Re nutkana Presi. ————>A shrub commonly armed, about lme 
/ stems bearing Straight usually numerous prickles, the branches ur 
bearing one or two stout prickles at the base of each leaf, these sqneti 
recurved or straight on the same plant, the branchlets mostly glabrou 
joined for 1.5=2 om., 2-3 mm. wide, the free portion 34 mms long, the’ 
usually bearing stalked glands, 8-10 cm. long, the rachis thinly hirsute oj 
glabrous, usually bearing stalked glands, leaflets 5-7, mostly elliptioal ; F. 
acute at both ends frequently obovate » 27S CMe long, more often hirsute aldng 
the veins beneath and glandular, the margins toothed, the teeth agein usually .. 
minutely toothed; flowers 1<3 i corymbs terminating short lateral branches, : 
the bracts stipular, the peduncles 2=5 om. long, glabrous or bearing stalked . 
glands; calyx-lobes 1.5=4 om. long, triangular-lanceolate at the base, narrowed © 
at the middle and expanded again towards the tip, usually bearing stalk ed 
glands and glabrous or woolly, the calyx-tube commonly glabrous and glaucous, 
sometimes bearing stalked glands and spines; petals rose=-color, 2-3 om. long; 
fruit subglobose, 1.5=2.5 om. in diameter, green and often rosy on one face,  . 
then orange-red, the calyx=-lobes Spreading; achenes hirsute, about S$ mm. long, 
DumMe rouse . 
Throughout our range in the lower valleys, along streams in allyvial 
soil, along roadways, sometines in burns, rarely as high as 5000 ft., 
The above description includes the following forms which have been accorded q 
specific distinction; due to intergradation their recognition in the field is 
difficult: 
OCalyx-tubes and fruit bearing prickles 1-5 mm. long . R. MacDougali — 
O Calyx-tubes and fruit smooth 
& Prickles on stem distinctly recurved, the bases 
& prominent, 1-1.5 cm. long, oblanceolate - Re columbiana { 
@ Prickles on stem straight or somewhat curving, the 
6 bases 2-6 mm. long, elliptical 
4 Foliage Glandular, the serrations of the leaflets 
8 commonly double, tipped with glands Re mutkana 
4 Foliage glandular, the serrations usually simple Re Spaldingii 
