Grossulariaceae 149 



J of an inch long; berry half an inch in 

 diameter, smooth, reddish-purple and sweet 

 when ripe. 



Throughout the Rockies at the lower 

 elevations, in open ground and on stony 

 hillsides; flowering in June; fruit ripening 

 in July. 



Stems ascending, crowded, 2-5 



Howellii ^ eet m gh> without spines. 

 Greene. Leaves triangular, 2-3 inches in 



HowelVs diameter, cordate at the base, 

 deeply 5-lobed, the acute lobes 

 doubly serrate, smooth above, often resinous- 

 dotted beneath, petiole as long as or longer 

 than the blade. Flowers J of an inch broad 

 in a loose raceme, bracts linear, about -^ of 

 an inch long, much shorter than the slender, 

 glandular pedicels; calyx rotate with broad 

 spatulate lobes; petals red, narrowly spatu- 

 late, shorter than the calyx lobes ; berries red . 

 A rather showy plant with a pungent, 

 skunk-like odour when bruised, growing on 

 wet, shaded rocks and in springy places 



