Family SAXIFRAGACEA 149 
4. SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
Saxifrage Family. 
Herbs; leaves all basal. 1. Heuchera. 
Shrubs; stems leafy, often thorny. 2. Ribes. 
1. Heuchera. 481. 
1. Heuchera hispida Pursh. Alum Root. 
Woods and on wooded bluffs; not common. Ashland; Belmont; Long 
Pine. 
2. Ribes. 486. 
Stems with spines at the base of the leaf stalks. Gooseberries. 
Stamens long exserted; berry brown to purple. 1. R. missouriensis. 
Stamens equaling the corolla, not exserted; berry red to black. 
2. R. setosum. 
Stems unarmed; leaves three to five-lobed. Currants. 
Lobes crenate or dentate; flowers white or greenish white. 
Racemes many-flowered; flowers pediceled; calyx tube bell- 
shaped; fruit black. 4. R. americanum. 
Racemes few-flowered; flowers sessile or short pediceled; calyx 
tube narrow; fruit brownish. 5. R. inebrians. 
Lobes few-toothed or entire; flowers bright yellow. 6. R. aureum. 
1. Ribes missouriensis Nutt. Wild Gooseberry. 
Common in valleys and along streams throughout the most of the 
state. Guide Rock; Lincoln; Long Pine; Wahoo. 
2. Ribes setosum Lindl. Western Wild Gooseberry. 
On gravelly hills in the northwestern part of the state. Crawford; 
Ft. Robinson. 
3. Ribes oxycanthoides L. 
Ribes valicola Greene. 
In the northwestern part of the state. Cherry county; Merriman; 
Newcastle; Sioux county. 
4, Ribes americanum Mill. Wild Black Currant. 
Ribes floridum L’Her. 
Along water courses throughout the state. Antelope county; Arapa- 
hoe; Aten; Bellevue; Burwell; Holdrege; Lincoln; Norway; Sioux 
county. 
5. Ribes inebrians Lindl. 
On dry hills in the northwestern part of the state. Banner county; 
Belmont; Harrison; Sioux county. 
6. Ribes aureum Pursh. 
Ribes aureum var. chrysococcum Rydb. 
Common on the hillsides in the western and northern parts of the 
state. Banner county; Belmont; Cherry county; Ft. Robinson; Lin- 
coln; Mullen; New Helena; Scotts Bluff county; Sioux county. 
5. PLATANACEZ. 
Plane-tree Family. 
1. Platanus. 490. 
1. Platanus occidentalis L. Button-ball, Plane-tree. 
In low woods in the southeastern part of the state, often planted 
for a shade tree. Brownville; Peru; Richardson county. 
