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of long-pedicelled flowers. It may be as closely allied to Capparis sepiaria 

 Linn, as to any other species, but it is entirely different from the numerous 

 forms of this Linnean species in its vegetative and inflorescence characters. 



ROSACEAE 



RUBUS Linnaeus 

 RUBUS EDANOII sp. nov. § Malnchobatus, Elongati. 



Frutex scandens, minute aculeatus, ramulis et inflorescentiis 

 pilosis; foliis simplicibus, coriaceis, ovatis ad oblongo-ovatis, 

 usque ad 12 cm longis, acute acuminatis, basi truncato-rotundatis 

 cordatisque, prominente 5- vel 7-nerviis, nervis lateralibus utrin- 

 que 5 ad 7, rectis, adscendentibus, in pagina superiore ad costa 

 nervisque pilosis, subtus pilosis et minute leviter aculeatis, 

 margine apiculato-dentatis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, elonga- 

 tis, circiter 20 cm longis, dense subadpresse pilosis; sepalis 

 oblongo-ovatis ad ovato-lanceolatis, circiter 6 mm longis, petalis 

 brevibus, caducis, oblongo-obovatis, circiter 4 mm longis, basi 

 angustatis, apice prominente dentatis. 



A scandent shrub, the branches terete, brown, more or less 

 pilose, and with small, reflexed, scattered aculei 1 mm long or 

 less. Leaves simple, thickly coriaceous, olivaceous, ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, 6 to 12 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide, shining, apex 

 sharply acuminate, base broadly truncate-rounded and distinctly 

 cordate, prominently 5- or 7-nerved, the nerves straight, the 

 primary ones all ascending, 5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, 

 the primary reticulations subparallel, prominent, the margins 

 acuminate-dentate, the upper surface glabrous or pilose on the 

 midrib and lateral nerves, the lower surface pilose on the midrib 

 and nerves and also with few scattered, minute aculei ; petioles 

 pilose, minutely aculeate, 1 to 1.5 cm long; stipules narrowly 

 oblong, free or nearly so, deciduous, about 4 mm long. Panicles 

 terminal, narrow, up to 20 cm long, pilose, the younger parts very 

 densely so, slightly aculeate, the lower branches 3 cm long or 

 less, spreading, widely scattered. Flowers about 1.8 cm in dia- 

 meter, their pedicels 10 mm long or less. Sepals oblong-ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, somewhat acuminate, externally densely 

 pilose with pale appressed hairs, internally densely cinereous- 

 puberulcnt. Petals thin, glabrous, caducous, narrowly oblong- 

 obovate, about 4 mm long, glabrous, base narrowed, apex 

 prominently toothed. Stamens indefinite. Carpels few, usually 

 6 or fewer, glabrous or with very few scattered hairs, including 

 the slender styles 2 to 2.5 mm long. 



