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16. R. velutinum Greene. Plateau Gooseberry. Similar to R. leptanthum 

 var. lasianthum; leaves minutely and often densely pubescent; calyx yellow, its 

 tube very short (1 line long) , as broad as or broader than long in the fresh flower ; 

 ovary lightly or densely hairy ; berry hairy, 2 to 3 lines in diameter. 



Mountain slopes, mostly of the interior plateau, 3000 to 8200 feet : Trinity and 

 Siskiyou Cos. to Modoc Co., thence south on the east side of the Sierra Nevada to 

 Inyo Co. May-June. 



Field note. — Near South Fork Peak, Lassen Co., this species is associated with Juniperus 

 occidentalis Hook., Cereocarpus ledifolius Nutt. and Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. On a given 

 shrub some branches are spiny, some spineless, or again some very spiny shrubs are found side 

 by side with spineless ones. 



Loes. — Pin Creek, Salmon Mts.; Klamath River, Siskiyou Co., Butler 1374; Edgewood, Sis- 

 kiyou Co., J. W. Kisling ; Egg Lake, Modoc Co., M. S. Baker; Forestdale, Modoc Co., Nutting; 

 Alturas, Goldsmith ; South Fork Peak, Lassen Co., Jepson 7820; Eagle Lake, Lassen Co., J. Grin- 

 nell; Silver Canon, White Mts., Heller 8264; Mt. Whitney, Jepson 1096; Nelson Range, Inyo Co.; 

 Argus Peak, Inyo Co., Purpus 5373 ; Telescope Peak, Panamint Range, Jepson 7027. 



Var. glandulifenun Jepson. Shrub, densely and intricately branched, exceedingly spiny, 

 3 to 5 feet high, mostly broader; berry a little greenish-translucent, densely (sometimes sparsely) 

 covered with long gland-tipped hairs and also more or less finely pubescent. — Interior plateau at 

 stations just north, east and south of the crests of the mountains surrounding the Great Valley 

 of California or on their easterly summits, thence south to the San Gabriel Mts., 2000 to 9400 

 feet: Yreka, Butler 267, 1308; Silver Canon, White Mts., Jepson 7232; Sawmill Peak, near Mt. 

 Pinos, Hall 6574; Mt. San Antonio, Peirson 70. 



Refs. — RiBES VELUTiNtTM Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:83 (1885), "northern California and 

 regions adjacent"; Jepson, Man. 472 (1925). R. leptanthum var. brachyanihum Gray, Bot. Cal. 

 1:205 (1876), type loc. foothills near Carson Citv, Nev., Anderson, Watson. B. hrachyanthum 

 Card, Bush Fruits 460 (1898). Grossularia velutina Cov. & Britt. N. Am. Fl. 22:220 (1908). 

 Var. GLANrmiiiFERUM Jepson, Man. 472 (1925). E. glanduUferum Hel. Muhl. 2:56 (1905), type 

 loc. Yreka, Heller 8005. B. stanfordii Elmer, Bot. Gaz. 41:315 (1906), type loc. Grifdn, Mt. 

 Pinos, Elmer 3958. 



17. R. amarum McCl. Bitter Gooseberry. Bush, 2 to 3 feet high; stems 

 not prickly ; flowers 6 to 8 lines long ; calyx f unnelf orm, puberulent and somewhat 

 stipitate-glandular, its tube twice as long as broad, its lobes broad, red-purple; 

 petals nearly as long as the filaments; ovary very densely covered with very short 

 gland-tipped bristles, also often puberulent ; berry 5 to 6 lines in diameter, densely 

 covered with short stout spines; skin of berry tough, nauseous; spines more or less 

 glandular, 14 to 1^/2 lines long. 



Mountain slopes, 1000 to 4000 feet: coastal Southern California; north in the 

 Sierra Nevada to Mariposa Co. Mar.-Apr. Allied to R. menziesii var. faustum 

 Jepson. 



Locs. — Palomar, Jepson 1493 ; Canon Diablo, San Bernardino Mts., Parish 5545 ; Waterman 

 Canon, San Bernardino Mts., Parish; San Antonio Canon, Claremont, Baker 4064; Mt. Wilson, 

 Peirson 316; Santa Barbara, Jepson 9118; Lookout Pt., Mineral King road, Jepson 1030; Fort- 

 man Mt., Mariposa Co., Congdon. 



Refs. — RiBES AMARUM McCl. Erythea 2:79 (1894), type loc. canons of the San Gabriel Mta., 

 McClatchie; Jepson, Man. 473 (1925). B. mariposanum Congdon, Erythea 7:183 (1900), type 

 loc. coniferous belt, Mariposa Co., Congdon. B. menziesii var. amarum Jancz. Mem. Soe. Geneve 

 35:363 (1907). Grossularia amara Cov. & Britt. N. Am. Fl. 22:216 (1908). 



18. R. roezlii Kegel. Sierra Gooseberry. Stout shrub 11/2 to 3 or 5 feet high 

 and half again or twice as broad, with many long diffusely spreading branches ; 

 nodes with 1 to 3 spines ; prickles none ; leaves pubescent, sometimes nearly gla- 

 brous, 3 to 5-cleft into toothed lobes, 6 to 11 lines wide (sometimes 2 inches) ; pedi- 

 cels 1 (or 2) -flowered, the bracts often straw-color, usually in pairs near apex of 

 peduncle; flowers 6 to 10 lines long; calyx dull red, puberulent, often densely 

 whitish-pubescent, its tube II/2 to 2 times as long as broad, as long or nearly as 

 long as the lobes; petals white, involute, over half as long as the stamens; ovary 

 densely white-hairy or at least pubescent, the long spines intermixed with some 



