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E rarely prickly: leaflets te Riu pcd ovate, = em. long, rounded 
at the base, short-acuminate apex or less pubescent on both 
ee pa den rid ae ae ben ath, Aon ub s errate wit gland- 
tipped teeth: flowers 1—4 together: enia ‘glandular hispid, 1-2 em. lon 
sepals EE “eaudate-attenuate, 12-18 mm. long, glandular-hispid on the 
back, tomentose within, mo r less lobed: pe etals 10-15 mm. long, pi 
mature hypanthium aoa ellipsoid 15-20 mm. long, tapering at is h ends, 
glabrous.—Roadsides, banks, and open woods, various provinces, S. C. to Tex 
and Mass.; also Wash. and Ore. Nat. Eu. 
10. R. Pos anina L. Stems erect, 2-3 m. tall, upright, terete, the prickles ae 
form, stout, curved, flattened: leaf- Po often gla nel -hispid, otherwi 
SD ; leaflets 5- 7; blades oval o ate, 1—4 em. long, acute, glabrous 
both sides, shining above, n not at al T beneath exeept rarely so on 
mi i le : to 
lobes, in fruit reflexed and deciduous: petals about 2 em. long, pink: matu 
hypanthium ellipsoid, 16-20 m en, acute at both ends, glabrous, orange, 
red, or scarlet.— (Doa-ROSE Do -BRIER. BRAMBLE-ROSE.)— Waste places, hill- 
sides, and woods, various provinces, Tenn. to D. C. and Mass. Nat. of Eu. 
11. R. palustris Marsh. Stems erect, 0.3-2 m. tall, sometimes reddish, gla- 
brous, the priekles strong, but rather shor rt, ati, usuall y paired, flattened at 
the base: leaf-rachis pubescent, rarely prickly, not glandular or rarely slightly 
so: leaflets 7, rarely 9; blades lanceolate- “elliptic, or oblanceolate on vigorous 
shoots, sometimes elliptic, usually acute at both oe —6 em. long, finely and 
closely serrulate, with simple non-glandular teeth, dull, dark- -green, glabrous or 
finel 
nearly so above, paler and more or less finely appressed-puberulent beneath, at 
least on the veins, short-petioluled flowers usually eor ymbose, sometimes soli- 
tary: pedicels short, usu Sa glandular-hispid: ue rrowly oe 
eaudate-attenuate, 2— 2.5 e m. long, sometimes lien are tips, glandula 
hispid on the back, tomentose within and on the iad ree reflexed spre ading 
after anthesis, soon deciduous: petals pink, 1.5- 2c long: mature hypanthium 
subglobose or somew what a sed, o 12 m Ep] i usually 
due at the bas [R. Pa 1762. Not 1753. ap hears uum 
Swamps and low ums various Ee in Fla. to Miss. Minn., 
oridana Rydb. S l m. tall or less, with spreading branches, 
y vate, em. a nd, fine 
serrulate, with simple, pi neni teeth, dull a n dark- bii and glabrous 
above, somewhat paler and usually glabrous beneath: flowers usually o 
rarely in pairs: pedicels e glandular: ari linear- Duci c audate- 
attenuate, 2-2.5 cm. long, glandular- hispid on the back, tomen RN p the 
margins, reflexed after anthesis and soon deciduous: ner bo dis 1.5-2 
cm. long, pink: mature hil ge o se or somewhat depressed, glandular- 
hispid, 8-9 m thiek.—Open woods, low-ground, and river-banks, Coastal 
Plain, E Fla. to N. C. 
13. R. virginiana Mil. Stems 2 m. tall or less, glabrous or bristly on the 
shoots, the priekles stout and straight or slightly eurved but often somewhat 
reflexed, decidedly flattened: leaflets 7-9; blades lanceolate-elliptic, 2-6 cm 
ee Du 
T 
ongly ascending teeth: flowers corymbose, rarely solitary: hypanthium 
E hispid: sepals narrowly a. 2-9. 9 em. long, eaudate-attenuate, 
