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short {rland-tipped ones; berry yellowish, pinkish or purplish, or becoming deep 

 red-brown when ripe, hxr^o, (6 or) 8 to 10 linos in diameter, beset with long stout 

 nutre or less pubescent or short-pilose spines. 



Mountain slopes and canon valleys, 2000 to 7000 feet: Sierra Nevada (the most 

 common {gooseberry at middle altitudes), south to coastal Southern California, 

 north to Modoc Co.; inner North Coast Ranges from Humboldt Co. to Lake Co. 

 Alay-July. 



Field note. — The many long branches are usually heavily weighted with fruit in season. It ia 

 perhaps our most fertile native gooseberry, flowers being produced all along the main stems quite 

 to the ground. 



Locs. — Sierra Nevada: Eagle Lake, Jones; IFot Spring Valley, Lassen Peak, Jepsnn 4084, 

 32,296; Mineral, Tehama Co., J. Grinnell; Rough & Ready, Nevada Co., Jepson 13,518; Rebel 

 Ridge, Camptonville district, L. S. Smith 1761; Bear Valley, Nevada Co., Jepson 13,516; Truckee, 

 S07UIC 425, 1569; Lily Lake, Glen Alpine, Pendleton ^ Beed 1218; Kyburz, South Fork American 

 River, Bamaley 11,267; Antelope, Amador Co., Hansen 1679; Calaveras Big Trees, A. L. Grant; 

 Columbia, A. L. Grant 618; Hetch-Hetchy, Jepson 3454, 3472; Chowchilla School, 10 mi. e. of 

 Mariposa, Jepson 12,812; Crane Flat, Yosemite, Jepson 10,434; Bass Lake, Madera Co., Jepson 

 12,861 ; Bubbs Creek, Jepson 792; Millwood, Jepson 2783, 2788; Happy Camp Mdw., North Fork 

 Tule River, Jepson 4701; South Fork Middle Tule River, Jepson 4880. Tehachapi Mts.: Girard 

 sta., Heller 7707; Ft. Tejon, Parish 1930. S. Cal.: Griffin, Mt. Pinos, n. Ventura Co., Elmer 

 3811 ; Acton, Los Angeles Co., Elmer 3604 ; Mt. San Antonio, Peirson 70 ; Mill Creek Canon, San 

 Bernardino Mts., Jepson 5578, 5586 ; Mt. San Jacinto, Hall 2762 ; Palomar, Parish 4404, Jepson 

 1497; Volcan and Cuyamaea mountains, T. Brandegee ; Grapevine Cafion, w. side of Colorado 

 Desert, T. Brandegee. North Coast Ranges: Mail Ridge, Humboldt Co., Jepson 16,389; Castle 

 Peak, ne. Mendocino Co., Jepson 13,519 (intergrading to var. cruentum) ; Mt. Sanhedrin, Purpus 

 1118. 



Var. amictum Jepson comb. n. Leaves whitened beneath with a fine pubescence; bracts 

 hoary, usually concealing the ovary; calyx hoary, especially when young; berry spines subgla- 

 brous. — Upper basin of the South Fork Eel River and the neighboring mountains, 400 to 2000 

 feet: Mail Ridge, Jepson 1889; Garberville, Trac)/ 6159; Little Red Mountain Creek, Jepson 

 9471; Leggett Valley, Tracy 6625; Sherwood forest, Jepson 13,515. 



Var. cruentum Rehd. Bleeding Flower. Habit, foliage and flowers similar to R. roezlii; 

 leaves commonly glabrous ; calyx dark purple, glabrous ; ovary strictly glabrous, that is, not hairy 

 or pubescent, but densely covered with long bristle-like spines which are set about at base with 

 a rather dense layer of stiped glands; spines of the berry numerous, non-glandular and non- 

 pilose. — Openly wooded mountain slopes, 600 to 3000 (or 5000) feet: North Coast Ranges, in 

 the middle and inner ranges, from Napa Co. to Siskiyou Co. North to Josephine Co., Oregon. 

 Feb.-Apr. 



Geog. note. — In the main the var. cruentum occupies an area distinct from that of R. roezlii. 

 Nevertheless, where the ranges of these two forms meet, plants occur which can only be placed 

 in the category of intergrades. The detailed features of pubescence become variable or disappear 

 in part while the number and length of the short-stiped ovary glands is inconstant. The fruit of 

 var. cruentum with its densely-set stramineous spines is somewhat suggestive of a tiny chin- 

 quapin bur, a feature which in connection with its flowers indicates relationship to R. menziesii 

 var. hesperium Jepson. It has some claims to specific rank. 



Locs. — Oro Fino, Butler 1535 ; Humbug, Siskiyou Co., Butler 645 ; Shackelford Canon, 

 Marble Mt., Jepson 2812 ; Salmon Mts. ; Shasta Retreat, Butler 655 ; Devil's Backbone, Trinity 

 Summit, Jepson 2059; Three Creeks, Humboldt Co., Tracy 6041; Willow Creek, Trinity River, 

 Tracy 3309; Trinity River near the South Fork, Graham; Mt. St. Helena, Jepson 13,522, 13,523; 

 Napa Range, e. of Calistoga, K. Brandegee ; Little Sulphur Creek, Sonoma Co., M. S. Baker; 

 Caux Cabin, w. of St. Helena, Jepson 13,524, 13,525; Hood's Peak, M. S. Baker; Cazadero, 

 Heller 6615. 



Refs. — Roes roezlii Regel, Gartenfl. 28:226, t. 982, figs. 1-3 (1879), cult, from seed col- 

 lected in western North America by Benito Roezl, probably in the Sierra Nevada (cf. Gartenfl. 

 19:296); Jepson, Man. 472, fig. 468 (1925). ii. ivilsonianum Greene, Erythea 3:70 (1895), 

 tj'pe loc. "mts. of Kern Co." (undoubtedly collected in the Tehachapi Range), N. C. Wilson. 

 B. aridum Greene, Pitt. 4:35 (1899), type loc. Caliente, Kern Co., N. C. Wilson. Grossularia 

 roezlii Cov. & Britt. N. Am. Fl. 22:215 (1908). Var. amictum Jepson. B. amictum Greene, 

 Pitt. 1:69 (1887), type loc. Garberville, Humboldt Co., Bush. Var. cruentum Rehd.; Bailey, 

 Stand. Cyclop. Hort. 5:2962 (1916) ; Jepson, Man. 472 (1925). B. cruentum Greene, Pitt. 4:35 

 (1899), type loc. Sonoma Co. (most probably Hoods Peak Range); Skan, Bot. Mag. pi. 8105 

 (unquestionably this species as shown by the specimen preserved in the Kew Herbarium). 

 B. amictum var. cruentum Jancz. M6m. Soc. Geneve 35:366 (1907). Grossularia cruenta Cov. 

 & Britt. N. Am. Fl. 22:215 (1908). 



