HosA. ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 48:, 



]. R. parvijlora E h r h. : fruit depressed-globose, and 

 with the peduncles hispid ; petioles pubescent, somewhat 

 prickly; stem smooth; stipular prickles stniij^ht ; leallets el- 

 jiptical-lanceolatc, simply serrate, smooth when matqre ; 

 ilowers generally by pairs. IV i II d. Spr.r. II, p. 1068. 

 ^Vi?-A. Beitr. IV. p. 21. P^irsh FL I. p. 344. El- 

 liott Sk. I. p. 5G3. R. Carolina Du Roi Harhk. II. p. 

 335, Vv. pennsylvanica Wang. Anur. p. 113. K. caro- 

 llmana M i c h. FL I. p. 295 ? 



A shrub about 3 feet his^h, with numerous greenish and punc- 

 tate branches. Prickles mostly by pairs, at the base of each 

 petiole, subulate. 'Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 3 — 4 pairs, with 

 an odd one, ovate or elliptical-lanceolate, slightly pubescent 

 beneath, acutely and almost equally serrate; common petiole 

 armed with small straiglit prickles. FLoioers mostly by pairs 

 at the extremity ot" the branches. Segments of the calyx lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, puljescent and somewhat glandular; tiie 

 3 exterior somewhat laciniate. Petals red, large, broadly obo- 

 vate, emarginate. Fruit about half an inch in diameter, nearly 

 smooth when ripe. 



Hab. In woods and copses ; common. June — July, 



1. [{.. nUidn IVilld.: fruit subglobose ; calyx, pcdun^ 

 cles, and branches hispid; petioles somewhat hairy, unarm- 

 ed ; leaflets (7) oblong-lanceolate, on both sides smooth and 

 fihining. W il I d. £?imw. p. 544. Pursh F/. 1. p. 344. 

 Hab. In Pennsylvania. Pursh. + 



3. R. lucida E hrh, : fruit depressed-globose, and, with 

 t-he peduncles, somewhat hispid ; petioles smooth, a little 

 prickly; stem smooth; stipular prickles straight; leaflets, 

 ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, coarsely serrate, smooth and 

 shining; flowers generally by pairs; segments of the calyx 

 lentirei Wiild. Spec, II. p. i068. Ekrh. BtitrAY.^. 

 11. P ursh Fl.l.y. MA. Elliott Sk.l. p. 563. 



A shrub about 3 feet high, much branched. Prickles small, 

 straight. Leaflets 2—3 pairs, with an odd one, ovate, simply 

 and coarsely toothed, paler beneath, shining above ; petiole 

 often with a few minute prickles. Flo'tvers by pairs, or rarely 

 solitary. Segments of the calux long, lanceolate, all of them 

 entire. Petals red, large, emarginate. Fruit nearly smootli 

 when ripe, half an inch m diameter. 



Hab. In mountain bogs. Fishkill M )untains, See. New-York. 

 Williamstown, Massachusetts. I\eivey, July. 



4. R. gemella Willd.: fruit deprejsod-globosc, and, 

 with the peduncles, jilabrous ; flowers mostly by pairs; leaf- 

 Jets oblong, acute, opakc ; petioles and under surf.ice of the, 

 veins pubescent ; stipqlar prickles uncinate, by pairs. IV 1 1 1 d. 



