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THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



reddish brown ; inflorescence racemose, the peduncles 

 scattered, all slender and drooping, either simple or 

 2- or 3 -flowered, not aggregated at the top, smooth 

 or bristly ; petals as long as the glandular sepals ; 

 fruit light red, soft. The racemose character of the 



Fig. 56. The Shaffer raspberry. Xubus neglectus. 



inflorescence of this species is well shown in the pic- 

 ture of Cuthbert, a variety which appears to closely 

 represent in all particulars the true Rubus strlgosus. 

 Hansell also appears to be E. strigosus. The wild 

 plant is densely clothed with weak bristles, but these 



