Re leucodermis Dougl. Blackcap. ~ An erect shrub Le 2 tal a Te 
branches drooping gracefully, very glaucous, amed with stout. | Sore 
atihed: et. 
prickles 2~4 om. long, which are patently expanded the base; -ne 
glaucous and thinly silky, soon glabrous similarly arme 3; leaves p 
(rarely 7) foliolate » the blades 6-12 om. long, broadly triangular in out 
the lateral leaflets btipitate, the stipes on vigorous shoots sometim 
long, obliquely ovate, the terminal broadly ovate, frequently 3-lobed ur 
all rounded or lightly cordate at the base, acuminate, doubly serrate;the w 
surface green, thinly Silky, becoming glabrate » the lower 5s 
tomentose; petioles 3-6 om. long, pubescent and armed. not glandular, the 
stipules filiform; dteemevander) ticorminalScorymbs, the Uracts subfoliar, much _ 
reduced, the peduncles armed, pubescent, 1=1.5 om. long; sepals ovate-lanceolate, ‘| 
6-7 mm. long, acuminate, both surfaces pubescent; petals white, elliptical 4 
shorter than the sepals; fruit a black raspberry 8=12 mn. in diameter, the 
carpels 2-225 mm. long, covered with a minute pubescence, adhere but«sep 
readily on masse, the receptacle bluntly conical, 3 mm. long, pubegcent, the 
stones 2-2.2 mm. long, shallowly alveolate. 
Throughout our region 2500-4500 feet, mostly in stream bottoms and 
moist but rather open woods. The fruit is of good flavor. 
