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Wild Goosebekuies— Coutiuucd. 



Ilibcs oxicantholdm, L. One and oue-lialf to 3 feet : Colorado to Moiitaua (^aiid 

 uortli of the United States boundary ; eastward tbrongb Northern States 

 to tbe Athiutic) : thorns single or in threes; llowers greenisb ; fruit pur- 

 plish, small, smooth, pleasant ; two to three berries on a stem. 



Ribes rotimdifoUuni, Micbx. Northeastern Roeky Mountain region (and e.ist- 

 ward to tlic Atlantic): fruit smooth, 1 to 3 berries on a stem. 



liihes Cijnosbati, L. Two to 3 feet : sources of the Platte Kiver, Colorado, Wy. 

 omiug (and eastward throagb the Northern States): spiny; fruit large, 

 harr-like, with lomj prickles; purple, edible. 



lilbos luGuslre^ Vo'iw Uocky Mountain region (aud westward to California; 

 eastward through Northern States to Labrador) : young stems deiiacli) 

 prickly; fruit small, gla udular-bristly, not pleasant. Yariety parviiluiii, 

 Gray, is smaller, nearly smooth, and commoner westward than the type. 

 Sw^amps. 

 Wild CuiiKANTs: 



liibcs pro stratum, L'Her. Nearly recumbent : Colorado to Montana (and north- 

 ward; also in Atlantic region): fruit lUjht-red, glandular-bristly ; gives off 

 disagreeable odor wlien bruised, hence, '' Fetid Currant." 



lUbes Htidsonianum, Richards. Wyoming, Montana (and northward to Hudson's 

 Bay) : much like the preceding, but with white flowers und dark-red smooth 

 fruit. 



lilbes cereum, Dougl. New Mexico to (Washington Territory) Montana (and 

 Dakota): minutely liairy and often gluey ; llowers (calyx tube) ?t"ax//-H7<,<f6'; 

 fruit smooth, reddish, sweet. Variety pedicellare, Gray, has longer fruit- 

 stems tban tlie type : in Montana. 



Bibes viscosissimmn, Pursh. Idaho, Montana (and California) : hairy, glandular, 

 and sticky ; fruit smootb, black. 



liibes floridum, L. Two to 3 feet : southeastern Colorado (and in the Great Lake 

 and Atlantic regions): leaves with yellow resin-dots; fruit black, sweet- 

 ish. " Wild Black Currant." 



Bibes sanyaineum, Pursh. Two to 12 feet (Colorado aud California) : some- 

 times white- woolly and glandular; flowers numerous, drooping, rose-red ; 

 fruit dark, tough, dry. Variety varier/a/tMii, Watson, small; flower clus- 

 ters not drooping, white. 



Bibes aureum, Pursh. Five to 12 feet : Colorado and northward (westward to 

 the Paciflc coast; common in cultivation eastward): flowers yellow, fra- 

 grant ; fruit blackish. " Missouri Currant." " Buftalo Currant." 



CoRNACEiE Dogwood Familij. 



Dwarf Cornel. Cornus Canadensis, L. Colorado and northward (eastward through 

 northern United States) : steins about half a foot, from a creeping trunk; flow- 

 ers surrounded by four whitish leaves (involucre); fruit bright red. 



Red-osier Dogwood. Cornus stolonif era, Miclix. Two to 6 feet: same distribution 

 as preceding; young shoots bright red; white flowers in flat clusters; fruit 

 ivhite to lead-colored. 



Caprifoltacete : Honeysuckle Family. 



Red-Berried Elder. Sambucus racemosa, L. Three to 10 feet: "across the conti- 

 nent," in swamps: pilh of young sJioots brown; fruit red. 



Sambucus melanocarpa,* Gray. New Mexico to Montana (westward to Oregon 

 and California) : pUli of slioots broivn ; flowers white; fruit black. 



*See arborescent species, No. 56, page 177. 



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