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42749 to 42758. 



From Nancy, France. Presented uy Prof. Edinond Gain, director, Botanic 

 Garden. Received April 17, 1916. 

 42749. Ribes lobbii A. Gray. Grossulariaceae. 



It should be particularly looked for in California, north of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, and along the coast to British Columbia. The species may be 

 distinguished by its dark purplish red calyx half an inch in length, not 

 counting the ovary, nearly white petals half the length of the stamens, 

 very glandular but unarmed ovary, and especially by the short, oval, and 

 very blunt anthers which are dotted by a few warty glands on the back. 

 These short and blunt anthers are shared with some species but not 

 with others. (Adapted from A. (Iran, American Naturalist, vol. 10, p. 

 27. > f .) 



42750 to 42757. Rubus spp. Rosacea?. Bramble. 



42750. Rubus discolor Weihe and Nees. 



A bramble from the western Himalayas at altitudes of 3,000 to 

 7,000 feet and westward through Afghanistan and Europe to the 

 Atlantic. Flowers pink, about three-fourths of an inch in diameter; 

 fruits small, globose, black. 



42751. Rubus fastigiatus Weihe and Nees. 



A robust, nearly erect plant with ternate leaves ami simple 

 panicles of large, white flowers. (For technical description, see 

 Oenevier, Monographie des Rubus du Bassin de la Loire, p. J t i, JSS1.) 



42752. Rubus godronii Lee. and Lam. 



Red flowering Rubus with leaves quite tonnMitose on the under 

 side. Closely allied to Rubus diversifolius and 7?. callianthus. 

 (For technical description, see Oenevier, Monographie des Rubus du 



Bassin de la Loire, p. !,t, J SSI.) 



42753. Rubus hirtus Waldst. and Kit. 



"A prostrate, sometimes climbing shrub, with the stems covered 

 with stalked glands and hairs, and furnished with straight, bristlelike 

 prickles. Leaflets usually three, occasionally live, on vigorous stems, 

 broadly oval, rounded at (lie base, shortly pointed, coarsely toothed, 

 dark green and bristly above, very hairy on the veins beneath. 

 Flowers while, produced in large panicles, the main stalk furnished 

 with violet-colored or purple gland-tipped hairs and bristles. Fruit 

 globular; the sepals erect. A common species in Great Britain, very 

 characteristic of the group with glandular hairs and bristles on the 

 inflorescence." ( W. ,/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Eardy in I he British 

 Isles, voL 2, p. ,'i52. ) 



42754. Rubus lejeunei Weihe and Nees. 



A bramble with procumbent stems and largo flowers with red 

 petals and stamens. In thickets at Malmedy. (Adapted from 

 Bluff ami Fingerhuth, flora Qermanica, vol. 1. />. 68S, t825.) 



42755. Rrrus nitidus Weihe and Nees. 



Suberect species with large rose-colored flowers, closely allied to 

 Rubus COTdifoliUS, but differing in the colored petals. | for technical 

 description, see Oenevier, Monographie des Rubus du Bassin de la 

 Loire, p. 3J t 2, 1881.) 



