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pubescent and glandular-hairy; peduncles 1-2-flowered, pubescent and glandular ; hypanthium 

 2-3 mm. long and about as broad, purple, glandular-pubescent; sepals purple, 7-11 mm. long, 

 oblong and blunt ; ovary glandular-bristly or the larger bristles often without glands ; stamens 

 about equaling the sepals ; berry globose, bristly, about 1 cm. in diameter. 



Along ravines and on wooded slopes, Humid Transition Zone; near the coast from southern Oregon to 

 middle California. Type locality: Trinidad, Humboldt County, California. April-May. 



19. Grossularia Hystrix (Eastw.) Cov. & Britt. Porcupine Gooseberry. Fig. 2350. 



Ribes hystrix Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 248. 1902. 

 Grossularia Hystrix Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 213. 1908. 

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



Shrub about 2 m. high or less; nodal spines stout, 1-2.5 cm. long; young branches tortuous, 

 densely bristly with yellowish bristles. Leaves thin, 2-5 cm. wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent 

 above when young, sparsely and finely pubescent beneath and glandular with sessile or very 

 short-stalked glands; petioles whitish-pubescent with intermingling stalked glands; peduncles 

 about as long as the petioles and with similar pubescence, 1-3-flowered ; hypanthium about 4 mm. 

 long nearly campanulate, purple, pubescent and glandular ; sepals about twice the length of the 

 hypanthium, greenish purple, glandular-hairy and villous especially at the apex; berry purple, 

 densely bristly. 



Wooded canyon slopes, Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zones; Santa Lucia Mountains, California. 

 Type locality: Gorda, Santa Lucia Mountains, California. April-May. 



20. Grossularia leptosma Coville. Bay Gooseberry. Fig. 2351. 



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



Ribes Mensiesii var. leptosma Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 474. 1925. 



Shrub 1 5 m high or less, the branches especially the young shoots densely or sometimes 

 rather sparsely bristly; nodal spines 3, acicular, 1-2 cm. long. Leaves rather thin, not rugose, 

 2-5 cm wide sparsely pubescent or glabrous above, pubescent beneath and glandular with almost 

 sessile glands or sometimes with stalked ones on the veins ; petioles and peduncles pubescent 

 and glandular-hairy; flowers 1-3; ovary densely covered with gland-tipped bristles; hypanthium 

 2 5-3 5 mm long, greenish purple, pubescent with intermingling gland-tipped hairs ; sepals 1U-1Z 

 mm. long, purple or tinged with purple, lanceolate ; berry subglobose, about 15 mm. in diameter, 

 densely covered with gland-tipped bristles. 



Wooded canyon slopes, Humid Transition and Upper Sonoran Zones; Coast Ranges from Sonoma County 

 to Santa Clara County, California. Type locality: Bear Valley, Marin County, California. March-April. 



21. Grossularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Cov. & Britt. Hillside Gooseberry. 



Fig. 2352. 



Ribes californicum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey 346. 1838. 



Ribes occidentale Hook. & Arn. loc. cit. 



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



Ribes occidentale var. californicum Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 368. 1907. 



Grossularia californica Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 214. 1908. 



Shrub 1 5 m. high or less; bristles none; nodal spines usually 3, rather stout, 15 mm. long 

 or less • young shoots glabrous. Leaves 3 cm. wide or less, thin, glabrous or near y so on 

 both surfaces, glossy green above; petioles glabrous or sometimes sparingly glandular- 

 pubescent ; peduncles glabrous or sometimes sparsely pubescent and with a few stalked glands ; 

 ovary bristly, the shorter bristles sometimes gland-tipped; hypanthium 2 mm long or less, 

 glabrous ; sepals 6-8 mm. long, lanceolate, green or slightly tinged with purple, glabrous or 

 puberulent; stamens equaling the sepals; berry globose, densely or thinly covered with 

 bristles. 



Open or sparsely wooded hillsides, Upper Sonoran Zone; Coast Ranges, Mendocino County to Monterey 

 County, California. Type locality: California. Feb.-March. 



22. Grossularia hesperia (McClatchie) Cov. & Britt. Southern California Goose- 



berry. Fig. 2353. 



Ribes hesperium McClatchie, Erythea 2: 79. 1894. 



Ribes occidentale var. hesperium Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 368. 1907. 



Grossularia hesperia Cov. & Britt. N. Amer. Fl. 22:215. 1908. 



Ribes californicum var. hesperium Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 473. 1925. 



Shrub, 2 m. high or less; bristles none; nodal spines stout, subulate, straight or curved, 

 16 mm. long or less; young shoots glabrous. Leaves 4.5 mm. wide or less, thin, puberulent 

 on both surfaces and with minute sessile glands beneath; petioles slender, puberulent; 

 peduncles 1-2-flowcred, puberulent ; ovary densely bristly, the shorter bristles sometimes gland- 

 tipped; hypanthium 2-3 mm. long, puberulent, green or tinged with purple; sepals narrowly 

 lanceolate, 7-9 mm. long, green or tinged with purple, puberulent; petals about half as long 

 as the sepals; berry densely covered with stout bristles. 



Canyon slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; mountains of southern California. Type locality: canyons of the 

 San Gabriel Mountains. Dec-March. 



