398 GROSSULARIACEAE 



long, loosely flowered; bracts setaceous, nearly equalling the pedicels; sepals oval, 

 obtuse, spreading; fruit globose, glabrous, 5-10 mm. in diameter. Wooded places: 

 Hudson Bay— Ont.— Minn.— Mont.— B.C.— Alaska. Boreal— Mont. My-Je. 



3* R. petiolare Dougl. A shrub 1-1.5 m. high; leaf-blades cordate, mostly 

 5-lobed, thm, glabrous or shghtly pubescent when young, resinous-dotted be- 

 neath; the lobes ovate, acute, sharply serrate; racemes erect, 5-12 dm. long; 

 pedicels 3-6 mm. long, much longer than the subulate bracts; sepals white, ovate, 

 obtuse, puberulent, 7 mm. long; berry subglobose, without bloom, about 1 cm. 



m diameter. Wooded mountain sides: B.C.— Ore.— Utah— Wyo.—Alta Sub- 

 mont. — Mont, My-Jl. 



4. R. glandulosum Grauer. A shrub, with decumbent or spreading branches, 

 1 m. long or less; leaf-blades thin, fetid, glabrous above, puberulent on the veins 

 beneath, orbicular m outhne, cordate at the base, 3-8 cm. wide, deeply 5^7- 

 lobcd, the lobes ovate, acute, incised-serrate; racemes 8-12-flowered, ascending, 

 shorter than the leaves, puberulent; pedicels much longer than the narrow, 

 glandular bracts; tube of the hypanthium short-campanulate; sepals 2-2.5 mm. 

 long pubescent without' fruit 6-8 mm. in diameter. E, prodralum L'Her. 

 \\ oods: Newf.—N.C— Wis.— B.C.— Mack. Boreal My-Je. 



5. R. laxiflorum Pursh. A shrub, with decumbent stems and puberulent 

 yoimg shoot^; leaf-blades suborbicular in outline, cordate at the base, 5-10 cm. 

 wide, thm, deeply 5-lobed, glabrous above, somewhat puberulent beneath, the 

 lobes ovate, serrate; racemes erect-spreading, 6-12-fiowered, pubescent and 

 glandular; pedicels much longer than the lanceolate bracts; petals fan-shaped. 

 \\oods: Alaska^.Uta.— Ida.— n Calif. Mont. My-JL 



6 . R coloradense Coville. A shrub, with decumbent or procumbent stems: 

 leat-blades thm, broader than lone:, 5--8 cm. wide, deenlv oavfUif^ nf ih^ Knc^ 



sometimes 



triangular, irregularly 



nate-dentate; raceme erect, puberulent and glandular; pedicels longer than the 

 linear-lanceolate bracts; sepals greenish or purplish, 3-4 mm. long, spreading; 

 petals piirpish fan-shaped; berry black, about 1 cm. in diameter. Mountains 

 Colo.— JS.xM.— Utah. Mont.—Subalp. Je-Jl. 



,.„KL.^"f^"'T'?^Y? ^^^^- /f^b 1-1.5 m. high; young shoots somewhat 

 pubescent and glandular-dotted; leaves suborbicular in outhne, cordate at the 

 base, with an open sinus, 3-8 cm. broad, glabrate above, more or less pubescent 

 (at least on the vems) and glandular-dotted beneath, with ovate serrate-dentate 

 obes, petioles long-ciliate tovvards the base; bracts Unear or linear-lanceolate; 

 .o^^Im"" ™o;ate-cylmdric, 3-4 mm. long, greenish, sparingly pubescent; 

 ?h?rd^ t^ ' V'"le longer than tjie hj-panthium; petals oblong,^^eenish, two- 



dZi^J^^^'JT^ V ^^ ^t"^V "^ diameter. R. floridum L'Her Thickets and 

 damp woods: N.b.— Va.— N.M.— Alta. Plain— SubmonL My-Je. 



fini; ?,'K^°^^i ^^°**''"- ^,s^™b 1-3.5 m. high, glabrous, or the young shoots 

 ooen sh^nf T^f i ^T^J^^^^^borbicular in outhne, cordate at the base, with an 

 JSemes er^iT ff ' M """^l ^''i''^' ^"^^^ ^^^^^^ o*" ^^tuse, serrate-dentate; 

 Pnat^lffp w; fv ^''''^t' P^^'-^ent and glandular; bracts oblong or oblong- 



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O— 4 mm. Jnrifr srirparln-irr' v>cit.,1o -r.^^! 



UtT^ So'SL^l'TMAf ^^^ '''^'^'-^ Colo.-N.M.-Ariz 



lent^-'lSvSTln^'^? ^u^^'^ix. ^ ^^'^^.' gl^^™^» or the young shoots puberu- 

 ohLeTr!Lt^'T^'''^ ^Tf *^' !P^^"^gly pubescent or glabrate, orbicular, with 

 tovSsTL Ll ' ''''"^''^^ Zl^"^'^^^ ^* *^^ ^^^> ^7 cm. b/oad, long-ciliate 

 acutl^h ^tlhlV M-'^"' noddmg; bracts thin, pink or greenish, obtuse or 

 £ hlS si ''^''*:^-' '^Pf^ rose-colored; petals white, orbicular to oblong; 

 nZl-ALf. J^ diameter. Mountams: Cahf.-NeV.-Ida.-Ore. ^.J- 



shoofs Sdll^tiffln^"^ ^"^f^- 1 f '^'""^ ^ °^- ^ig^ °^ 1^«. ^th the young 

 Shoots and the mflorescence glandular-pubescent; leaves orbicular-reniform in 



