NovemBer 23, 1908] Synopsis or RUBUS 447 
8. RK. rolfei. 
Berry yellow; a low rigid shrub; leaves 
coriaceous; flowers 2.5 cm. broad with calyx 
at most 15 mm. long. 
9. R. rugosus. 
Leaves trifoliate. 
Leaflets canescent beneath; twigs tomentose and densely 
beset with reddish bristles. 
10. R. ellipticus. 
Leaflets subglabrous beneath; twigs glabrous or puber- 
ulous, without the characteristic bristles. 
Exterior of calyx provided with gland-terminated 
hairs; stipules large, foliaceous. _ 
11. R. copelandi. 
Exterior of calyx tomentulose; stipules small, linear. 
12. R. clementis. 
Leaves pinnate. 
Twigs and under surface of leaves glaucous white. 
13. R. lasiocarpus. 
Twigs and lower leaf surface not glaucous white. 
Leaves coriaceous and glabrous, with rather numerous 
nerves which are very prominent beneath; a large 
numerously branched and spreading shrub, with large 
paniculate and subpendulous panicles. 
Twigs ‘glabrous and spiny. _ 
14. R. fraxinifolius. 
Twigs glandular and spiny. 
15. R. fraxinifolius haightii. 
Leaves membranous and usually pubescent, with fewer 
and less conspicuous neryes; low shrubs with ascend- 
ing few-flowered inflorescences. 
Dwarfed shrub up to 1 m. in height; leaflets 
-comparatively small, rounded; twigs, leaves, 
and inflorescence usually without glands. 
16. R. tagallus. — 
A suberect or reclining or even subscandent  — 
shrub, 1 to 2 m. high; leaflets larger, lanceolate - 
and acuminate;| twigs, leaves, and inflorescence — 
pa 
- 17. R. rosaefolius. 
