Frequent throughout the Rockies on lake shores and in thickets at the lower altitudes; flowering in June. [Sidenote: =Ribes oxyacanthoides= L. _Northern Gooseberry._] Spines generally solitary, light-coloured, ¼—½ of an inch long; prickles commonly wanting. Leaves petioled, roundish, subcordate and 5-lobed, hairy or nearly smooth, the lobes deeply toothed or crenate. Flowers greenish-purple or white, little more than ¼ of an inch long; berry half an inch in diameter, smooth, reddish-purple and sweet when ripe. Throughout the Rockies at the lower elevations, in open ground and on stony hillsides; flowering in June; fruit ripening in July. [Sidenote: =Ribes Howellii= Greene. _Howell’s Currant._] Stems ascending, crowded, 2—5 feet high, without spines. Leaves triangular, 2—3 inches in diameter, cordate at the base, deeply 5-lobed, the acute lobes doubly serrate, smooth above, often resinous-dotted beneath, petiole as long as or longer than the blade. Flowers ⅓ of an inch broad in a loose raceme, bracts linear, about ¹/₁₆ of an inch long, much shorter than the slender, glandular pedicels; calyx rotate with broad spatulate lobes; petals red, narrowly spatulate, shorter than the calyx lobes; berries red. A rather showy plant with a pungent, skunk-like odour when bruised, growing on wet, shaded rocks and in springy places throughout the region, at the lower altitudes; flowering in June. ROSACEÆ _Rose Family._ Herbs, shrubs, or trees with alternate leaves and perfect flowers; calyx free or adnate to the ovary, 5—9-lobed; petals equal in number to the calyx lobes, distinct or none; stamens usually numerous and distinct; fruit mostly follicles or achenes.