WESTERN GOOSEBERRIES 



449 



on the upper and under surface, very viscid and heavy scented ; 

 peduncles 1-3 flowered; calyx tube broadly companulate, lobes 

 purple-red, narrow, twice as long as the tube, reflexed in flower; 



Fig. 82. Ribes subvestitum (X%). 



petals white, waxy, truncate, entire ; strongly involute ; stamens 

 well exserted; anthers sagittate, minutely pubescent; berry large, 

 dark red, insipid, very densely covered with short grandular- 

 tipped prickles or hairs, which extend to the pedicels; gummy, 

 with a strong resinous odor. 



Common in the coast ranges of California. 



This is not B. subvestitum, Hook., as figured in Bot. Mag. t. 

 4931. The species has little interest from a horticultural stand- 

 point. 



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