??8 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



GROSSULARIACE^. Gooseberry Family. 



KIBES L. 



R Cynosbati L. Wild Gooseberry. Spiny Gooseberry. 



The common wild form of our area, found in most parts of 

 the State growing in woods or along the banks of streams usually 

 in coarse, rocky soils. 



Flowers from early April through June. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Jefferson 

 (Barnes); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); 

 Jay, Delaware, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Franklin (Meyncke); Noble (Van Gorder); Decatur 

 and Shelby (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben 

 (Bradner). 



R. graoile Michx. Missouri Gooseberry. 



Found in several counties of the State, usually growing in 

 shaded locations in dry, coarse soils. It is without doubt much 

 more widely distributed than the citations indicate, having been 

 referred in many cases to R. rotundifolium. 



Flowers in May. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Vigo 

 (Blatchley). 



R. oxyacanthoide8 L. Northern Gooseberry. 



Not abundant but found in a few counties in wet soil, either in 

 light, open woods or in bottom land thickets. 



Flowering season, May and June. 



Noble (Van Gorder); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Clark (Baird 

 and Taylor); Vigo (Blatchley); Steuben (Bradner). 



R. ROTUNDIFOLIUM Michx. 



All of the specimens labelled R. rotundifolium that have come 

 to my notice are to be referred to R. gracile. In the hill regions 

 of the counties fronting the Ohio River, however, the species is 

 found upon the authority of Dr. J. M. Coulter. 



Flowering in May and June. 



Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter). 



R. floridum L'Her. Wild Black Currant. 



Throughout the State in sparing numbers, growing in damp 

 woods. 



Flowers in April and May. 



