48 ROSACES. 



This Rubus is generally found at the altitudes of 3000-4000-ft., but does 

 not extends any higher than those of 4500 ft. 



Near Rubus fraxmifolius Pom., but separable from it by the smaller leaves 

 and nearly rounded pseudosyncarps. In R. fraxinifolius, the compound fruits 

 are usually cylindrically oblong. 



Rubus parviaraliifolius HAYATA sp. nov. Suffrutex ; rami leeves haud 

 rugosi fulvo-rubescentes tenuiter villoso-pubescentes remote aculeati, aculeis late 

 triangularibus plus minus deoimmi recurvis 3 mm. longis basi subito dilatatis 

 ad basin 3-4 mm. latis latere valde compressis apice acutis rubescentibus, 

 deorsum remote sursum dense glanduloso-pilosi, pilis rectangulariter patentibus 

 circ. 1 mm. longis apice globuligeris, globulis atro-rubescentibus. Folia a se 

 circ. 7 cm.-4 cm. remota pinnata 3-5-foliolata in ambitu oblonga petiolis ex- 

 ceptis 15 cm. longa 12 cm. lata, foliolis lateralibus oppositis petiolulatis cum 

 foliolo terminali simplicibus haud lobatis, foliolo terminali majore quarn foliolis 

 lateralibus rotundato-cordato 9-10 cm. longo 6-8 cm. lato apice acuminate vel 

 cuspidato-acuminato basi rotundato vel leviter cordato margine irregulariter 

 dentato-serrato, dentibus majoribus 2-3 mm. longis 4-5 mm. latis ascendentibus 

 apice aristato-mucronatis latere plus minus -formibus, membranaceo in ex- 

 siccato fulvo-viridescenti supra parcissime brevissimeque hirsuto subtus molle 

 villoso brevissimeque hirsuto, nervis venis venulisque supra haud elevatis plus 

 minus impressis subtus elevatis, subtrinervio vel pinninervio, venis lateralibus 

 primariis cum nervis lateralibus utroque latere 6-7, mediis a costa angulo 

 45 egressis subrectis ad apiceni dentium attingentibus, venulis inter venas 

 laterales transversis grosse reticulatis, venis lateralibus nervi lateralis vel venulis 

 lateralibus venas infimas extrorsum 3-5 subrectis vel subarcuatis angulo acuto 

 egressis ad apicem dentium attingentibus, costis venis venulisque flavo-stramineis 

 breve villosis ; foliolis lateralibus oppositis foliolo terminali minoribus confor- 

 mibus 2-4 ; petiolulo folioli terminalis (a basi folioli terminalis usque ad jugam 

 supremam) 2-3 cm. longo intus canaliculate cum costa folioli remote aculeato- 

 villoso, petiolulis foliolorum lateralium 4 mm. longis intus canaliculatis dense 

 villosis; jugis foliolorum lateralium superioribus et inferioribus in magnitidine 

 sequalibus conformibus 2^-4 cm. remotis; petiolis communibus (ab axilla usque 

 ad jugam infimam) 3-5 cm. longis intus subplanis vel subcanaliculatis extus 



