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GROSSULARIACEAE. GoosEesBerry Famity. 
Pedicels jointed beneath the ovary; nodal spines none or when present hypan- 
thium not apparent. 1. Ribes. 
Pedicels not jointed; nodal spines present; hypanthium evident. 
2. Grossularia. 
i: (RIBES3 Conran. 
Stems armed with spines and bristles; hypanthium saucer-shaped. 
1. R. montigenum. 
Stems without spines or bristles. 
Calyx smooth, yellow; leaves involute in bud. 2. R. gracillimum. 
Calyx pubescent, not yellow; leaves plicate in bud. 
Leaves evergreen; holly-like. 3. R. viburnifolium. 
Leaves deciduous, not holly-like. 
Bracts herbaceous, toothed; flowers greenish or pinkish white. 
4. R. cereum. 
Bracts scarious, entire or ciliate. 
Style glabrous; ovary with only gland-tipped hairs. 
5. R. nevadense. 
Style villous below; ovary canescent. 
Flowers pink or purple, 8—-1o mm. long. 
6. R. malvaceum. 
Flowers white or greenish-white, 5-7 mm. long. 
7. R. indecorum. 
1. RrpEs MoNTIGENUM McClatchie, Erythea 5: 38. 1897. 
Ribes lacustre molle A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 206. 1876. 
Ribes nubigenum McClatchie, Erythea 2: 80. 1894. Not Phil- 
ippi, 1857. 
Ribes lacustre lentum M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5: 681. 
1895. 
Ribes molle Howell, Fl. NW. Am. 1: 209. 1898. Not Poepp. 
1858. 
Ribes lentum Coville & Rose, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 15: 28. 
1902. 
Type locality: “Summit of Mt. San Antonio, 10,000 ft. altitude, 
among dry exposed rocks.” 
Distribution: High mountains of the arid regions from eastern 
Washington and Montana southward to southern California and 
New Mexico. Canadian Zone. 
Specimens examined: Mount Pinos, Elmer goro; Mount San 
Antonio, McClatchie, Aug. 16, 1893; Mount San Gorgonio, near 
the summit, Abrams €F McGregor 746. 
