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42. Ilibes qiiercetoruiii Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1: 83. 



1885. 



Prickles none; thorns stont, solitary: glabrous or very mi- 

 nutely puberulent, glandless: leaves small, numerous, 5-cleft, 

 the lobes narrow, cuneiform, 3-cleft or -toothed, a half inch long 

 on petioles of an inch or less: peduncles slender, deflexed, with 

 two or more small, bright yellow fiowers: calyx tubular, mi- 

 nutely puberulent, the lobes linear-oblong, lightly ciliate, a lit- 

 tle longer than the petals, reflexed: stamens shorter than the 

 petals; anthers short-oblong: style glabrous, undivided; stigmas 

 two; ovary glabrous: berry small, smooth. 



Bushes 3 or 4 feet high, in dense, well rounded clumps, 

 growing in oak groves at the base of the mountains in Monterey 

 and San Luis Obispo counties; especially abundant at El Paso 

 de Robles, where it was collected by the writer in March, 1884. 

 The species is near R. leptanthum; the very small yellow flow- 

 ers are very fragrant. Ripe fruit has not been seen. 



43. Kibes speciosiim Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 731. 1814. 

 Ribes staminewn Smith, Rees Cycl. 30: 1819. 



Ribes fuchsioides Berl. Mem. Soc. Genev. 3: Part 2. pi. 3. 

 1828. 



Robsonia speciosa Spach. Phaner. 6: 181. 1838. 



R. sub gemnis 3-plicato-aculeatum: foliis cuneato-subrotun- 

 dis inciso-crenatis glabris nervosis subtus pallidioribus, petiolis 

 brevibus, pedunculis sub-3-floris foliis longioribus, pedicellis 

 germinibusque glanduloso-pilosis, calycibus tubulatis pedicellis 

 longioribus, staminibus longissime exertis. 



On the north-west coast. Menzies. v. s. in Herb. Banks. 



The younger branches are hispid; the fiowers large, purple. 



The leaves are small, and have some resemblance to those of 



Thalictrum. 



There is considerable reason for separating this species as a distinct genus, 

 possessing as it does a 4-merous flower, erect calyx lobes and evergreen leaves, 

 characters all at variance with our other gooseberries. Pursh's habitat of "on 



