624 ROSACEAE 
to conic, black. [R. canadensis (Chapm. Fl.) E. procumbens (Fl. SE. U. S.) E 
subunifforus Rydb. T s o ‘hillsides and old fields, various provinces, 
Ala. to Mo., Minn., and Me.; reported also from Fla. 
16. R. hispidus L. Stems prostrate and trailing, 2 m. long or less slender, 
gla abrous, re trorsely bristly: leaves of the turions 3 oh or rarely pedately 
5-foliolate, persistent; leaflet-blades broadly ovate to rhombic-obovate, thickish, 
inate, S een ini 
mostly ae or abrupt hort-acumi glabrous, dark- n g 
bove, coarsely doubly serrate with n eeth oral branches erect, 
their leaves 3-foliolate or individually 1-foliolate: leaflet-blades obovate, usu- 
ally rounded e apex: flowers few together at the e of the branches 
and 
lose-puberulent and bristly or unarmed : petals pud abou 
fruit globular or irregular, 1 E in diameter or less, ies ed Or vei the 
drupelets few.—(SWAMP- DEWBER cr —Low woods and meadows, often 
in aeid soil, various provinces, Ga. to Mich. and N. S. 
: ers few togeth d 
sometimes 1 or 2 in the upper leaf-axils: peduncles and dia ded bd 
long: 
E. lucidus Rydb. Stems trailing, 1-2 m. long, terete, rather slender, the 
mriekles recurved, flattened: leaves of the turions mostly 5- foliola te, persistent, 
somewhat leathery in age; leaflet-blades lanceolate, acute, g abrous on both 
ides, reg ini 
nehes 1-2 dm. : 
leaves 3-foliolate; leaflet-blades a flowers in term 2—6- foes 
corymbs: ns F 225 sparingly pubescent and decidedly doe 
petals obovate, 12-1 Ns fruit e rather dry. [R. per 
Rydb. ]—Open dern Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. and S 
18. R. trivialis Meses Stems prostrate and trailing, 5-20 dm. long, slender, 
terete, m or hispid and with small, slightly flattened prickles: leaves 
of the turions “5. 5 foliolate, persistent; leaflet-blades glabrous, subcoriaceous, 
x ve, an 
maller, more elliptic oval, rounded, obtuse, o oi aeu owers 
(ean 1, mostly PAM pe edun eles 2-5 e . long, Aus Or pe p Ne and 
prickly: aoe white, obovate, 10-15 mm. LU fruit usually ellipsoid, black, 
10-15 mm. long.—(SoUTHERN-DEWBERRY.)—Thickets, open woods, pus pus 
Coastal | Plain, Fla. to Tex., Okla., and Va.—An infusion made from t erb- 
age is used by the Seminoles in cases of stomach trouble.—4A segregate oe this 
species, E. mississippianus Bailey, from the coastal region of Mississippi, has 
narrower leaflets on i turions, the blades being mostly elliptic p elliptic- 
lanceolate and acumin 
19. R. continentalis (Focke) Bailey. Stems Hes or perennial, 2 m. long 
or less, procumbent or trailing, bristly and armed with small, flat, recurved 
pr riekles: leaves of the turions or trailing jm. 5-foliolate; blades thin, elliptie 
iube ba glabrous, doubly serrate with rather ere teeth, acute 
obtuse at both ends: leaves of the prickle-armed flowering branches 5- 
foliolate below, 3- foliola te Aa wars relatively broader rues those of the 
m-lea wers solitary at the ends of the branches: pedicels 
slightly prr dis and ar Bn: with weak, flat, recurved prickles: peta 
white, oval, about 1 cm. long: fruit ee somewhat elongate, 1-2 cm. long. 
[R. carpinifolius Rydb. not Weihe & Nees.]—River E bottom lands = 
rshes, Coastal Plain and foe D once » Okla. 
e shore O 
stalked on eane-like, foliose ee and leaves with very broad cordate or sub- 
ay post pe ally undivided d has Pus deseribed a n Kd A is 
nts differing from R. and R. 
T devoid ur s but with flat- based pret have ieu ded by 
