306 PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 



Leaves an inch or an inch and a half in diameter, 3-5-lobed ; the 

 lobes laciniately and rather acutely toothed, nearly smooth above, 

 somewhat pubescent underneath. Peduncles short, 2-3-flowered; 

 bracts oblong. Calyx tubular-campanulate, the lobes longer than the 

 tube, oblong. Petals scarcely half the length of the calyx, rhombic- 

 spatulate. Stamens rather shorter than the calyx. Style deeply 

 2- cleft, hairy below. Ovary smooth. Berry yellow. 



8. Kibes bracteosum, Dougl. 



Hab. Banks of rills in woods, Puget Sound, and eastward to the 

 Cascade Mountains. — Leaves 3 to 7 inches in diameter, thin. Racemes 

 loose, 6 to 10 inches long, bearing 30 to 40 small greenish flowers. 

 Calyx-segments roundish-ovate, more than twice the length of the 

 broadly rhomboidal petals. Style smooth. 



9. RlBES SANGUINEUM, Pursll. 



Hab. Shores of Puget Sound ; also about Vancouver, and on the 

 Kooskooskee. — This is one of the most abundant and ornamental of 

 the Wild Currants of Northwest America. It occurs nearly to the 

 southern borders of California. 



10. RlBES MALVACEUM, Smith. 



Hab. On the Upper Columbia, Washington Territory, and south- 

 ward to San Francisco. It is a common species in California. 



11. Ribes aureum, Parsh. 



Hab. Interior of Oregon and Washington Territory. — The well- 

 known Buffalo Currant. 



