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GROSSULARIACEAE. Gooseserry Famizy. 
Pedicels jointed ie the ovary; nodal spines none or when | hypan- 
thium not appar . Ribes. 
Pedicels not Hee aedal spines present; hypanthium evden. 
. Grossularia. 
1. RIBES. Currant. 
Stems armed with spines and bristles; hypanthium saucer-shaped. 
1. R. montigenum. 
Stems without spines or bristles 
Calyx smooth, yellow; eaves involute in bud. 2. R. gracillimum. 
Calyx pubescent, not yellow; leaves plicate in bud. 
Leaves evergreen; holly-like. 3. R. viburnifolium. 
Leaves deciduous, not holly-like. 
Bracts herbaceous, toothed; flowers greenish or pinkish white. 
4. R. cereum. 
Bracts scarious, entire or ciliate. 
Style glabrous; ovary with only gland-tipped hairs. 
. nevadense. 
Style villous below; ovary canescent. 
lowers pink or purple, 8-10 mm. long. 
. R. maloaceum. 
Flowers white or greenish-white, 5— : mm. lon 
7. R, indecorum, 
1. Ripes MonTIGENUM McClatchie, Erythea 5: 38. 1897. 
Ribes lacustre molle A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 206. 1876. 
Ribes nubigenum McClatchie, Erythea 2: 80. 1894. Not Phil- 
ippi, 1857. 
Ribes lacustre lentum M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5: 681. 
1895. 
Ribes molle Howell, Fl. NW. Am. 1: 209. 1898. Not Poepp. 
1858. 
Ribes lentum Coville & Rose, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 15: 28. 
1902. 
Type locality: “Summit of Mt. San Antonio, 10,000 ft. altitude, 
among dry exposed rocks.” 
Distribution: High mountains of the arid regions from eastern 
Washington and Montana southward to southern California and 
New Mexico. Canadian Zone. 
Specimens examined: Mount Pinos, Elmer goro; Mount San 
Antonio, MeClatchie, Aug. 16, 1893; Moant San Gorgonio, near 
the summit, Hea tf McGregor 746. 
