396 GROSSUL.iRIACE.lE 



glabrous, l-4-flo\vered ; bract small and glabrous: hypanthium glabrous; tube 

 2.5-3.0 mrn. long, a little longer than the glabrous sepals; berry red-purple, 

 glabrous, about 8 mm. thick. R. inerme Rydb. R. vallirola Greene, a more 



pubescent form. Mountains: B.C.— Alta.—N.M.-^Utah— Calif. Submont.— 

 Mont. My-Jl. 



7. G; Purpusi (Koehne) Rydb. Shrub with fine puberulent branches; 

 nodal spines 1 cm. long or less; leaves mostly truncate at the base, decidedly pub- 

 escent and slightly glandular; peduncles short; hypanthium glabrous; tube about 

 .i mm. long, as long as the sepals, which usually bear a few scattered hairs on the 



^\f ^'c i .^' glabrous, purple. R. Purpusi Koehne. Mountains: Colo.— 

 N.M. Submont. My-Je. 



«n A •^' ^tP^*.f *^* •^^- ^r^^^y} ^°^- ^ ^"". A shrub 1-2 m. high, the branches 

 sometimes bristly; spmes 0.5-1.5 cm. long; leaves reniform-orbicular in outhne, 



KoT t; "" ""^i' truncate at the base, 0.5-2 cm. broad, glabrous or pubescent on 

 both sides, peduncles 1-2-fiowered, shorter than the leaves; pedicels very short; 

 hypanthium greenish 4-6 mm long, about half as thick; sepals greenish white 

 ^l^fr*''l' Petals spatulate, white or pinkish, about half as long as the sepals 



aT;, t'?^'!- '° ^^t'^^*'''"- ,^- ^Vtanthum A. Gray.- Mountains: N.M.-Colo 

 ■Ariz. — Utah. Submont.— Mont. Ap-Je. 



_ 9. G. velutina (Greene) Cov. & Britt. A shrub 1-2 m. high; young shoots 

 fea? &«Sf f"* Y r*i ^P'^^^"' fP^'f ^-^^2 cm. long, straight ov slightly curved ; 

 nuhicpnf nn Tn^'-j'^-t ^™- ^road, cordate or truncate at the base, finely 

 veUow ?bnTt ^°,^i''l ''' ^yP^^thmm about 2 ram. long and 3 mm. thick sepals 

 ye ow, about 3 mm. long; petals oblong or obovate, yellow, 2-2.5 mm long- berry 



Greene ^^M.Lf"^- ' o'^" t^; ^/«"^'!^"» hrachyanthum A. Gray. R. Zmnnm 

 Greene. Mountams: Ore.-Utah— Ariz.-Cahf. So7i.-Submont. Ap-Jl. 



2. LIMNOBOTRYA Rydb. Swamp Currants. 

 T«!tl?^' '''™^'? ^''^^ Pectinately divided nodal spines, usuaUy also bristly 

 ^TScireTc.r'tonW*"ir^^ ^" "^*^"' pahnatelf veined and quinatef^-cM 



Seels ToLed ?mf 1'^ ^'^''t ^f ^?'*' ^"^^^ ^^^^^^1' i" bracted racemes; 

 TmSe hr 1 Ptl fi^, ^K T ^^l^^'^^^ stipe-hke base of the flower, usually with 

 ^T^arv' tiJhp - >-r K °^'i^^ 5°^^V HjTanthium sUghtly produced beyond 

 renifoS'abehate .l^wS^P^"^- . ^^Ef^ ^' ^^-^^^ding, oval or rounded. Petals 

 Sant like berry.' ' ''""*• '^^''°'"°' "''* exceeding the petals. Fruit a 



Leaves glabrous or nearly so; fruit black. 



ahu^t"obsoll^?'^Prtffn.T*''" *H^° ^^^ .♦^'■^*1*^: ^t'P"^t« base of the flowers 

 finely vmol^' P*^<*"'^'^1*^ ^nd ovary densely glandular and the former rlso 



''°eva%Tf^^^^nl'™n''e&^^^^ *^^ ''"^"^^^ '''^-'"^^ base of theXters 

 at all villo,^ '°'^' peduncles and cvary sparingly glandular, but not 



stipe-like base of the flowt? a.h^,,f n ?^^^*1 ^"^^"^ usually only slightly bristly; 



times puberulent ^'^ °^- '^'^S = Peduncles glandular and som^ 



Leaves pubescent and glandular on both sides ; fruit bright red. t t ZX%a. 



Lindl. S»-amps : Alaska-Monl.-lda.-n Carf 5u6mo„i My-fl. '"""'^""' 



