GOOSEBERRY FAMILY 



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Ribes vallicola Greene ex Rydb. Fl. Colo. 176, 177. 1906. 



Ribes oxycanthoides var. Purpusii Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 388. 1907. 



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



Shrub, 1-2 m. high, the branches glabrous, bristles few or none, nodal spines few, 1 cm. 

 long or less, rarely wanting. Leaves thin, 1-6 cm. wide, 3-5-lobed, crenate-dentate, glabrous; 

 peduncles usually shorter than the petioles, 1-4-flowered; pedicels well exceeding the short 

 bracts; ovary glabrous; hypanthium 2.5-3.5 mm. long, green, glabrous; sepals shorter than 

 the hypanthium, green or tinged with purple; stamens shorter than the sepals; berry wine- 

 colored, smooth. 



Shaded stream banks and flats, Arid Transition Zone; interior of British Columbia, south through eastern 

 Washington and Oregon to the southern Sierra Nevada, California, east to Montana, Colorado, and New Mex- 

 ico. Type locality: Slough Creek, Yellowstone Park. May-June. 



3. Grossularia klamathensis Coville. Klamath Gooseberry. Fig. 2334. 



Grossularia klamathensis Coville, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 225. 1908. 



Ribes inerme var. klamathense Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 472. 1925. 



Shrub, 1-2 m. high, bristles usually none, nodal spines commonly single, 1 cm. long or 

 less, often absent, young twigs glabrous, white. Leaves 2-5 cm. wide, 3-5-lobed, crenate, 

 villous on both surfaces; peduncles 1-2 cm. long, glabrous, 2-5-flowered ; bracts 2 mm. long; 

 pedicels 8 mm. long, glabrous ; ovary glabrous ; hypanthium about 2 mm. long, green, sparingly 

 villous or glabrous; sepals 4 mm. long, green with purple margins, sparingly villous or 

 glabrous; stamens about equaling the sepals; styles villous; berry black, with bloom. 



Wooded ravines and flats, Arid Transition Zone; Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northeastern 

 California. Type locality: Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. April-May. 



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2327. Ribes sanguineum 



2328. Ribes glutinosum 



2329. Ribes malvaceum 



2330. Ribes indecorum 



2331. Ribes canthariforme 



2332. Grossularia divaricata 



