-,tj2 ROSACEA. Ruhus. 



brown and shreiUly : loaves palniulely ami iiwirly equally 5-lol)ed, cordate at base, 

 unequally serrate, 4 tt) 12 inches broad, the lobes acute or acuinniate, glabrous or 

 somewhat touientose, the veins beneath as well as the petioles and peduncles usually 

 more or less hispid with gland-tipped hairs ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate : llowers 

 rather few, whiti-, an im;h or two broad : calyx (h^isely tomentoso : carpels very 

 numerous, tomentose : iVuit nul, large, henusi)i>erical, sweet and pleasantly llavored. 

 Liudl. Bot. Keg. t. 1308 ; Hook. Hot. Mag. t. 3453. 



Var. velutinus, Ihcwer. Densely tomcnto.se, especially on the under side of 

 the leaves. — A', vdutliias. Hook. & Arn. liot. Beechey, 140. 



In shaded nlaces hoiii Monterey to Alaska, and eastward to New Mexico and Lake Superior. 

 The variety is contined chielly to California. Tlie species diflecs little from the R. oduratas of 

 the Atlantic States, which lias puri)Usli rose-coloied petals, more abundant glandular hans, the 

 lobes of the leaves usually more acuminate, and the fruit snialler. The flowers ni R. Nulkanus 

 are occasionally pale rose-color. 



* :i Leaves 'i-folioUde, sometimes simple on tlw floioeriny branches, rarely 5-foliolate : 

 stems soft-woody, more or less prickly. 



2. R. spectabilis, Tursh. Stems rather robust, 5 to 10 feet high, sparingly 

 armed wilii sLiaight stout prickles : leaves S-foliolabi, or occasionally some simple ; 

 leallets ovate, acute or aciundnate, doubly incised-serrate and often 2 - 3-lobed, acute 

 or acuminate, the veins beneath, as well as the petioles and i)eduncles, sparingly 

 villous-pubescent ; stipuhis linear: llowers mostly solitary, red, large and showy: 

 calyxdobes pubescent, broadly ovate, acuminate : fruit large, ovoid, red or yellow, 

 smooth : styles long, persistent. — Fl. i. 348, t. IG ; Lindl. Bot. Ileg. t. 1424. 



Var. Menziesii, Watson. More or less densely tomentose and silky. — R. Men- 

 zicsii, Hook. V\. i. 141. 



Shady woods, near streams, from Mendocino County (Bolandcr) to Alaska. The variety near 

 San Francisco and northwaid ; Punta de los Reyes (Bujcluw) ; Saucelito Hills (Kellogg k Harford) ; 

 Crater Pass, Oregon, Jndnms, &c. 



3. R. leucodermis, Dougl. Erect, 3 to 5 feet high, glaucous, armed witb 

 stout straight or recurved prickles : leaves o-foliolate, or sometimes pedately 5-folio- 

 late, never simple ; leallets ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, doubly serrate, wliite- 

 tomentose beneath, the veins, petioles, and peduncles prickly ; stipules setaceous : 

 flowers few, corymbose, white, half an inch broad : sepals lanceolate, long-acuminate, 

 exceeding the petals : ovaries tomentose : fruit yellowisb-red, rather large, with a 

 white bloom and agreeable flavor. — Torr. & (!ray, Fl. i. 454 ; Kegel, Gartenll. xix. 

 353, t. G70. R. (jlauclfolias, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 67. 



In the Redwoods between Santa Clara and Santa Cruz {Bolandcr); Upj.er Yosemite Valley 

 (Gray) ; more frciuent in Oregon and Washington Territory. Also ni N. Utah (Wahon), and 

 in the San Francisco Mountains. Arizona, Bi,j,low. Very near the Black Raspberry or 1 lunih e- 

 berry (A', occidental^, Linn.) of the Ka.stern States, from which it is haidly distuigui.shed by 

 rather more coarsely toothed leallets, stouter and more hooked i)rickles, and the color ol the fruit. 



* * * Stems herhaceoxis, trailing, unarmed: leaves 3-foliolate : the carpels few. 



4. R. pedatus, Smith. Stems slender, pubescent : leaves smooth or sparingly 

 villous ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, an inch long or less, incisely toothed, the lateral 

 ones often parted to the base ; stipules ovate-oblong : llowers often solitary, on long 

 slender peduncles, white, G to 1) lines broad : st^pals ovate-lanceolate, nearly glabrous, 

 entire or incised, exceeding the petals, at length reflexed : fruit of 3 to G large red 

 pidpy drupelets. — Icon. Tl. t. G3 ; liook. Fl. i. 181, t. 62. 



In woods, near the coast above San Francisco {Newbcrrij), and northward to Alaska. 



§ 2. Fruit persistent upon the someivhat juicy receptacle, black and shining : stems 

 prickly : Jfoivers white. — BLACKiiiauiY. 



5. R. ursinus, Cham, i^ Scblecbt. Stems becoming woody, weak or trailing, 5 

 to 20 feet long, sending out numerous lateral fruiting branches, armed with straight 



