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Collected in flov/er by Mr. R. A. Plaskett, at Gorda, Santa 

 lyucia Mountains, California, December, 1897. The fruiting 

 specimens were collected by the author at Pacific Valle}', in the 

 same vicinity, May, 1897, and June. 1893. 



22. Hibes Ciiliforiiicum H. & A. Bot. Beechy, 346. 1840. 

 Glabrum, ramis nudis, spinis stipularibus ternis, foliis cor- 



dato-reniformibus, 3-5-lobis, lobis subincisis, pedunculis 1-3-floris, 

 bracteis rotundato-ovatis, calycis tubo brevi, laciniis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis tubo 3-plo longioribus demum reflexis apice glabris, 

 staminibus petala triple superantibus styloque simplici glabris, 

 ovario glanduloso-piloso. 



This differs from R. niveum^ Lindl. (with which we are 

 only acquainted from the figure in the Bot. Register)^ besides 

 what is pointed out in the above diagnosis, by the erect, or 

 rather patulous, not connivent stamens. 



Strangely enough, this species is confused in the Botany of California with 

 R. Memiesii, from which it differs in several important particulars, as may be 

 seen by consulting the descriptions and key. The calyx is greenish-white, with 

 some trace of purple. Jepson seems to think it is too close to R. Victoris, but 

 we fail to see the reason, as nearly all the characters are dissimilar. I have 

 collected it on hills neat Santa Rosa, v/here it occurs as a rather compact shrub 

 three or four feet high, flowering about the middle of March. The berry is 

 globose, 5 or 6mm. in diameter. It is said to be common on the Berkeley hills, 

 and the type was probably collected there by Douglas, who obtained it "near 

 San Francisco or Monterey not far from the coast." I do not remember seeing 

 it about Monterey. 



23. Ki'bes occiclentale H. & A. Bot. Beechy, 346. 1840. 

 Glabrum, ramis nudis, spinis stipularibus solitariis foliis 



cordato-reniformibus 3-5-lobis, lobis incisis, pedunculis 1-3-fioris, 

 calycis laciniis oblongis tubo sublongioribus demum reflexis 

 apice pedicellatis staminibus petala triplo longioribus glabris, 

 stylo glabro ultra medium bifldo stamina superante, ovario echi- 

 nato. 



The stamens in this and the next species [^subvesiituin]^ as 

 well as in the last \^Californicum\ have their anthers ovate 



