96 SAXIFKAGACE^E. (SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 



1. F. rupicola, Eng. & Gray. Pubescent or glabrate, branches terete, 

 striate : leaves deciduous, subsessile, oblong, very entire, 3-nerved at base : 

 flowers 1 to 3, terminal on the short branchlets, peduncled, white. PL Wright, 

 i. 77. S. W. Colorado and southward. 



12. RIBES, L. CURRANT. GOOSEBERRY. 



Calyx 5-lobed, often colored. Petals 5, small. Styles 2, distinct or united. 

 Berry crowned with the shrivelled remains of the calyx. Low, sometimes 

 prickly, with palmately-lobed leaves, often clustered in the axils ; the small 

 flowers from the same clusters, or from separate lateral buds. 



1. Mostly thorny under the fascicles, and sometimes scattered-prickly or 

 bristly along the branches : leaves plaited in the bud : calyx mostly recurved or 

 rejlexed at flowering-time. GOOSEBERRY. 



* Calyx-tube campanulate to cylindraceous : peduncle 1 to ^-flowered. 

 t- Flowers yellow or yellowish: leaves seldom \ inch in diameter : anthers oval- 

 oblong. 



1. R. leptanthum, Gray. Much branched and rigid, 1 to 4 feet high, with 

 comparatively large single or triple thorns : leaves roundish, 3 to 5-cleft, and 

 the lobes crenately-incised or toothed : peduncles very short, 1 to 2-flowered : 

 berry glabrous. PI. Fendl. 53. New Mexico, Colorado, and in the Sierras. 



-t- (- Flowers greenish, white, or dull purplish : leaves mostly an inch or two in 



diameter : anthers shorter, mostly didymous. 

 w- Ovary and berry unarmed and glabrous : berry pleasant. 



2. R. divaricatum, Dougl., var. irriguum, Gray. Nearly glabrous or 

 soft-pubescent : stems 5 to 12 feet high, with widely spreading branches ; the 

 thorns single or triple : leaves nervose-veiny at base, 3 to 5-lobed, the lobes in- 

 cisely toothed : the 2 to ^-flowered peduncle and pedicels slender, drooping : calyx 

 livid purplish or greenish white : petals fan-shaped, white : berry dark purple. 

 R. irriguum, Dougl. From Colorado and Idaho to Nevada and Oregon. 



3. R. OXyacanthoideS, L. Mostly glabrous, 2 to 4 feet high; thorns 

 single or triple, small : leaves usually deeply 5-lobed, the lobes incised and 

 coarsely toothed : the 2 to 3-flowered peduncles very short: calyx greenish-white 

 or flesh-colored : stamens and 2-cle/l style scarcely longer than the bell-shaped 

 calyx : berry small, purple. R. hirtellum, Michx. From Colorado north- 

 ward throughout British America; also in California and the N. Atlantic 

 States. 



4. R. rotundifolium, Michx. Leaves smooth or downy : peduncles slen- 

 der, 1 to ^-flowered: stamens and 2-parted style slender, longer than the narrow 

 cylindrical calyx : fruit smooth. The Upper Missouri, and extending east- 

 ward to the Atlantic States. 



M. -H. Berry armed with long prickles like a burr, or rarely smooth. 



5. R. Cynosbati, L. Spines small or obsolete : leaves pubescent : sta- 

 mens and undivided style not longer than the broad calyx : berry large. 

 Near the sources of the Platte, and thence through the N. Atlantic States to 

 Canada. 



