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are soon deciduous. Calyx rose-color, vdth. tube 5mm, long-, 

 divisions linear-oblong, 7mm. long. Petals white turning red- 

 dish, oblanceolate, cuneate, 4mm. long. Stamens a little shorter 

 than the petals; anthers globular. Ovary sparingly pubescent, 

 and with scattered, stipitate glands. 



This is nearest to Ribes sangui7ieum Pursh. It differs 

 especially in having the racemes erect in flower, also in the more, 

 slender flowers with narrower divisions. This species is the 

 most beautiful of all belonging to the group of which R. san- 

 guineu7n is the type. 



It was collected on Smith River, Del Norte County, Cali- 

 fornia, by Major J. R. Scupham, May, 1898. It is a pleasure to 

 name this plant in honor of one who has brought many inter- 

 esting plants to the herbarium of the California Academy of 

 Sciences from little explored parts of California. 



8. Ribes gliitinosiim Bentli. Trans. Hort. Soc. II. 1 : 476. 



1835- 

 Inerme, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis serratis venosis utrin- 



que gl abriusculis subviscosis, racemis 30-40 floris laxis pubes- 

 centibus folio duplo triplove longioribus, pedicellis flore longior- 

 ibus, calycibus tubuloso-campanulatis: laciniis oblongis obtusis 

 patentibus petala (rubra) integerrima superantibus, bracteis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, baccis turbinatis hirsutis. 



The few plants raised of this species have not yet flowered, 

 but from the dried specimens transmitted by Mr. Douglas, it 

 promises to exceed the R. sanguineum in beauty; in foliage it 

 only differs from that species by being destitute of down, and 

 slightly viscous; but the bunches of flowers are twice the length, 

 containing at least from thirty to forty flowers, which are borne 

 on long slender pedicels. The flowers are red, but the dried 

 state of the specimen does not admit of any opinion being 

 formed as to the intensity of the color. It is quite hardy, and 

 grows vigorously in common garden soil. 



Torrey and Gray describe the style as 2-cleft at the apex, and Greene adds 

 "berry blue with a dense bloom, and glandular-hispid." It is apparently re- 



