825 



proaches near to R. albinervium. Fl 

 peruv 3 p 12 t 232 f b." Pursh, Fl Am 

 Sept 1:164 (1814). 



Heller, Muhlenbergia 1:74. 



Gray, bot Cal 1:2.07. "Runs into in- 

 definite varieties." 



Douglas, Hort Soc tr 7 t 13. 



Lindley, bot res t 1349. 



Hooker, bot mag t 3335, 



Guad (Palmer); Baja! to British Co- 

 lumbia. 



Variety GLT7TIHOSUM A. Gray, bot Cal 

 1:207. 



Ribes glutinosum Bent ham, Hort Soc 

 tr n sr 1:476. 

 Variety MAX.VACET7M A. Gray, bot Cal 



1:207. 



Ribes malvaceum Smith; Don in Brit 

 Fl Gard sr 2, t 840. 

 Variety VABEBGATTJM A. Gray, bot Cal 



1:207. 



Ribes Wolfii Rothrock, Am Nat 8:358. 

 Wheeler Cat 38. 

 RIBES SPECIOSUM Pursh. 



Evergreen shrub, 1.5-3 m hi, with 

 leafy r bristly branches; subaxillary 

 spines 3, united at base: Ivs subcoriac- 

 ecus, dark 5, smooth and shining above, 

 rounded, 3-lobed, lobes short, crenately 

 toothed; ped pendulous, 2-5 fld; fls 

 bright r, drooping; ex 12-18 mm long, 

 its tube short, somewhat inflated, lobes 

 oblong, not spreading; pet about two- 

 thirds length of ex-lobes; ni filiform, 

 much exceeding the ex; anth sm. oval; 

 berry sm, densely prickly. Monterey; 

 SD! Baja! 



Abrams, Fl LA 194. 



Gray, bot Cal 1:204. 



Pursh, bot reg t 1657. bot mag t 

 3530. 



Monterey to Baja, 



Ribes stamineum Smith. 

 &X2ES TEKTTlPlOBtnK Lindl. 



Abrams, Fl LA 192. Eaton's Wash, 

 near Sierra Madre. F-Mr. 



Shrub, 1-3 m hi, nearly glabrous, 

 glandless; Ivs light g, 3-5-lobed at apex, 

 not cordate; racemes many fld; bracts 

 g. conspicuous; fls bright y; ex salver- 

 shaped, tube 1 cm long or more; lobes 

 oval, one-third as long as tube; berry 

 glabrous, amber color. 

 RIBES VIBURNIFOLIUM A, Gray. 

 Santos (Parry, Pringle, Orcutt). 



"Ribesia, modo R. nigri resinoso- at- 

 omiferis; foliis ovato-rotundis utrinque 

 obtusissimis (nee cordatis nee plicatis) 

 incisco-paucidentatis nunc obsolete tri- 

 lobis glabris (petiolo excepto) demum 

 coriaceis (pollicem longis): racemo sub- 

 sessili corymbiformi plurifloro, pedicel- 

 lis filiformibus. bractels scariosis cadu- 

 cis; calycis tubo turbinato demum ob- 

 longo, limbo rotato 5-partito roseo, 

 lobis ovalibus: petalis minimis paten- 

 tissimis viridulis ftlimentlsque brevis- 

 simis margini disco lato piano insertis. 

 Northern part of lower California, 

 near All Saints bay. Parry, Pringle. and 

 Marcus E. Jones. Ap 1882. A straggl- 

 ing bush, so peculiar that the acute col- 

 lectors did not recognize the genus. Yet 

 the fls have all the characters of the 

 Rihesia section, and the conspicuous 

 glands of the lv. .voting shoots, pedi- 

 cels, etc., are just like those of R. ni- 



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grum." A. Gray, Am ac pr 17:202 

 (1882). 



Heller, Muhlenbergia 1:83. Cat. 

 RIBES VISC08I8SIMUM Purth. 



"R. inerme; omnibus partibus pilis 

 viscidis tectum; foliis cordatis obtuse 

 trilobis serratis, racemis erectia brevi- 

 bus, calycibus tubulatis, petalis oblong- 

 is, bracteis lihtari-spathulatis pedicello 

 duplo brevioribus germinibus hirsutis," 

 Pursh, Fl Am Sept 1:168 (1814). 



Parry, PI Wyo 18. 



Heller, Muhlenbergia 1:72-3. 



Douglas, Hort Soc tr 7:511. 



Hooker, Fl 1:234 t 76. 



Gray, Bot Cal 1:207. 



SD mts (Parish 494); British Columbia; 

 Rocky Mts, 



Genus THKROFON Raftnesque. 



Per herbs with creeping rt-stocks and 

 Ify sts: Ivs alt, round-reniform, pal- 

 mately lobed and incised or toothed 

 with callous glandular tips; petiole 

 mostly with a stipular dilation at base: 

 fls w, paniculate or in corymbose-cymes: 

 ex 5-lobed, tube adherent to ova, at 

 length globular or ovate: pet 5, entire: 

 sta short, alt with pet; anth 2-celled: 

 ova 2-celled: fr a capsule, dehiscent 

 down the styliferous beaks: sds ovoid, 

 minutely papillose. 

 THEKOFO N 2X.ATT7M Greene. 



Slender, 3-6 dm hi, glabrous or some- 

 what glandular-pubescent, dilated bases 

 of the petioles with brown bristly hairs, 

 otherwise smooth or nearly so; Ivs, thin 

 membranous, 5-7 cm broad, deeply 6-7- 

 lobed: ex-lobes lanceolate*triangular, 

 often sligfctly toothed above, tube oval, 

 urceolate in fr; pet cuneate-elliptic, ob- 

 tuse, 3.5 mm long, much exceeding the 

 ex-lobes; claw very short. 



Abrams, Fl LA 189. Topango canyon, 

 Davidson. 



jjL.yn.inia major Gray, bot Cal 1:196 

 (1876). 



Type locality: "in Ore." 



Boyklnia occidentalis var elata Gray, 

 Am ac pr 8:383. 



Saxifraga elata Nuttall. 



Saxifraga ranunculifolia Hooker, Fl 



THEROrOH BOTUOTDXrOXJttTM Whee- 



lock. 



St villous-pubescent and glandular, 

 4-8 dm hi, Ify; Ivs 5-10 cm broad, cren- 

 ately incised and toothed, thin, nearly 

 glabrous above, petioles densely villous, 

 the slightly dilated base with brown 

 bristly hairs: peduncles axy and ter- 

 minal: fls short-pedicelled, secund on 

 the few elongated branches: ex campan- 

 ulate; becoming broadly urceolate in fr, 

 its lobes entire, acute: pet 2-2.5 mm 

 long, scarcely exceeding ex-lobes, spat- 

 ulate: claw twice as long as the round- 

 ed blade. SBer (Wright). 



Abrams, Fl LA 1*9. Gabriel mts. 



Boykinia rotundi folia Parry. 



8AXIFR AGA REFLEXA Hook. 



Saxifrag-a virginiensie Wats, bot Cal 

 1:l-'o CTIMS: SD' T,A ^Davidson). 

 SAXIFR^GA PAR11YI Torr. 



The edible tubers are known to chil- 

 dren e.s wild coooanuts: calyx ard w v ire 

 petals brown or purp e Veiled; the us ap- 



