208 RIBESACE^. eibes. 



lines long, abruptly inflated adove its union with the ovary, twice as long 

 as the oblong lobes : petals oblong, rounded at the summit, about half as 

 long as the lobes of the calyx; styles smooth, 2-cleft at the apex about 

 equalling the short included stamens : fruit ovoid, black, viscid-pubescent. 

 On mountains, Brit. Columbia to California and the Rocky Mountains. 



It. cereum Dougl. Hort. Traus. vii, 312. A low shrub 2-3 feet hi?h 

 with rather stiff branches and whitish bark : leaves roundish-cordate, usu- 

 ally broader than long, incisely 3-5-lobed and doubly crenate-toothed 6-9 

 lines in diameter, more or less viscid'pubescent and dotted with white 

 waxy glands on one or both sides : racemes nodding, 1-5-flowered; bracts 

 ovate to, lanceolate, often toothed, appressed to the ovary, 3-4 lines long, 

 longer than the very short pedicels ; calyx tubular, 6 lines long, viscid- 

 glandular, the ovate spreading lobes less than a line long; petals minute, 

 broadly cuneiform ; stamens inserted on the 'tube of thecalyx and included 

 in it ; style minutely pubescent above, 2-lobed : fruit bright red, minutely 

 glandular. On dry rocky" ridges, Brit. Columbia to California and the 

 Kocky Mountains. 



■*- +- Flowers bright red varying to white ; racemes drooping, many- 

 flowered. 



R. san^ninenm Pnrsh 1 c. 164. A stout shrub 3-12 feet high with 

 erect branches: young branches and petioles glandular-pubescent: leaves 

 cordate, 3-5 lobed, deeply serrate, glabrous above, canescent-pubesoent 

 beneath, 1-3 inches in diameter: racemes 1-t inches long, pubescent and 

 glandular, rather loosely many-flowered; bracts spatulate to obovate, en- 

 tire or erose dentate, 6 lines long, about equalling the slender pedicels; 

 calyx-tube cylindrical, 4 lines long, about equalled by the ample obovate or 

 broadly lanceolate red lobes; petals oblong, obtuse, narrowed below to a 

 broad claw, 2 lines long; style smooth, minutely 2-cleft: fruit subglobose, 

 sparingly glandular-hirsute, black with a dense white bloom. Very com- 

 mon in wooded districts, Brit. Columbia to California. 



* * Calyx with very short or no tube and rotate or saucer-shaped 

 limb. 



R. ciliosnm. Stems prostrate,2-4 feet long: leaves broadly cordate, 1-2 

 inches in diameter, acutely 3-5-lobed acutely serrate and ciliolate, 

 minutely pubescent on the veins beneath smooth above, on petioles about 

 as long as the blade with dilated ciliate base: racemes 6-10-flowered ; bracts 

 small, ovate, about half as -long as the smooth pedicels; calyx dark red, 

 saucer -shaped, with broad rounded lobes and very short tube ; petals 

 broadly obovate, J^ line long; anthers broader than long, sessile or nearly 

 so; style very short, entire: fruit red. about the size of the common red 

 currant and much like it in flavor. In marshy ground about the base 

 of Mount Hood on the south side. 



R. laxiflornm Pursh Fl. 731. R. acerifolium Howell: R. Howellii 

 Greene. Stems cespitose, erect to ascending, 3-9 feet long : leaves triangu- 

 lar, 2-3 inches in diameter, truncate or more or less cordate at base, deeply 

 5-lobed, the acute lobes laciniately doubly serrate, smooth above, often 

 resinous-dotted beneath ; petiole as long or longer than the blade, rather 

 abruptly dilated and ciliate at base : racemes finely pubescent, 5-12-flow- 

 ered; bracts usually linear-lanceolate, 1-2 lines long, about equalling the 

 slender pedicels; calyx rotate, with broad spatulate lobes; petals red, 

 narrowly spatulate, a line long; anthers broader than long, on flat pedi- 

 cels a line or more long; style deeply 2-lobed: fruit purple or black, with 

 a whitish bloom, 2-3 lines in diameter. About springs and wet places 

 along the coast and in the highest mountains, Alaska to Oregon. 



R. erythrocarpnm Covill & Leiherg Proc. Biol. Soc. of Wash, x, 132. 

 Stems trailing, rooting and giving rise to ascending branches 4-8 inches 

 high: leaves round-cordate, 6-18 lines in diameter deeply 3-loted, the 



