42 SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 
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as Dr. Gray has observed in those of P. serpyllifolius.—W ebster Caiion, 
Redfield. 
RIBES HIRTELLUM, Mx.—Hall & Harbour, 187. Cation City, Brandegee. 
Clear Cation, Coulter. Ute Pa ass, Po ter 
Rr 1@uumM, Dougl. Stems 6° high, branches red, naked o 
alotiy saben spines 3 or sometimes more, stout, rare ‘ly retlexodl 
leaves roundish, 5-lobed, 1/-14’ in diameter, cuneate, brant or sub- a 
cor dato at base, crenately- -serrate, nearly glabrous, somewhat hairy be- 
tween the veins beneath and somewhat ciliate; peduncles nua and 
usually elongated, 3-flowered, glabrous or minutely glandular- pubescsea 
the bracts somewhat glandular: ete calyx cylindrical and n 
— te ovary often 4’ ong); & us, the segments linear cotlbiiph ont 
din e tube, sometimes oleate peta als short, oblong- spatulate, 
Sicoisk. white: the stamens usually exceeding the ‘calyx, but shorter - 
thau the deeply cleft style ; filaments and style hairy ; ; fruit rather large, 
smooth, deep-purple, = —Wilson’s Creek, Brandegee. Pipmy ¢ 
R EPTANTHUM, Gr. Pl. Fendl., p. 53. Shrub 2°-4° high, 
— ieyenrsians without prickles; subaxillary spines menage Stout, 
rarely two or three;-the dense, minute pubescence glandular often 
mixed w “ith ete sina dots, or the whole plant glabrous; natin poe 
4-6” broad, numerous, 5-cleft, lobes incised; peduncles short, deflexed; 
flowers 1-2, nearly sessile, yellow, 2/4” long bracts ro onnded, shorter 
than the ovary; calyx tubular or somewhat eaimpanlate, 1 
or 
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acre atic o 
t b 
glabrous, undivided; stigmas 2; fruit unarmed, Dc loeitnse Jaen Cit ity, 
Brandegee. Webster Cafiun, Redfield. sae 
RIBES LACUSTRE, Poir.— Hall & Harbour, 184. Weston’s Pass, Coulter. 
o RIBES PROSTRATUM, L’ Her.—Hall & —— 1 
¢ bdo pee vr ecoanage paere ay Diffusely branching shrub, 1° 6° high» 
narmed; leaves roundi: sh, ‘_1’ broad, meaty per 3-51 obed, incise” 
e crenate, vinci eae rulent or nearly glabrot wend resinous-dotted} 
racemes nodding on pe peduncles, crow ded, 3-5-flowered; bracts ovate f 
appressed to the early-sessile ovary; calyx fabian: 3/4” long: 
glandular, sentient ver y short, cert pinkish-white; petals minute, 
orbicular ; stamens included ; style undivided; stigmas 2; fruit glo 
glandular, light red.— Hall arbour, Gle n Eyrie, Porter. Canon 
City, Brandes Site Clear Peek Caiion, and common through the moun- 
tains, C 
Minad cpieiinae L’ Her.—On the Platte near Denver, Dr. Smith. 
IBES AUREUM, Pursh. Shrub, neither saa he gor Mh with long 
pet 
ie 2) 
young; petioles and peduncles minutely puberulent; raceme jnany- a 
flowered, with psec as bracts exceeding the et calyx tubular, —— 
very slender, segments spreading, shorter than the tube, twice the length —__ 
of the p etals, yellow ; ; Style undivided ; fruit yellowish or black, gla- — 
brous, edible.— Hall & Harbour, 188. Plains near Deny er, May, Coulter. 
Cultivated for the fragrance of its flowers, under the name of * Missouri — 
Currant.” 
CRASSULACE ®. 
, _ Supum Ruoprora, DC.—Hall & Harbour, 191; Dr: Smith; Porter> 
— Mount Lincoln at 13; 000 feet altitude, July, Coulter. Gray’s Peak, Red- 
field. 
