Ribes pringlei Rose

Ribes pringlei Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8 : 298. 1905
Ribes campanulatwm H. & B. ; R. & S. Syst. Veg. 5 : 500. 1819. Noti?. campanulatum Moench, 1794.
An unarmed shrub, with glabrous shining branches, the young twigs somewhat puberulent. Leaves about as broad as long, thin, cordate at the base, 8 cm. wide or less, 3-lobed or rarely 5-lobed, dark-green and with scattered stiff glandular hairs above, pale-green and with similar hairs on the veins beneath, the ovate acutish or obtuse lobes rather finely and sharply serrate, the petioles glandular-pubescent, mostly shorter than the blades ; racemes drooping, 8-12-flowered, longer than the leaves, sometimes 12 cm. long, glandular -pubescent ; pedicels 6-8 mm. long ; bracts obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, glandular-pubescent and ciliate, mostly longer than the pedicels, the lower sometimes 1.5 cm. long ; hypanthium tubular-campanulate, greenishpurple, sparingly glandular-pubescent, 6-8 mm. long, 3.54.5 mm. thick; sepals lanceolate, acute, 4-5 mm. long, sparingly glandularpubescent ;
petals about half as long as the sepals, about as broad as long ; ovary glandularpubescent.
Type locality ; Sierra de Ajusco, Federal District, Mexico. •
Distribution : Type locality and vicinity.