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2. GROSSULARIA HESPERIA Seeger’, Coville & Britton, N. 
Am. Fl. 22: 215. 1908. 
Ribes hesperium McClatchie, ee 2: 79. 94. 
Ribes occidentale hesperium Jancz. Mem. Soc. Geneve 35: 68. 
Type locality: “(Common in shaded canyons of the San Gabriel 
Mountains.” 
Distribution: In the chaparral belt from the mountains of 
Ventura County southward to the San Gabriel Mountains. 
Specimens examined: Sulphur Mountains Spring, near Santa 
Paula, Abrams &% McGregor 8; Santa Monica Mountains, Brewer 
72; Sepulveda Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains, Abrams 250, 
319, 2562; Santa Monica Canyon, Abrams 1477; San Gabriel 
Mountains near Pasadena, McClatchie, Jan., 1894; Cahuenga 
Pass, Brewer 184; Eaton’s Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, 
Braunton 751; Santa Anita Canyon, Grinnell ror. 
3. Grossutaria Roezu Regel, Gartenflora 28: 226. 1879. 
Ribes amictum Greene, Pittonia 1: 69. 1887. 
Ribes aridum Greene, Pittonia 4: 35. 1889. 
Ribes Wilsonianum Greene, Erythea 3: 70. 1895. 
Type locality: Western North America. 
Distribution: Southern Sierra Nevada southward through the 
mountains of southern California. This species occurs most 
abundantly in the arid parts of the Transition Zone and in the 
higher altitudes of the Upper Sonoran in the interior foothills. 
Specimens examined: Water Canyon, Tehachapi Mountains, 
Abrams &F McGregor 481; Fort Tejon, Abrams &F McGregor 296; 
Mount Pinos, Elmer 3811; summit of Hines Peak, Topatopa Moun- 
tains, Abrams (9 McGregor 79; Mount Gleason, Elmer 4249; North 
Baldy, San Gabriel Mountains, Abrams t? McGregor 606; Mount 
San Antonio, Abrams 2713; Leiberg 3357; Mount Santiago, Santa 
Ana Mountains, Abrams 1833; Middle Peak, Cuiamaca Moun- 
tains, Abrams 3860; Palomar Mountain, Parish 4404. 
4. Grossutaria vELuTINA (Greene) Coville & Britton, N. Am. 
Fl. 22: 220. 1908. 
Ribes leptanthum brachyanthum A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 205.8176. 
Ribes velutinum Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 83. 188 
