(3). Zeultranontans (Wats.) Hotter. >a orect, much branched shrub 1-2 
hate 
5.3 
me tall, the branches canmonly ascending, variably armed with light nearly : 
straight thorns 5-6 mm. long, often slightly deflexed but har curving, the 
base oval, 3 H mm. long, reddish and glaucous, the branchlets Glabrou & gx aS 
, leaves 6-12 cm. long, mostly ol : : 
pithaeda shear be the free tip 2-6 mm. long, mimbely w 
woolly and glandular, 
5-9 usually 7, variabl f 
mostly oval or elliptical sanewhat narrower towards the base, rounded at both | 
ends, glabrate on the upper surface the lower finely woolly, sometimes glend= | 
1-1.5 mm. tall; flowers often nunerqus, dima in corymbose clusters on vigorous; 
lateral branchlets, the bracts subfoliar, pedicels about 1 em. long, sepals 4 
6-15 mm. long, usually non=glandular, lanceolate-acuminate » sanetimes enlarged : 
towards the tip, thinly woolly, more or less erect in fruit; petals rose-color, 
125-2 cme long; fruit subglobose 1 em. lo 8-9 mm. wide, semetimes narrowed | 
toa short neck, bright orange color or orange-red, silky within, bearing abou c 
<0 narrowly ovate, silky=hirsute achenes 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide. - 
Throughout our range in stream bottoms and along roadways, mostly in the 
open, usually below 3000 ft., 
The above description includes the following forms which have been 
accorded specific distinction; due to intergradation, their recognition in 
the field is difficult. 
O Fruits distinctly pear-shaped, attenuate above to 
4 a distinct neck 
Re pyrifera 
O Fruits subglobose, the neck mostly wanting 
@ Stems nearly or quite unarmed Re salictorum 
2 Stems distinctly armed 
4 Prickles curved; fruits 8-10 mm. in diameter “Re puberulenta 
4 Prickles straight; fruits 64g mme in diameter Asal tremontiiak j 
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