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14. Grossularia Lobbii (A. Gray) Cov. & Britt. Gummy Gooseberry. Fig. 2345. 



Ribes Lobbii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 274. 1876. 

 Grossularia Lobbii Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. FI. 22: 217. 1908. 



Shrub, 2 m. high or less without bristles; nodal spines 3, stout, the branches otherwise 

 unarmed or with a few short scattered prickles ; young twigs pubescent. Leaves thin, 2-3 . 5 cm. 

 wide, sparsely pubescent when young and glandular-hairy, or glabrate above; petioles slender, 

 glandular-pubescent ; peduncles glandular-pubescent, 1-2-flowered ; ovary densely covered with 

 short-stalked glands; hypanthium 3-5 mm. long, narrowly campanulate, purple-red, finely 

 pubescent; sepals 10-12 mm. long, reflexed, purple-red; stamens about equaling the sepals; 

 berry oblong, densely glandular. 



Moist coniferous woods, Humid Transition Zone; southwestern British Columbia to northwestern Cali- 

 fornia. Type locality: Vancouver Island. April-June. Pioneer Gooseberry. 



15. Grossularia Marshallii (Greene) Cov. & Britt. Hupa or Marshall's Goose- 



berry. Fig. 2346. 



Ribes Marshallii Greene, Pittonia 1: 31. 1887. 



Grossularia Marshallii Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 217. 1908. 



Low spreading shrub; nodal spines 3. 1 cm. long or less; young twigs puberulent. Leaves 

 very thin, 2.5-3.5 cm. wide, sparsely pubescent with simple and glandular hairs on the veins 

 beneath; petioles with similar pubescence; peduncles 1 -flowered, sparsely glandular-pubescent; 

 ovary villous with weak glandless bristles interspersed; hypanthium 2-3.5 mm. long, green 

 or tinged with purple, sparsely pubescent; sepals 12-15 mm. long; berry subglobose, covered 

 with glandless spines. 



Coniferous forests, Canadian Zone; Siskiyou and northern Humboldt Counties, California. Type locality: 

 summit of the Trinity Mountains, California. June-July. 



16. Grossularia Victoris (Greene) Cov. & Britt. Victor's Gooseberry. Fig. 2347. 



Ribes Victoris Greene, Pittonia 1 : 224. 1888. 



Ribes Mensiesii var. Victoris Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 363. 1907. 



Ribes Menziesii var. minus Jancz. loc. cit. 



Ribes Victoris var. minus Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 474. 1925. 



Shrub 2 m. high or less ; nodal spines acicular, widely divergent ; young twigs puberulent 

 and somewhat viscid, varying from densely bristly to smooth. Leaves 5 cm. wide or less, 

 loosely glandular-hairy and also often sparingly pubescent on both surfaces ; peduncles slender, 

 glandular-pubescent, 1-2-flowered ; hypanthium 3 mm. long and about as broad, greenish white, 

 densely glandular; sepals white, 6-11 mm. long, recurved; ovary glandular-pubescent; berry 

 golden yellow, densely covered with weak gland-tipped bristles. 



Wooded canyon slopes, Transition and Upper Sonoran Zones; North Coast Ranges in Marin, Sonoma, and 

 Napa Counties, California. Type locality: near the base of Mount Tamalpais, California. April. 



Grossularia Greeneiana (Heller) Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 212 1908. (Ribes Greeneianurn 

 Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 111. 1905; Ribes Victoris var. Greeneianurn Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calit. 474. iy25.) 

 Shrub' 3.5 m. high or less; nodal spines acicular; young twigs densely bristly, the bristles deciduous leaving 

 the branches glabrous. Leaves 2-4 cm. wide, glandular-hairy on both surfaces and soft-pubescent beneath; 

 petioles pubescent and glandular; peduncle 3-4 mm. long, glandular and pubescent; hypanthium 3 mm long and 

 about as broad, white, glandular-pubescent; sepals 7-8 mm. long, greenish white; filaments as long as the sepals 

 or a little longer; ovary densely glandular-hairy; berry about 1.5 cm. long, densely covered with weak gland- 

 tipped bristles. Wooded canyons. Upper Sonoran Zone; eastern slopes of the Vaca Mountains, California. 

 Type locality: Vacaville, Solano County, California. Closely related to G. Victoris and best distinguished by 

 the longer filaments. 



17. Grossularia senilis Coville. Santa Cruz Gooseberry. Fig. 2348. 



Grossularia senilis Coville, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 214. 1908. 



Ribes Mensiesii var. senile Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 473. 1925. 



Shrub 2 m. high or less ; nodal spines 3, acicular ; twigs densely or thinly bristly. Leaves 4 cm. 

 wide or less, thin, sparsely villous and glandular-hairy above or nearly glabrous, soft-pubescent 

 beneath with intermingling gland-tipped hairs ; petioles glandular-pubescent ; peduncles^ glandu- 

 lar-hairy and villous, 1-2-flowered; ovary densely white-villous with a few gland-tipped or 

 glandless bristles ; hypanthium 4-5 mm. long, cylindric-campanulate, pubescent ; sepals twice the 

 length of the hypanthium, purple, villous and glandular-hairy ; petals half the length of the sepals 

 or more ; anthers mucronate. 



Wooded slopes, Upper Sonoran and Humid Transition Zones; Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Type 

 locality: near Saratoga, California. April-May. 



18. Grossularia Menziesii (Pursh) Cov. & Britt. Canyon Gooseberry. Fig. 2349. 



Ribes Mensiesii Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 732. 1814. 

 Ribes ferox Smith in Rees, Cycl. 30: No. 26. 1815. 

 Ribes subvestitum Hook. & Am. Bot. Beechey 346. 1838. 



Shrub 2 m. high or less ; nodal spines acicular ; young twigs pubescent and densely bristly. 

 Leaves 4 cm wide or less, thickish rugose at maturity, glabrous or with a few scattered glandu- 

 lar hairs above, velvety pubescent with intermingled glandular hairs beneath; petiole slender, 



