488 ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. rubd^,- 



villosusy in having the pubescence simple, the flowers in leaff 

 racemes, 8cc. These characters, if constant, may be sufficient 

 to establish it as a distinct species. 



3. R. strigosus j\] i c h, : unarmed, strongly hispid ; leaf- 

 lets in threes, or pinnate in fives, oval, obtuse at the base, 

 marked with lines, and whitish-downy beneath; the terminal 

 one often subcordate ; peduncles and calyx hispid. Mi c 1u 

 FL I. p. 297. P ursk FL I. p.. 346. Big. Bost. p» 122o 

 ^. pennsyhanicus Lam. Enc, VI. p. 246. 



An upright shrub; stem thickly covered with stiff bristles instead 

 of prickles, of a reddish colour; younger branches somewhat 

 pubescent. Leaflels mostly in threes, smoothish above, un- 

 equally serrate ; the terminal one on a short petiole, rather 

 acute at the base. Racemes few-flowered, terminal ; pedun- 

 cles hispid. Segments of the cc/r/^c acuminate, hispid. Pttais 

 obovate, longer than the calyx. Fruit red, very agreeably- 

 tasted. 



Hab. On rocky hills; not uncommon. May. Red Rasfiberrij, 



4. R. cuneifolius Ph.: branches, petioles, and peduncles 

 pubescent; stem erect, slightly angular; leaflets ternate, 

 cuneate-obovate, entire at the base, subplicate, tomentose be- 

 neath ; racemes loose ; pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered. P iir s h 

 FL I. p. 347. Elliott Sk. 1. p. 568. Mutt. Gen. lo 

 p. 308. U. parv if alius Walt, Car. p. 149. 



A shrub about 2 feet high, branched, with numerous subulate 

 recurved prickles. Leaves mostly ternate ; leaflets about an 

 inch and a half long, entire, and somewhat revolute towards 

 the base, short-acuminate, whitish-tomentose beneath, un- 

 equally serrate, with the serratures mucronate ; petiole prickly. 

 Racemes simple, terminal ; the inferior pedicels elongated. 

 Segments of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate, very pubescent. 

 Petals oval, white, sometimes r.eddish, three times as long as 

 the calyx. Fruit black, small in quantity, ovate, juicy, weU 

 flavoured. 



Hab. In sandy pine woods and fields. Abundant in the pine 

 barrens of New-Jersey. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg, 

 June. 



5. R. canadensis L. : smoothish; leaves digitate, in fives 

 and threes ; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate, naked on both sides, 

 acutely serrate; stem unarmed, wilh lanceolate bracts ; pedi- 

 cels elongated, 1- — 3-flowered ; calyx i; — 7-cleft. Willd. 

 Spec. II. p. lOoo. L. Sp. pi. 707. Mill. icon, t: 223. 

 Purs h FL !. p. 347. Cvlactis monlana R af. in S i 1 1. 

 Tour. I, p. 377. 



iitejn woody,. sarmcntosc, procumbent or reclining, unarmed, 

 somewhat pubescent; shoots 6— 10. inches long. Lower 

 leaves often quinate ; upper ones ternate ; leaflets rhombio 



