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Rubus nobilis. Regel Gartenjiora 6: S6. 1S57. 



Stems tomentose. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong, grayish tomentose iinder- 

 neath. Inflorescence many flowered, subcorymbose; pedimcles pubescent and glandu- 

 liferous; flowers similar to those of R. odoratus, but smaller, petals of the same color. 



The plant is said to be sterile; it is rare in cultivation. It was raised 

 by C. de Vos at Hazerswoude near Boskoop in Holland about 1855. 



Rubus parviflorus. Nuttall Ce;;. 1:308. 1818; Card Bush-Fr. 305,65.50. 1898; 

 Gray New Man. 7th Ed. 487. 191 1; Bailey Stand. Cyc. Hort. 5:3024. 1916; Bailey 

 Gent. Herb. 1:146. 1923. 



R. niitkamts Moc. Seringe in D. C. Prodr. 2:566. 1825; Focke Spec. Rub. 2:124. 

 1911. 



Rubacer parviflormn. Rydberg 5zt/. TorreyBot. C"/m& 30:274. 1903; Rydberg N.Ani. 

 Fl. 22:426. 1913. 



Rocky Mountain Thimbleberry, Salmonbeny.— Erect shrub very similar to R. odoratus, 

 up to 8 feet high; young shoots downy and more or less glandular. Leaves similar to those 

 of R. odoratus, mostly 5-lobed, more reniform at the base, the lobes triangxilar, pointed, 

 the middle one somewhat longer, irregularly toothed, pubescent on both sides, especially 

 imdemeath. Flowers 3-7, large, showy, pure white; pedicel and calyx densely tomentose 

 and glandular; cah'^c-lobes ovate suddenly contracted into a long narrow point; petals 

 roundish oval, longer than the calj'x-lobes. Fruit large, 15-20 mm across, red. 



Cetitral and western North America; from Wisconsin to the West as 

 far as British Columbia in the North, and south to California, New Mexico, 

 and northern Mexico. 



The name parviflorus is very inappropriate for this species, as it has 

 large flowers, larger than those of R. odoratus, its next ally and geographical 

 sister species. Var. fraseriana, T. K. Henry Torreya 18:54, 1918, is a form 

 with laciniate and dentate basal part of the petals. Besides, there occur 

 forms with deeper cut or laciniate leaves. 



Var. velutinus H. & A. n. comb.-i?. velutinus H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 140. 1832; 

 not R. velutinus. Vest. 1823; Rubacer tomentosum, Rydberg Bui. Torrey Bot. Club 

 30:274. 1903; Rydberg A'^. Am. F/. 22:426. 1913. 



Leaves densely velvety pubescent at the back; calyx sometimes less or not glandular. 



Central California to British Columbia, along the coast. 



Rubus rohustus Hort. Petrob. is the name of a hybrid between R. odo- 

 ratus and R. parviflorus raised at Petersburg Botanical Garden and later by 

 Mr. Fraser in Ucluelet, British Coltambia; Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 73:51, 

 fig. 24. 1923. 



Rubus deliciosus. Torrey Amm. Lye. N. Y. 2:196. 1827; Card Bush-Fr. 307. 189S; 

 Focke Spec. Rub. 2:125. 191 1; Bailey Stand. Cyc. Hort. 5:3024. 1916; Bailey Gent. 

 Herb. 1:146. 1923. 



R. Roezli. Kegel Garten flora 24: 22y. 1875. 



