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mon than expected, having been confused with both R. adenotrichos 

 and R. polio phylliis. It is related to the former, but the glandular 

 hairs of the stem are much shorter, scarcely longer than the other 

 pubescence and the drupelets are slightly hairy at the apex. The 

 following specimens belong to it : 



Costa Rica: Mount Irazu, 1847, Oersted 169Q; Parrita Grande 

 du Copey, 1898, Tonduz 11726 in part; San Francisco de Guade- 

 loupe, February 1893, Tonduz 7304. 



Guatemala: Mizco, Dept. Guatemala, February, 1892, John 

 Donnell Smith 2534 (labeled Rubus adenotrichos var. florihus 

 roseis); Volcan de Fuego, Dept. Zacatepeques, March 1892, 

 ^335 (this was determined as R. poliophyllus) ; Antigua, February 

 1908, Kellerman 74S5; Volcan d'Agua, February 15, 1905, Keller- 

 man 4775; Ravanal, August 15, i860, Sutton Hayes. 



Rubus miser Liebm. seems not to have been collected since 

 Oersted's time in Costa Rica. The only specimen seen resembling 

 it comes from Guatemala and in this many of the leaves are five- 

 foliolate. The species differs from R. adenotrichos in the small 

 racemose inflorescence and the short glandular hairs. 



Costa Rica: Cartago, 1845-48, Oersted 1700. 



Guatemala: Sapote, Dept. Guatemala, March, 1890, John 

 Donnell Smith 1972. 



SCANDENTES 



Rubus scandens Liebm. This species is well described by 

 Liebmann, but for some reason it has seldom been correctly 

 identified, perhaps on account of the description of the fruit. 

 Liebmann describes this as being red, with few drupelets falling 

 off separately. In Liebmann's specimens, of which one is in 

 the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, the drupelets 

 are a dozen or less mostly fallen off. Dr. Focke describes the fruit 

 as being red or dark purple and composed of six to eight large 

 drupelets. In Nelson's specimens the drupelets are up to twenty, 

 but the plants are in other respects identical with Liebmann's 

 specimens. The following specimens have been seen : 



Vera Cruz: Mirador, March, 1841, Liebmann 1701; same 

 locality, February 1894, £. W. Nelson 194; Zacuapan, January 1905, 

 Purpus 2953; Canton de Huatusco, December, 1898, Conzatti. 



