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note was taken of the exact locality, but it must have been some 



place on the trail from Sisson. 



No. 5889 of my collection of 1902, from Mt. Sanhedrin, Lake county, has 

 been referred to this species, although it is not quite typical. The range is thus 

 considerably extended, and it no doubt occurs on other high mountains of the 

 north Coast Range. 



17. Ribes vibnrnifolliim A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad/ 17: 



202. 1882. 

 Ribesia^ modo R. nigri resinoso-atomiferis; foliis ovato- 

 rotundis utrinque obtusissimis (nee cordatis nee plicati.s) inciso- 

 paucidentatis nunc obsolete trilobis glabris (petiolo excepto) de- 

 mum coriaceis (pollicem longis): racemo subsessili corymbiformi 

 plurifloro, pedicellis filiform ibus, bracteis scariosis caducis; caly- 

 cis tubo turbinato demum oblongo, limbo rotato 5-partito roseo, 

 lobis ovalibus; petalis minimis patentissimis viridulis filanientis- 

 que brevissimis margini disco lato piano insertis. — Northern 

 part of lower California, near All Saints Bay, Parry ^ Pringle^ 

 and Marxus Jones, April, 1882. A straggling bush, so peculiar 

 that the acute collectors did not recognize the genus. Yet the 

 flowers have all the characters of the Ribesia section, and the 

 coaspicuoos glands of the leaves, young shoots, pedicels, &c., are 

 just like those of R. nigrum. 



This species has been found on Santa Catalina, and probably occurs on 

 some of the other islands off the coast of California, but I believe has not been 

 reported from the mainland. 



18. Eibes lacostre (Pers.) Poir. in" Lam. Encycl. Supp. 3: 



856. 1811. 

 Ribes oxyacanthoides V2X. lacustre Pers. Syn. 1: 252. 1805. 



Specimens labeled with the name ot this species have been found in Mendo- 

 cino county, and there are others collected by Chandler on "ridges and mead- 

 ows near Marble Mountain, Sfskiyou county." It is hardly possible that our 

 plant is really R. lacustre, but if it is, it is the only far eastern species in this 

 genus which has reached the Pacific coast. ''''It is probably R. echinatum, de- 

 scribed as follows by Douglas in Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 517. 1830:)^ - - 



"Aculeis quinis axillaribus, ramis ominino reclinatis hispidulis, foliis 5 lobis 

 glabris, racemibus nutantibus multifloris folio longioribus, pedicellis germinibus- 



