Okd 34. GROSSULACEA 



1. RIBES, Idnn. 



1. Ribes Menziesii, PursJi. 



Hab. Around the Bay of San Francisco, California. — A very orna- 

 mental species, remarkable for its stout ternate spines, which are 

 united at the base, and for the Fuschia-like flowers. 



2. Ribes Californicum, Hook. & Arn. 



Ribes Californicum, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech, p. 346 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. p. 548 ; 



Gray, in Bot. Whippl. Rep. p. 88. 

 R. subvestitum, Hook. & Arn. I. c. ; Torr. & Gray, 1. c. p. 545. 

 R. occidental, Hook. & Arn. 1. c. ; Torr. & Gray, 1. c. p. 548. 



Hab. Port Discovery, Puget Sound; in woods; rather rare. — A 

 variable species, with handsome bright purple flowers and neat foliage. 

 It occurs as far southward as San Francisco. 



3. Ribes divaricatum, Dougl 



Ribes divaricatum, Dougl. in Lond. Hort. Trans. 7, p. 515 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 



1359 ; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 231 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 547. 

 R. villosum, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 



Hab. Port Discovery, Puget Sound, and eastward to the Colum- 

 bia. — This is, perhaps, the tallest North American species of Ribes. 

 It is sometimes 12 feet or more in height. The branches are without 

 bristles, and the spines (which are solitary) not remarkably stout. 



