ROCKY MOUNTAIN THIMBLEBERRY 



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segment, and sometimes dilated; petals broadly obovate, pur- 

 plish rose-color, longer than the sepals; fruit broad and flat, 

 red, well-flavored. (Fig. 49.) 



Original distribution. Nova Scotia to Florida and west to 

 Michigan. 



' A form with oblong -lanceolate leaf lobes, smaller and more 

 compact inflorescence, and smaller fruit of a "more decided 



Fig. 49. Rubus odoratus 



musky taste," was described from West Virginia by Millspaugh 

 as var. Columbianus, in 1892. (Bull. 24, W. Va. Exp. Sta.) 



For the position which this species holds in cultivation, see 

 Chapter VI. 



2. R. PARVIFLORUS, Nutt. Eocky Mountain Thimbleberry. JR. 

 Nutkanus, Mocino. R. Californicus, O. Kuntze. 



Stems erect or drooping, 3-8 feet (1-2.5 meters) high; bark 

 green and smooth, or more or less glandular pubescent, becom- 

 ing brown and shreddy^ leaves palmately 5-lobed, lower lobes- 

 smaller or equal, cordate at base, unequally serrate, 4-12 inches 



