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North- Vvest coast of America, at the confluence of the Co- 

 lumbia with the ocean. Dr. Seoul er^ Douglas. This is a very 

 remarkable species, with leaves nearly as large as, and resemb- 

 ling those of Acer Pseudo-platanus; these as Vvell as the fructi- 

 fied racemes have a very strong resemblance to the R. 7nacro- 

 botrys of Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. t. 232, but the flowers are widely 

 different. 



In California this species occurs onh/ in the i^.orth coast region from Mendo- 

 cino county north. It is found as far north as Alaska. 



3. II^iI)es laxifloriim Pursli, Fl. Am. Sept. S: 732. 1814. 

 Ribes acej'ifoliuin Howell, E'rythea, 3: 34. 1895. 

 Ribes Howellii Greene, Erytliea, 4: 57. 1896. 



R. inerme; foliis cordatis 5-lobis inciso-dentatis glabris, 

 petiolis gracilibus, racemis laxis erectis longitudine foliorum, 

 bracteis subulatis, pedicellis elongatis, calycibus campanulato- 

 tubulatis, baccis globosis hispidis. 



On the north-west coast. Menzies. v. s. in Herb. Banks. 

 The fiowers appear to be yellow, about the size of R. fio7'iditm. 



Recorded from Humboldt Bay, California, collected by. Chandler. There 

 seems to be considerable confusion concerning this species, for Pursh character- 

 izes the calyx as campanulate-tubular, while Torrey and Gray in Fl. N. A. de- 

 scribe it as rotate, the petals broadly flabelliform. Howell, in his Flora of 

 Northwest America, also describes the calyx as rotate, but says the petals are 

 narrowly spatulate. The species as now known is perhaps an aggregate. 



4. Eibes cereiini Dougl. Bot. Register,//. 1263. 1829. 



Inerme, foliis subrotundis obtuse trilobis crenatis viscidis, 

 racerais 3-5 floris pendulis pubescentibus longitudine foliorum, 

 calycibus tubulatis laciniis ovatis reflexis: petala subreniformia 

 duplo excedentibus, bracteis cuneiformibus apice dentatis, bac- 

 cis rubris glabris. 



This bush is of more humble stature and slender habit than 

 the one \viscosissiraiim'\ last mientioned, growing erect, about 

 five or six feet high, with white sm.ooth bark on the old 

 branches. The young shoots which are curved and flexible, are 



