450 ROSACEiE. Rubus. 



ones 5-lobed), the middle lobe prolonged, all acute or acuminate, mu- 

 cronately serrulate-toothed ; stipules nearly free, deciduous ; peduncles 

 many-flowered, compound ; flowers very large ; sepals appendiculatc with a 

 very long cusp, shorter than the obovate-orbicular (purplish rose-color) pe- 

 tals ; fruit very broad and flat. — Linn. ! spec. 1.^;. 494 ; Michx. ! Ji. 1. p. 

 297 ,• Bot. mao;. t. 150 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 570 ; Torr. ! ji. 1. p. 490 ; Seringe ! 

 in DC. prodr. 2. p. 566 ; Bart.Jl. N. Amcr. t. 42 ; Audvh. birds of Amer. 

 t. 133 ; Hook. ! Jl Bor.-Am. I. p. 183 ; Darlingt. jJ. Ccst. p. 309. 



Rocky places, Canada, as far north as the Saskatchawan ! and North- 

 ern States! to tlic mountains of Georgia! June— Aug. — Stem erect, 3—4 feet 

 high. Leaves pubescent beneath, cordate at the base. Peduncles and up- 

 per part of the stem &c. densely clothed with purplish very clammy 

 glandular hairs. Cusjis of the calyx as long as the segments, sometimes di- 

 lated. Fruit yellowish, or red when mature, well-flavored, but many of tlie 

 carpels usually abortive. — Rose-Jlowering Raspherry. 



2. R. NutJmnus (Mogino) : sliglitly hirsute with glandular hairs, naked be- 

 low ; stem shrubby, flexuous ; leaves 5-lobed ; the lobes nearly equal, broad, 

 unequally and coarsely toothed ; stipules somewhat adnate to the petiole and 

 united with each other ; peduncles rather few-flowered ; flowers very large ; 

 sepals glandular but not hispid, with very long cusps, scarcely tlie length of 

 the broadly oval (white) petals. — Mogino, pi. Nutk. ic. ; Seringe, in DC. 

 I. c. ; Lindl. ! hot. reg. t. 1368 ; Bongard ! veg. Sitcha, l. c. p. 131 ; 

 Hook. ! hot. mag. t. 3453, Sf jl. Bor.-Am. l. c. ; Don, in Brit. jl. gard. 

 {ser. 2) t. 83. 



0. Nuftallii : flowers mostly smaller ; petals longer than the calyx. — 

 R. parviflorus, Nutt. ! gen. 1. p. 309. 



North West Coast, from lat. 51°, Menzies .' Nootka, Moqino ! (ex icon.) 

 to Oregon, Douglas.' Dr. Scouler! Nut t all ! and California in lat. 43°, ex- 

 tending to mountain Avoods east of the Rocky Mountains, Drummond ! fi. 

 Island of Michilimackinack, Ntittall! Shore of Lake Superior, rather abun- 

 dant. Dr. Pitclier ! Dr. Houghton! June-July. — Resembles R. odoratus, 

 but readily distinguished by the characters pointed out : it is also more slen- 

 der, often 4 to 10 feet high on the coast, but in the Rocky Mountains it 

 dwindles to 12-18 inches, according to Douglas and Drummond. Fruit 

 red. Petals often crenulate or emarginate. — Specimens from the Rocky 

 Mountains wholly agree with Mr. Nuttall's R. parviflorus, of which fine 

 specimens, with very large flowers, have been sent us by Dr. Houghton. 



-'3. R. deliciosus (Torr.): stem shrubby, branched, erect; the branches, 

 young leaves, and calyx tomentose-pubescent, not glandular ; leaves reni- 

 form-orbicular, rugose, slightly 3-5-lobed, finely serrate-toothed ; stipules 

 persistent ; peduncle 1-7-flowered ; sepals oval-oblong, with a dilated acu- 

 mination, shorter than the (purple) oval petals. — Torr..' in ann. lye. New 

 York, 2. p. 196. 



Rocky Mountains, in about lat. 41°, Dr. Ja)nes ! — Leaves about 2 inches 

 in diameter. Flowers smaller than in R. odoratus. Fruit, according to Dr. 

 James, large and delicious. 



4. R. velutinus (Hook. & Arn.) : stem shrubby, unarmed, erect, flexuous, 

 pubescent, naked at the base ; leaves large, deeply cordate, acutely 5-lobed, 

 serrate, reticulated, densely tomentose-ptibescent, paler and velvety be- 

 neath ; stipules ovate, acuminate, silky ; corymbs few-flowered ; calyx vel- 

 vety; sepals obtuse, with a long cusp, shorter than the (white) corolla. 

 Hook. 6f Arn. ! bot. Beechey, p. 140. 



St. Francisco, CaUfomia! (v. sp. in herb. Hook.) 



5. R. vitifolius (Cham. & Schlecht.) : stem shrubby ; branches aculeate- 



