98 BOTAET. 



ward in the Rocky Mountains ; California. In the East Humboldt Mountains, 

 Nevada, and in the Wahsatch ; 7,000 feet altitude ; June-September. (372.) 



RiBES lEEiauuM, Dougl, Branches naked or prickly; subaxillary 

 spines 3, or sometimes more, stout, rarely reflexed ; leaves roundish, 5-lobed, 

 cuneate, truncate or subcordate at base, crenately serrate, nearly glabrous, 

 somewhat hairy betvi^een the veins beneath and ciliate ; peduncles slender 

 and usually elongated, S-fiowered, glabrous, the bracts somewhat glandular- 

 ciliate ; calyx cylindrical and narrow (with the ovary often J' long,) glabrous, 

 the segments linear-oblong, exceeding the tube, sometimes reflexed; the 

 petals short, oblong-spatulate ; the stamens usually exceeding the calyx but 

 shorter than the deeply cleft style, filaments and style hairy ; fruit rather 

 large, smooth, deep-purple, edible. — Stems 6° high, branches red ; leaves 

 1-1 J' in diameter ; flowers purplish white. The above description is drawn 

 from a large number of specimens. From New Mexico (353 Fendler) and 

 Colorado (James) to Oregon (330 Greyer) and California (1756 Brewer ;) 

 also collected by Fremont on the Sweetwater and by Stretch in Washoe 

 Valley. Abundant on stream-banks in the West Humboldt Mountains, 

 Nevada; 5,000 feet altitude ; flowering in June, fruit ripe in September and 

 October. (373.) 



EiBES LEPTANTHUM, Gray. Plant. Fendl., p. 53. Without prickles ; 

 the subaxillary spines solitary, (rarely 2-3,) stout ; the dense minute pubes- 

 cence glandular and often mixed with resinous dots or the whole plant; glab- 

 rous ; leaves small, numerous, 5-cleft, lobes incised ; peduncles short, deflexed, 

 with 1-2 yellow flowers ; calyx tubular or somewhat campanulate, more or 

 less silky-pubescent, the lobes sub-spatulate, often reflexed, equaling the 

 tube and about twice longer than the stamens and petals; style glabrous, 

 undivided, stigmas two ; fruit unarmed, glabrous. — Low (2-3° high) and 

 diifusely branched ; leaves usually 4-6", sometimes 1' broad ; flowers 2-4" 

 long. Collected by James and also by Fremont (254, 1844, and 372, 1846) 

 and frequently since ; New Mexico, Colorado and California. Frequent on 

 the Washoe and Trinity Mountains, Nevada, and also found at Black Rock, 

 at the southern end of Salt Lake; 4,300-6,000 feet altitude; April, 

 May. (374.) 



RiBES LACUSTRE, Poir. Racemfis 6-7-flowered ; fruit nearly smooth ; 

 leaves 1|' in diameter. New England to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, north- 

 ward to the Arctic Circle and west to Washington Territory and Alaska ; 



