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sepals, cuneate-oblong, 2- or 3-tootlied, slightly involute; fila- 

 ments about half longer than the petals; anthers ovate-oblong, 

 mucronate, greenish; ovary densely echinate, bristles greenish- 

 red, mature berry very prickly, y^-'^yi. in. in diameter. — Common 

 in shaded canons of San Gabriel Mountains, flowering in Janu- 

 an,- and February; fruit ripe in June and July. Collected at 

 various times during 1893 and v/inter of '94. Fruit edible and 

 of agreeable flavor. 



36. llibes amarum McClatchie, Eryrhea, 2: 79. 1894. 



Shrub 3-8 ft. high, rigid stems and branches beset with 

 3^ellowish-brown (commonly triple) spines, often setose-hispid; 

 leaves, inflorescence and young branches glandular^ pubescent 

 and bitterish fragrant; leaves thin, j^-i }4 in. broad, 3-5-lobed 

 and incised; peduncles i- or 2-flowered, 3-5 lines long; pedicels 

 each with a round-ovate 2-4- (usually 3-) lobed bract, about 3: 

 lines long; flowers %' in. long; calyx-tube oblong-campanulate, 

 3 lines long, segments purplish-red, reflexed, 4 lines long, tips 

 greenish, especially on back; petals pinkish-white, red-streaked 

 near base on inside, 2 lines long, strongly involute, suborbicular 

 when flattened out, rounded and erose-toothed at summit; pink- 

 ish filaments equalling or slightly exceeding the petals; anthers 

 sagittate, ovate-oblong, mucronate, purplish; ovary densely 

 glandular hairy; mature berry ^-%' in. in diameter, densely 

 covered with glandular bristles which produce a very bitter 

 secretion; pulp sweet. — Quite common in shaded canons of San 

 Gabriel Mountains. Collected at various dates during 1893 and 

 winter of '94; flowering in February and March; fruiting from 

 ]\iay to August. 



^^J. Kibes veluLtmum Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:83. 1885, 

 Without prickles, the stout, thorns solitary: glandless but 

 minutely soft-pubescent: leaves small, on petioles shorter than 

 the lamina, deeply 4-cleft; the lobes 3-cleft: peduncles short, 

 defiexed, having about 2 white or pinkish flowers: calyx cylin- 



