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Wild Gooseberries— Coutiuned. 



Eibes oxicanilioidcs, L. One and ouc-lialf to 3 feet: Colorado to Montana (and 

 north of the I'nitod States boundary; eastward tbronoli Northeni States 

 to the Atlantic) : lliovns single or in threes; llowers [^rcciiish : fruit pur- 

 X)lisli, small, smooth, pleasant; two to tliree berries on a stem. 



EiJ)es rot iin (I i folium, Miehx. Northeastern Roehy ]Monntain region (and east- 

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



Bihes CijnoshaU, L. Two to 3 feet : sources of the Platte River, Colorado, Wy- 

 oming (and eastward through the Northern States): spiny; fruit large, 

 hiwr-like, with ?o»/7 prickles: purple,' edible. 



Ribes lucusire, Voir. Rocky Mountain region (and westward to California; 

 eastward through Northern States to Labrador) : young stems dcnsehj 

 priclcly; fruit small, gla ndular-bristly, not pleasant. Yaiiety par nil tiin, 

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

 Swamps. 

 Wild Currants: 



Eibes 2}yo St raium, L'fler. Nearly recumbent : Colorado to Montana (and north- 

 ward; also in Atlantic region) : fruit Z(r/7(f-*ef?, glandular-hristly ; gives off 

 disagreeable odor when bruised, hence, "Fetid Currant." 



Eibes Riidsonianum, Richards. Wyoming, Montana (and northward to Hudson's 

 B:iy) : much like the preceding, but with white flowers and darTc-red smooth 

 fruit. 



Eibes cercum, Dougl. New Mexico to (Washington Territory) Montana (and 

 Dakota) : minutely hairy and often gluey ; flowers (calyx tube) ivaxij-icli ite ; 

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

 stems than the type : in Montana. 



Eibes viscosissimum, Pursh. Idaho, Montana (and California) : hairy, glandular, 

 and sticl'ij ; fruit smooth, black. 



Eibes 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." 



Eibes sanguineum, Pursh. Two to 12 feet (Colorado and California) : some- 

 times W'hite- woolly and glandular; flowers numerous, drooping, rose-red; 

 fruit dark, tough, dry. Variety variegatum, Watson, small; flower clus- 

 ters not drooping, ichite. 



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

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

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



CoRXACE.5: Dogwood Familij. 



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

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

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



Red-osier Dogwood. Coruus stoJonifra.lsiichji. Two to G feet : same distribution 

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

 white to lead-colored. 



Caprifoltace.e : HoneysucMe Family. 



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

 nent," in swamps: jj<//( of young shoots brown ; fruit red. 



Sambl'CUS melanocarra,* Gray. New Mexico to Montana (westward to Oregon 

 and California) : of shoots brown ; flowers white ; fruit black. 



*See arborescent species, No. 50, page 177. 

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