PACIFIC COAST BASPBEBRF 



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This pretty little plant was a favorite of Linn^us, who called 

 it a "beneficent plant," and said that he would indeed be "un- 

 grateful did he not give a full description of it, since the vinous 

 nectar of its berries frequently recruited his spirits when almost 

 prostrate with hunger and fatigue." 

 11. R. PEDATUS, Smith. 



Stems slender, pubescent, creeping or filiform; leaves smooth 

 or sparingly villous ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, not exceeding an 



Fig. 55. Bubus pedatus iX}4)- 



inch in length, incisely toothed, the lateral ones often parted to 

 the base; stipules ovate-oblong, scarious, persistent; peduncles 

 long and slender, bearing two bracts which are sometimes midway 

 between base and tip; mostly 1- flowered; flowers white %-% 

 inch (-12-20 mm.) broad: sepals ovate-lanceolate, entire or incised, 

 about as long as the petals, at length reflexed; petals sessile, nar- 

 rowly obovate ; fruit consisting of 3-6 large red, pulpy drupelets 

 (Fig. 55). 



Pacific coast from San Francisco to Alaska, and in the Rocky 

 Mountains between latitude 52° and 56°. 



The fruit of this plant lacks the protuberant receptacle com- 

 mon to other species of Rubus, thus approaching the genus Dali- 

 barda. 



