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white, rounded, short; style deeply bifid. — Possibly a distinct 

 species, but probably only an extreme form of R. sanguineum 

 in those respects in which that species is most variable — pubes- 

 cence, form of the calyx, and denseress of inflorescence. None 

 of the specimens are yet in full flower. A branching shrub, 2-3 

 feet high; Washoe Mountains, near Carson City, on stream 

 banks; 5,000 feet altitude; April. Collected also by Dr. Ander- 

 son. (381.) 



This plant I do not definitely know , but it is said to occur in tiie northern 

 Sierras, which is to be expected. The plant of the Rocky mountains, which 

 Professor Nelson no doubt had in mind when publishing this combination, is 

 probably R Wolfd, a distinct species, long relegated to synonymy. 



14. Kibes ascendens Eastw. Proc. Cal. Acad. III. Bot. 2: 

 2^^. pL 2j.f. ^a. ^b. 1902. 

 Erect shrub unarmed, with gray-brown bark on older stems, 

 younger stems paler and shreddy. Leaves three- to five-lobed, 

 orbicular, reniform, 3-6cra. wide, 2-5cm. long, crenate-dentate, 

 almost glabrous on the upper surface, the lower clothed with 

 line, spreading pubescence; petioles equalling or shorter than 

 the blades, glandular; stipular dilation narrow, fringed with 

 ^o^-o) gland-tipped hairs. Peduncles generally surpassing the 

 leaves, at first erect, later nodding, glandular-pubescent; flowers 

 crowded at the summit of the peduncle, which is naked for m.ore 

 than half its length; bracts oblanceolate, rounded at apex, 7min- 

 long, 2mm. wide, with gland-tipped hairs on the surface and 

 margin; pedicels half as long as the bracts, lengthening with 

 age, and recurving upwards, so that the berries are erect. Flow- 

 ers subtended by two membranous bracteoles v^^hich are soon 

 deciduous. Calyx open-campanulate, rose-color, the tube about 

 half as long as the divisions; these ovate, obtuse, 3.5mm. lorig> 

 2.5mm. wide, slightly pubescent. Petals white, orbicular, nar- 

 rowed to a short, broad claw, 2mm. wide. Stamens not equal- 

 ling the petals, filaments linear, anthers oblong. Ovary clotlied 

 with gland-tipped hairs. Berr>^ veiny, sparingly glandular, be- 

 coming 7mm. or more in diameter. 



