GROSSULARIACEAE 359 



Conn. Throughout most of the state but not common as a wild 

 plant. 



N. Y. Rare south of the moraine on L. I., increasing north of the 

 moraine and on S. I., thence becoming common northward. 



N. J. Mercer, Somerset and Hudson counties, increasing north- 

 ward. 



Pa. Pike, Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks and Chester counties. 

 Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, rare or wanting, perhaps in Bucks Co., 



Pa.: Older Formations, increasing northward. 138-220 days. Sea 



level-1,800 ft. 



R. odoratum Wendl., has been collected in many places in Conn, and New York. 

 It is an escape from gardens. 



2. Grossularia [Tourn.] Mill. 



Ovary bristly, the larger bristles not gland-tipped. I. G. Cynosbati. 



Ovary smooth or pubescent, not bristly. 



Ovary villous. 2. G. reclinata. 



Ovary glabrous. 



Sepals mostly greenish-purple, 1-2 times the length of the 



hypanthium. 3. G. hirtella. 



Sepals mostly purplish green, 2-4 times the length of the 



hypanthium. 4. G. rotundijolia. 



i. G. Cynosbati (L.) Mill. (Ribes Cynosbati L.) . In rocky woods: 

 N. B. to N. Car., Ala., Mo. and Man. 

 Conn. Hartford, Tolland, New Haven, Fairfield and Litchfield 



counties, increasing northwestward. 

 N.Y. North of the moraine on L. I.; on S. I., unknown in the 



Bronx, thence increasing and common northward. 

 N. J. Bergen and Hudson counties, increasing but not common 



northward. 

 Pa. Pike, Monroe, Luzerne and Lehigh counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing and not 

 uncommon northward. South of the moraine only in Pa. 117-169 

 days. Sea level-4,000 ft. 



2. G. reclinata (L.) Mill. (Ribes Uva-crispah.;R.Grosstdaria L.). 



Escaped from gardens: N. Y. and N. J. 

 A rather rare escape in our area, and probably not persisting. 



3. G. hirtella (Michx.) Spach. (Ribes huronense Rydb. R. 



oxyacanthoides of Gray's Manual, 7th edition, and of Britton's 

 Manual, in part. Not of L.). In wet woods and low grounds: 

 Newf. to N. J., Pa., W. Va., S. Dak. and Man. 



