( 367 ) 
but according to the label on a drawing of this species by Dr. 
Kellogg it was “from a specimen furnished by Mr. Garvett of 
Placerville.” 
Distribution: Southern Cascade Mountains southward through 
the Transition Zone of the Sierra Nevada to the mountains of 
southern California. Growing in moist places and along streams. 
Specimens examined: Mount Pinos, Abrams &F McGregor 257; 
Mount Wilson, Abrams 2583; Grant, May 17, 1904; Swartout 
Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, Abrams &F McGregor 651; Bear 
Valley, Parish 3107; Huston’s Flat, San Bernardino Mountains, 
Shaw &F Illingsworth 106. 
6. RIBES MALVACEUM Smith, in Rees Cycl. 30, no. 13. 1815. 
Ribes malvaceum viridifolium Abrams, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 1: 67. 
1902. 
Ribes viridifolium Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 77. 1904. 
Ribes purpurascens Heller, Muhlenbergia 4: 29. 1908. 
Type locality: “Gathered in California by Mr. Menzies.” 
Distribution: Foothills of the Coast Ranges of central Cali- 
fornia southward to Lower California. The specimens south of 
Santa Barbara vary considerably from the typical form and were 
described (R. malvaceum viridifolium) as a variety, a disposition 
that may prove more logical than the present one which I have 
adopted from Coville & Britton. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Mission Canyon, near Santa Barbara, 
Abrams, March 6, 1909; Santa Monica Mountains, Brewer 60; 
Abrams 1313; Cahuenga Pass, Brewer 183; Mount Wilson, on the 
Pasadena trail, altitude 1100 meters, Abrams 1525; Santa Anita 
Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, Grinnell 103; City Creek, San 
Bernardino Mountains, Parish, April:14, 1906. 
7. RrpEs INDECORUM Eastwood, Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 243. 
1902. 
Ribes malvaceum indecorum Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 325. 
1907. 
Type locality: “At Cajon Heights, near San Diego, California.” 
Distribution: In the chaparral belt of the mountains of Ventura 
County southward to the international boundary, and probably 
extending into adjacent Lower California. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Sulphur Mountain, near Santa Paula, 
