr. 197. 1893. 

 Grossularia Watsoniana Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 218. 1908. 



Shrub with erect or ascending branches, 1-2 m. high, bristles none ; nodal spines usually 3, 

 stout ; young twigs merely puberulent. Leaves 3-5 cm. wide, thin, sparingly pubescent on the 

 veins, and with a few stalked glands; petioles villous and glandular-pubescent; peduncles 

 villous and glandular-pubescent, slender, 1-3-flowered ; ovary densely covered with weak 

 mostly gland-tipped bristles : hypanthium 2-;3 mm. long, campanulate, green, sparingly pubescent ; 

 sepals 6-8 mm. long, green, pubescent or glabrate toward the base; style glabrous; berry 

 densely covered with acicular bristles. 



Coniferous forests, Canadian Zone; Cascade Mountains, southern Washington. Type locality: Washington. 

 May-July. 



12. Grossularia tularensis Coville. Sequoia Gooseberry. Fig.. 2343. 



Grossularia tularensis Coville, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 218. 1908. 

 Ribes tularensis Fedde, Bot. Jaresb. 36 2 : 519. 1910. 



Prostrate shrub, the young twigs villous-pubescent and beset with weak gland-tipped 

 bristles; nodal spines in threes, light brown or straw-colored. Leaves 2-5 cm. wide, villous- 

 pubescent and glandular-hairy on both surfaces of the blade and petiole; peduncles slender, 

 1-3-flowered, pubescent like the leaves; ovary densely covered with weak mostly gland-tipped 

 bristles ; hypanthium 2-3 mm. long, campanulate, green, sparsely pubescent ; sepals 6 mm. long, 

 green, villous; styles smooth, about as long as the sepals; berry covered with straw-colored 

 spines. 



Coniferous forests, Arid Transition Zone; southern Sierra Nevada. Type locality: Giant Forest, Tulare 

 County, California. June-July. 



13. Grossularia sericea (Eastw.) Cov. & Britt. Santa Lucia Gooseberry. 



Fig. 2344. 



Ribes sericeum Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2:246. 1902. 



Ribes sericeum var. viridescens Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 247. 1902. 



Grossularia sericea Coville, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 216. 1908. 



Shrub 2 m. high or less, the branches densely covered with short weak gland-tipped bristles ; 

 nodal spines 3, stout. Leaves thin, 2-4 cm. wide, villous and glandular; petioles slender, 

 glandular-pubescent; peduncles glandular-pubescent, 1-3-flowered; pedicels about 1 cm. long, 

 glandular-pubescent ; ovary densely glandular-bristly and somewhat villous ; hypanthium 3-4 mm. 

 long, campanulate, greenish red, pubescent; sepals 6-8 mm. long, red or greenish, villous- 

 pubescent ; stamens about three times as long as the petals ; berry purple, densely bristly. 



Along streams, Upper Sonoran Zone; Santa Lucia Mountains, California. Type locality: Spruce Creek, 

 Monterey County, California. April-May. 



