122 SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



ers white or cream, tubular above the ovary, nearly Y^ in. 

 long, pubescent. Berry bright red, becoming glabrous. 



This is an intricately branched, rigid shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high, 

 without spines or bristles. It is common in the mountains, 

 mostly at high altitudes. R. inebrians Lindl., is a form differing 

 in the bracts, which are entire or occasionally with a lateral tooth, 

 and in the usually glabrous styles. In typical R. cereum the 

 bracts are lobed or toothed and the style is usually pubescent. 



2. R. viscosissimum Pursh. A leafy shrub, 3 ft. or less 

 high, without spines or bristles. Leaves 1 to 2 in. wide, gland- 

 ular-pubescent on both sides, with 3 or 5 rounded lobes, the 

 margins obtusely toothed. Flowers greenish or pinkish, ^ in. 

 long including the glandular-pubescent ovary. Berry black, 

 sometimes with a white bloom. 



The abundant, fragrant foliage of this shrub is borne on 

 short stems 1 to 3 ft. high, without spines or bristles. One 

 first meets it at about 6000 ft., as along the Pohono Trail. In 

 var. hallii Jancz., of northern California, the ovary is smooth 

 and the sepals purplish, but in specimens from Matterhorn 

 Canon (Jepson, no. 4498) both kinds of flowers occur on a 

 single branch. 



3. R. nevadense Kell. Sierran Currant. Leaves thin, 1 to 

 3 in. wide, finely pubescent or glabrous, distinctly lobed, the 

 lobes obtuse and obtusely toothed. Flowers pink, 8 or more 

 in a dense raceme, ^ in. long including the glandular ovary. 

 Berry black but covered with a white bloom, sparsely gland- 

 ular, sweet and insipid. 



The clean, thrifty, unarmed shrubs of this currant, usually 

 3 to 6 ft. high, are often seen in the mountains at altitudes of 

 4000 to 8000 ft. A form from Hetch Hetchy with small, thick 

 leaves very pubescent beneath, may be identical with R. malva- 

 ceum Sm., of southern California. 



4. R. montigenum McCl. A straggling flexuous shrub, 1 to 

 2 l / 2 ft. high, the nodes spiny and the stems sometimes bristly. 

 Leaves soft-pubescent, ^ to 1 in. across, 3 or S-parted into 

 toothed divisions. Flowers saucer-shaped above the glandular 

 ovary. Berries red, glandular-bristly. — Common in the high 

 mountains. 



5. R. roezli Regel. Wild Gooseberry. A stout shrub with 

 many short rigid branchlets, 1 to 4 ft. high, the nodes spiny. 

 Leaves ^ to 1 in. across, minutely soft-pubescent, cleft less 

 than half way into roundish bluntly toothed lobes. Flowers 

 dull red, $i in. long including the bristly and hairy ovary. 



