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14. Bibes brandegei Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 242. 1902. 

 Mountain slopes, Baja California ; type from Sierra de Laguna. 



Erect shrub, 2.5 meters high ; leaves 3 to 5 cm. wide, 3-lobed, sparsely 

 glandular-pubescent on both sides ; sepals rose-purple, the petals white ; racemes 

 3 to 10-flowered ; fruit glabrous. 



15. Bibes malvaceum Smith in Rees, Cycl. 30: Ribes no. 13. 1815. 

 Northern Baja California. California. 



Erect shrub ; leaves shallowly 3 or 5-lobed, 2.5 to 5 cm. wide, tomentose and 

 glandular-pubescent beneath ; flowers pink or purple, the racemes longer than 

 the leaves ; fruit viscid-pubescent, 1 cm. or less in diameter. 



16. Bibes indecorum Eastw. Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 243. 1902. 

 Mountains of Baja California, at an altitude of 840 to 900 meters. Southern 



California, the type collected near San Diego. 



Shrub, 1.8 to 2.5 meters high, the young shoots glandular-pubescent ; leaves 

 reniforni-orbicular, obtusely 3 or 5-lobed, 2 to 5 cm. wide, stipitate-glandular on 

 the upper surface ; ovary with simple and gland-tipped hairs ; fruit about 7 mm. 

 in diameter. 



2. GBOSSULABIA Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 7. 1759. 



Spiny erect shrubs ; leaves deciduous, palmately veined ; racemes few-flowered ; 

 bractlets, if present, minute, at the base of the pedicel ; ovary sometimes spiny. 



The cultivated gooseberry is Grossularia rcclinata (L. ) Mill., a native of 

 northern Europe. The native American species have edible fruit, which is 

 extremely sour until maturity, when it becomes sweet. 

 Lobes of the calyx twice as long as the tube or longer ; petals red throughout. 



1. G. madrensis. 

 Lobes of the calyx less than twice as long as the tube; petals yellow or green- 

 ish, sometimes with purple margins. 



Calyx 10 to 12 mm. long 2. G. microphylla. 



Calyx 5 to 6 mm. long 3. G. quercetorum. 



1. Grossularia madrensis Coville & Rose; Coville & Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 



217. 1908. 

 Ribes madrense Coville & Rose, Smiths. Misc. Col. 50: 32. 1907. 

 Known only from the type locality, Quebrada Honda, Durango. 

 Erect shrub with slender spines; leaves 3 cm. wide or less, 3 or 5-lobed, 

 glandular-pubescent ; peduncles 1 or 2-flowered ; petals dark red ; fruit glabrous. 



2. Grossularia microphylla (H. B. K.) Coville & Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 219. 



1908. 

 Ribes microphyllum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 62. 1823. 

 Veracruz to Michoaciin ; type from El Guarda. 



Shrub, 1 to 3 meters high ; leaves 2.5 cm. wide or smaller, 3 or 5-lobed. some- 

 what pubescent ; flowers reddish yellow ; fruit glabrous, 8 mm. in diameter. 



3. Grossularia quercetorum (Greene) Coville & Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 220. 



1908. 

 Ribes quercetorum Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 83. 1885. 

 Baja California. California ; type from El Paso de Robles. 

 Shrub, 1 to 1.5 meters high ; leaves 1 to 2 cm. wide, deeply lobed ; fruit glab- 

 rous, 8 mm. in diameter. 



56. CIJNONIACEAE. Cunonia Family. 

 1. WEINMANNIA L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1005. 1759. 

 Reference: Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 179-180. 1905. 



Weinmamiia fagaroides H. B. K., of Ecuador, is said to furnish wood of good 

 quality. Its bark is rich in tannin and is used for tanning leather. The species 



