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the young twigs, petioles and lower surface of the leaves. Leaves nearly orbicular in outline, 7 cm. 

 or less in width, 3-5-lobed, the lobes acutish, serrate-dentate, dark green and with scattered 

 hairs above, paler beneath and pubescent especially on the veins ; racemes few- to many-flowered, 

 drooping ; pedicels filiform, 3-5 mm. long ; bracts ovate, much shorter than the pedicels ; hypan- 

 thium saucer-shaped, green or slightly tinged with purple; sepals 2-3 mm. long, spreading; 

 petals yellowish green ; stamens very short ; berry red, glabrous, 4-8 mm. in diameter. 



Escaped from cultivation about the older settlements in western Oregon. Native of Europe. May-June. 



7. Ribes triste Pall. Wild Red Currant. Fig. 2317. 



Ribes triste Pall. Nova Acta Acad. Petrop. 10: 378. 1797. 



Ribes albinervum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 110. 1803. 



Ribes ciliosum Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 208. 1898. 



Ribes migratorium Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 18: 86. 1900. 



Shrub, with creeping or ascending stems, 1 m. long or less, the young shoots sparingly pubes- 

 cent and glandular. Leaves reniform-orbicular in outline, 6-10 mm. in diameter, 3-5-lobed, thin, 

 dark green and usually glabrous above, pale beneath and glabrate or distinctly pubescent, the 

 lobes acute, coarsely dentate-serrate, more or less cordate at base and usually conspicuously 

 decurrent on the petiole ; racemes generally shorter than the leaves, several-flowered, drooping ; 

 pedicels 3-8 mm. long, usually sparingly glandular-pubescent; flowers purple; hypanthium 

 saucer-shaped, purple ; petals red ; berry red, 6-8 mm. in diameter, glabrous. 



Wet meadows and swamps, mainly Canadian Zone; Alaska to Newfoundland, south to the Cascade Moun- 

 tains Oregon, South Dakota, Michigan, and New Jersey; also in northern Asia. Type locality: Siberia. May- 

 July. 



8. Ribes erythrocarpum Cov. & Leib. Crater Lake Currant. Fig. 2318. 



Ribes erythrocarpum Cov. & Leib. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 10: 132. 1896. 



Shrub, with trailing and rooting branches, the upright shoots 1-2 dm. high, pubescent and 

 glandular with short-stalked glands on the foliage and inflorescence. Leaves orbicular in out- 

 line, 5 cm. wide or less, deeply 3-5-lobed, the lobes obtuse, crenate and serrulate ; racemes erect, 

 few- to many-flowered; bracts equaling the pedicels; hypanthium short; sepals tinged with 

 yellow or salmon, spreading, 3 mm. long; petals about half the length of the sepals and similarly 

 colored ; berry red, 8-10 mm. long, covered with short glandular hairs. 



Mountain forests and glades, Canadian Zone; Cascade Mountains, southern Oregon, from Douglas County 

 to Klamath and Jackson Counties. Type locality: Canyon of Pole Bridge Creek, south of Crater Lake, Cascade 

 Mountains, Oregon. May-Aug. 



9. Ribes acerifdlium Howell. Maple-leaved Currant. Fig. 2319. 



Ribes acerifolium Howell, Erythea 3: 34. 1895. 

 Ribes Howellii Greene, Erythea 4: 57. 1896. 



Shrub, with erect stems about 1 m. high. Leaves a little broader than long, 4-8 cm. wide, 

 3-5-lobed, thin, glabrous above, puberulent beneath at least on the veins, and glandular resinous- 

 dotted, the lobes ovate, acutish, irregularly serrate ; petioles about as long as the blades, dilated 

 and ciliate at the base; raceme reflexed with upturned pedicels; bracts lanceolate, equaling or 

 exceeding the pedicels ; hypanthium urn-shaped ; sepals obovate, 3-4 mm. long ; petals red, about 

 1 mm. long ; berry blue-black, with a bloom, glandular-pubescent, 6-10 mm. in diameter. 



Alpine ravines, Hudsonian Zone; Cascade Mountains from British Columbia to Mount Hood, Oregon, 

 also in the Olympic Mountains, Washington. Type locality: Mount Hood, Oregon. June-Aug. 



10. Ribes laxiflorum Pursh. Trailing Black Currant. Fig. 2320. 



Ribes americanutn Pall. Fl. Ross. 1: 34. 1788. Not Mill. 1768. 



Ribes laxiflorum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 731. 1814. 



Ribes affine Dougl. ex Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 138. 1832. 



Shrub, with decumbent branches, the young twigs puberulent. Leaves orbicular in outline, 

 5-10 cm. in diameter, deeply 5-lobed, thin, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent beneath, sparingly 

 ciliate on the margins, the lobes acute, usually sharply serrate ; petioles slender, about as long as 

 the blade, glandular-pubescent on the dilated base ; racemes erect-spreading, 6-12-flowered, about 

 as long as the leaves, puberulent and glandular ; pedicels 6-12 mm. long ; bracts lanceolate, much 

 shorter than the pedicels ; hypanthium very short ; sepals 3-4 mm. long ; berry black or purple, 

 glandular-pubescent and glaucous. 



Moist places, mainly Canadian Zone; in the Pacific States confined to the coastal region from northern 

 California northward, but in British Columbia extending eastward to the Selkirk Mountains, also in Alaska 

 and eastern Asia. Type locality: northwest coast of North America. March-June. Western Black Currant. 



11. Ribes cereum Dougl. White Squaw Currant. Fig. 2321. 



Ribes cereum Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 7: 512. 1830. 

 Cerophyllum Douglasii Spach. Hist. Veg. 6: 153. 1838. 

 Ribes balsamiferum Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2:94. 1861. 



A much branched shrub, 5-10 dm. high, the young branchlets finely pubescent. Leaves reni- 

 form-orbicular, 1-4 cm. wide, cordate to truncate at base, puberulent and more or less glandular 

 or the upper surface glabrate, the lobes 3-5, obtuse, crenate or crenulate ; petioles as long as the 

 blades or shorter, puberulent; flowers few, crowded on the short, pendulous racemes; bracts 



