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kilJKS DiVAKiCATUM Dougl, Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 515. 1830. 



No. 8042, collected June 15, in wet ground at the foot of 

 the first ridge west of Sisson, Siskiyou county, with the fruit 

 well formed but still green. It is rather common about Sisson 

 in moist places. 



RiBES WII^SONIANUM Greene, Erythea, 3: 70. 1895. 



No. 7707, collected April 18, nearGirard station in the Te- 

 hachapi mountains, Kern county. With the exception that the 

 ovary is decidedly villous instead of "scarcely villous," the speci- 

 mens agree very well with the description of this species. The 

 berries are probably red when ripe, about i cm. long and nearly 

 as broad, but the numerous red bristles 5 mm. long, with which 

 they are armed, give them a larger appearance. These bristles 

 have a pustulate base with short spreading hairs. The body of 

 the berry appears glabrous to the naked eye, but is somewhat 

 pubescent. "Mountains of Kern Co.," is the only record for it, 

 but Professor Greene informs me that it was probably obtained 

 somewhere between Caliente and Tehachapi. It was not seen 

 at any point below Girard, elevation 3300 feet, but was noticed 

 between there and Tehachapi, so these specimens are probably 

 from near type locality. 



RiBES OUERCETORUM Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1 : 83. 188^. 



No. 7708, collected April 18, on hills at Girard station in 

 the Tehachapi mountains, Kern county. Here the bushes grew 

 as described, "in dense, well rounded clumps," the ends of the 

 branches gracefully curved out and down. The berries, well 

 grown and beginning to color, were about 5 mm. in diameter. 

 It was noticed both above and below Girard, occurring as low- 

 as Keene station. 



No. 7792a, collected April 28, on the high ridge west of 

 McKittrick, Kern county. It grew on the steep slope well up 

 toward the crest in dense thickets of considerable extent, the 

 branches merely spreading, with little or no tendency to curve. 

 The type came from Paso Robles, vSan T.uis Obispo conntv. 



