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Key to the Species of Pacific Coast Ribes. 



The following key, made by the author for convenience 

 in looking up the described species of Pacific Coast Ribes, 

 is appended, as it may be useful to others under the same 

 circumstances. 



Chrysobotrya Spach. Golden Currant. 



Calyx with long tube; flowers yellow, berry smooth, leaves convolute in 

 bud; stems without thorns or prickles. 



1. R. tenuiflorum Lindl., Bot. Reg., Vol. XV, Tab. 1274. Oregon 



and California. 



2. R. aureuvi Pursh, F1. Am. Sept., Vol. I, p. 163. Oregon and 



Washington. 



Ribesia Berlandier. Wild Currant. 



Calyx-tube cylindrical to rotate; berries smooth; leaves plicate in bud; 

 stems without thorns or prickles; flowers in racemes. 



Calyx-inbe cylindrical. 



3. R. bracteosiim Dougl., Hook. Fl. Bor. Am., Vol. I, p. 233. 



Northern California to Alaska. 



4. R. cereiun Dougl., Bot. Reg., Vol. XV, Tab. 1263. California 



to British Columbia. 



5. R. viscosissimmn Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept., Vol. I, p. 163. Sierra 



Nevada of California to British Columbia. 



6. R. sangidtieicm Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept., Vol. I, p. 164. Northern 



California to British Columbia. 



7. R. scuphanii, sp. nov. Del Norte County, California. 



8. R. brandegei, sp. nov. Lower California. 



9. R. glutinosum Benth., Trans. Hort. Soc, Ser. II, Vol. I, p. 476. 



Coast Mountains of California. 



10. R. malvaceum Smith, Rees. Cycl., Vol. XXX. Coast Mountains 



of California. 



11. R. palmeri Vasey & Rose, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, 



p. 529. Lower California. 



12. R. indecorum^ sp. nov. San Diego County, California. 



13. R. nevadense Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. I, 1855, p. 65 



= (R. ianguineuiii variegatmn Wats., Bot. King's Exped. 

 looth Par.) Sierra Nevada of Central California. 



14. R. ascendens, sp. nov. Sierra Nevada of Central California. 



15. R. hittellianum, sp. nov. Trinity County, California. 



16. R. glatccescens, sp. nov. Mount Shasta, California. 



17. R. viburnifoHiim Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., Vol. XVII, p. 202. 



Lower California, and islands oflf the coast of Santa Barbara, 

 California. 



