302 CONTEIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBAEIUM. 



1. Ribes montigenum McClatchie, Erythea 5: 38. 1897. 



Rihes nubigenum McClatchie, Erythea 2: 80. 1894, not Phil. 1857. 



Ribes lentum Coville & Rose, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 15: 28. 1902. 



Type locality: "On summit of Mt. San Antonio, 10,000 ft. altitude, among dry 

 exposed rocks," California. 



Range: British Columbia and Montana to California, Arizona, and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: ^Mieeler Peak; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Jemez Moun- 

 tains; Sandia Mountains; White Mountains. Exposed slopes and summits, chiefly 

 in the Hudsonian Zone. 



The fruit is smooth in the New Mexico plant, and edible. 



2. Ribes coloradense Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 3. 1901. 



Ribes laxiflorum coloradense Jancz.; Vilm. & Bois, Frutic. Vilm. Cat. Prin. 137. 1904. 



Type locality: Marshall Pass, Colorado. 



Range: Mountains of Colorado and northern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Taos Mountains. Hudsonian Zone. 



A decumbent or prostrate shrub occurring on the higher mountain peaks of the 

 northern part of the State. Herbarium specimens resemble those of R. tvoljii, but 

 may be distinguished from that species by the deeper lobing and sharper teeth of the 

 leaves, and by the slightly smaller fruit which is not glaucous. Its habit would well 

 distinguish the growing plant. 



3. Ribes inebrians Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: pi. 1471. 1832. 

 Ribes jmmilum Nutt.; Rydb. Colo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 100: 177. 1906. 

 Type locality: Described from cultivated plants. 



Range: California, Idaho, and South Dakota to Nebraska, New Mexico, and 

 Arizona. 



New Mexico: Zuni; Tunitcha Mountains; Baldy; Taos; Johnsons Mesa; Santa Fe 

 and Las Vegas mountains; Dulce; Raton; Sierra Grande; San Mateo Mountains; 

 Magdalena Mountains; San Francisco Mountains; Mogollon Mountains. Woods and 

 canyons, in the Transition Zone. 



The common currant in our mountains at middle elevations. It is easily recognized 

 by the small, crowded, almost orbicular leaves, and glandular- viscidulous stems. 

 The berries are small, about 5 or 6 mm. in diameter, glandular, dull scarlet or yel- 

 lowish red, and insipid. 



4. Ribes mescalerium Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 13: 196. 1900. 



T\t>e locality: Fresnal, Otero County, New Mexico. Type collected by Wooton, 

 July 21, 1899. 



Range: Mountains of southern New Mexico and western Texas. 



New Mexico: Datil; White and Sacramento mountains. Transition Zone. 



A black currant occurring in the mountaias of the south-central part of the State 

 among pines. It is usually a larger bush than the preceding with larger leaves, not 

 quite so glandular-hairy, and rarely viscidulous, while the fruit is much larger, 

 frequently 1 cm. in diameter, black instead of red, and even more insipid. 



5. Ribes aureum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 164. 1814. Golden currant. 

 Type locality: "On the banks of the rivers Missouri and Columbia." 



Range: British America and South Dakota to CaLifomia and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: McCarthy Station; Trout Spring; Mangas Springs; Mimbres River; 

 Nogal Canyon; Farmington. Transition Zone. 



This is a handsome plant because of the abundance of its perfumed yellow blossoms. 

 It is recognized by its long, tubular, yellow flowers and the glabrous leaves of charac- 

 teristic outline and dissection. 



