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In wet open places, common. The fruit of this wild gooseberry is of ex- 

 cellent flavor. 



Ribes sanguineum Pursh. Red-flowering Currant. Shrub 2-3 m. high, 

 with a balsamic odor; branchlets glandular; leaves orbicular in outline, cor- 

 date, 3-5-lobed, doubly serrate, glabrous above, canescent beneath, 3-10 cm. 

 long, short-pctioled; racemes drooping, 3-10 cm. long; bracts erose, about as 

 long as the pedicels; calyx dark to light red, tubular-campanulate, the obovate 

 segments spreading; petals white to pink, erect, spatulate, nearly as long as 

 the calyx segments; berry black, densely glaucous and sparsely hirsute, sweet- 

 ish but insipid. 



Common in open dry woods, very showy when in bloom, the flowers spicy- 

 scented. 



Ribes cereum Dougl. About 1 m. high, with numerous short branches, 

 the young shoots commonly resinous-dotted and glutinous; shoots and under 

 sides of the leaves puberulent; leaves orbicular, somewhat 3-5-lobed, crenate- 

 dentate, rounded or subcordate at base, about 1 cm. long; petioles mostly 

 shorter than the leaves; pedicels very short; racemes short, dense, 3-5-flowered, 

 drooping; calyx white, cylindric, 6-8 mm. long, glandular, the short lobes 

 obtuse; petals orbicular; berry orange-red, insipid. 



Common east of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, but very rare on 

 the western slope; Mount Jefferson, Oregon. 



Ribes viscosissimum Pursh. Unarmed, about 1 m. high, pubescent 

 throughout and somewhat glandular; leaves cordate-orbicular, obtusely 

 5-lobed, somewhat doubly dentate, soft-pubescent, especially beneath, 2-5 

 cm. broad; petioles about as long as the blades, hirsute-glandular; racemes 

 ascending, shorter than the leaves; bracts oblong or obovate, obtuse, conspic- 

 uous; flowers whitish or purplish, about 10 mm. long, on short pedicels which 

 become slender and elongate in fruit; calyx-tube campanulate, becoming cy- 

 lindric, the erect lobes acute, shorter; petals small, white; berry black, rather 

 dry. 



Common in mountain woods on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains. 

 Reported on the west slope at the head of Skagit River, British Columbia, 

 Macoun. 



Ribes ciliosum Howell. Stems prostrate or decumbent, about 1 m. long; 

 leaves orbicular, cordate, 2-5 cm. broad, glabrous above, pubescent on the 

 veins beneath, 3-5-lobed, the lobes acute, serrate, ciliolate; racemes pendent; 

 bracts ovate, half as long as the pedicel; calyx reddish, saucer-shaped, its lobes 

 rounded; petals wedge-shaped, 1 mm. long; berries globose, bright red. 



In the Cascade Mountains, rare. The berries are very similar to those 

 of the cultivated red currant, to which our species is closely related. 



Ribes howellii Greene. Stems erect or ascending, 1-2 m. high; leaves 

 orbicular, cordate or truncate at base, 3-5-lobed, the rounded lobes doubly 

 serrate or incised, glabrous above, resinous-dotted beneath, 5-8 cm. broad; 

 petioles about as long as the blades; racemes pendent; bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 equalling the pedicels; calyx green, the tube saucer-shaped, the lobes broad 

 and obtuse; petals spatulate, dark purple; fruit black, glandular-bristly. 



Abundant at the limit of trees in the mountains. The berries are not edible. 



Ribes bracteosum Dougl. Stems 1-2 m. high; branchlets glabrous; leaves 

 large, 15-20 cm. broad, punctate beneath with resiniferous glands, orbicular 

 in outline, cordate, deeply 5-7-lobed, the lobes acuminate and coarsely doubly 

 serrate; petioles slender; racemes erect, 10-25 cm. long; flowers many, greenish; 

 bracts spatulate, about as long as the pedicels; calyx glabrous, saucer-shaped, 

 the lobes oblong; petals wedge-shaped, obtuse, about 2 mm. long; fruits black, 

 sprinkled with resin dots, unpleasantly flavored. 



