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Leaves ovate-orbicular, 2 to 5 cm. wide, 3 or 5-lobeU, sparsely glandular on 

 both sides ; sepals purplish, the petals white ; fruit bluish black. 



6. Ribes orizabae Rose, Contr. U. S..Nat. Herb. 8: 339. 1905. 

 Known only from the type locality, Orizaba, Veracruz. 



Tjeaves broadly ovate or suborbicular, 3 or 5-lobed, glabrous above, glandular- 

 pubescent beneath; racemes 8 to 12-flowered ; pedicels 5 to 8 mm. long; ovary 

 glabrous. 



7. Ribes affine H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6 : 60. 1823. 



Ribes multiftorum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6:60. 1823. Not R. multiflorum 

 Willd. 1813. 



Rihcs kunthii Berland. M^ni. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 3': 60. 1826. 



Ribes npexicamim Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4: Cur. Post. 100. 1827. 



Ribes altamirani Jancz. Bull. Acad. Crucovie 1906: 10. 1906. 



Hidalgo and Queretaro ; type from Mortin, Hidalgo. 



Shrub, 1 to 3 meters high ; leaves 4.5 cm. wide or smaller, broadly ovate 

 or orbicular, 3 or 5-lobed, pubescent; racemes pendulous, 6 to 12-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 5 to 8 mm. long ; fi'uit bluish black, glabrous, 

 8 nmi. in diameter. 



8. Ribes rugosum Coville & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 300. 1905. 

 Rihcs (jrande Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 339. 1905. 



Mexico and Puebla ; type from Santa F^, Valley of Mexico. 



Shrub, 1.5 to 3.5 meters high ; leaves 3 to 5 cm. wide, suborbicular, 3 or 

 5-lobed, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; flowers greenish or pinkish ; 

 racemes drooping, 7 to 12-flowered ; pedicels 3 to 6 mm. long ; fruit bluish 

 black, glabrous. " Capulincillo," " ciruelillo " (Mexico, jBeicfte). 



9. Ribes ciliatum Humb. & Bonpl. ; Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 5 : 500. 1819. 

 Ribes jorullense H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6 : 61. 1823. 



High mountains, Colima to Oaxaca, and Veracruz. 



Shrub, 3 to 5 meters high ; leaves 3 to 9 cm. wide, suborbicular, 3 or 5-lobed, 

 glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; flowers greenish white, fragrant ; racemes 

 drooping, about 10-flowered ; fruit glabrous, 8 mm. in diameter. " Capulin- 

 cillo" (Valley of Mexico); "ciruelillo" (Mexico, Hidalgo); "saracuacho " 

 (Mexico). 



Roots reputed to have emetic properties. 



10. Ribes cMhuahuense Britton, Torreya 7: 102. 1907. 

 Known only from the type locality, near the city of Chihuahua. 



Leaves 2 to 2.5 cm. long, ovate or suborbicular, glabrous, the lobes few-toothed ; 

 racemes 3 to 5-flowered, slightly longer than the leaves, the flowers sessile or 

 nearly so. 



11. Ribes fontinale Britton; Coville & Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 32: 205. 1908. 

 Known only from the type locality, Samalayuca, Cliihuahua. 



Leaves 3 cm. wide or smaller, usually 3-lobed, the lobes entire or few-toothed ; 

 racemes 4 to 7-flowered, 3 to 4 cm. long. 



12. Ribes tortuosum Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 17. 1844. 



Ribes pahneri Vasey & Rose, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 11: 529. 1889. 



Baja California ; type from San Quentin. 



Shrub, 1.2 meters high or less, with short stiff branches ; leaves 1.5 to 3 cm, 

 wide, very shallowly 5-lobed, finely puberulent on both sides ; fruit red, 6 to 

 8 mm. in diameter, glabrous. 



13. Ribes nelsoni Coville & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 297. 1905. 

 Chihuahua; type from Colonia Garcia. 



Slirub, 1 to 2 meters high ; leaves 6 cm. wide or smaller, with 3 or 5 acute 

 lobes, serrate-dentate ; flowers pale yellow ; racemes drooping, 6 to 10-flowered. 



