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I have found, having many of the characteristics of a high black- 

 berry, yet a dwarf. I propose to name it 



, Rubus abbrevians, sp. nov. Plants with very broad leaflets, 

 large flowers, round stems, numerous weak prickles and moder- 

 ately glandular-hairy. 



Nnu canes. — Stems erect, i to 2 feet high, stout, red, event- 

 ually terete but somewhat angled at first, without pubescence 

 but with many red-glanded hairs. Prickles numerous, 25 to the 

 inch of stem, slender with weak points, set at random with a 

 slight backward slant, unequal in size, shading to glanded hairs. 

 Leaves about 6 inches long by 5 inches wide, 5-foliolate, dark- 

 green above with a few hairs and slightly lighter and quite pubes- 

 cent or even velvety below, or on some plants not typical, nearly 

 glabrous. Leaflets very broad, greatly overlapping each other, 

 short-pointed, rather coarsely and sharply serrate-dentate, outline 

 otherwise entire; the middle leaflet nearly orbicular, sometimes 

 slightly cordate, the side ones two-thirds as wide as long, and 

 the basal slightly narrower in proportion. Petiole and petiolules 

 grooved above, without pubescence, the prickles weak, numerous 

 and recurved, glanded hairs stout and abundant ; the petiolule of 

 the middle leaflet 0.5 inch long, those of the side ones very 

 short, the basal leaflets sessile. 



Old canes. — Erect; prickles and glandular hairs considerably 

 impaired ; appearance pyramidal. Growth of second year 

 entirely of leafy branches, one from the axil of each old leaf; 

 these increasing in length from the top downward, 6 to 1 2 inches 

 long, the lowest often without inflorescence, the others tipped 

 with a short raceme ; the axis of each branch zigzag, terete, 

 sparingly glandular and villose, with weak prickles. Leaves 

 resembling those on new canes, similar in color, texture 

 and pubescence, more coarsely serrate-dentate, 3-foliolate ap- 

 proaching 5-foliolate, some 5-foliolate. Leaflets short-pointed, 

 the middle one three-fourths as wide as long, the side ones 

 tending to separate into two leaflets, more or less divided, some- 

 times parted. Petiole and petiolules grooved above, pubescence 

 coarse, glanded hairs numerous and unequal, prickles weak ; the 

 middle leaflet short-stalked, the others sessile. Large, broad 

 unifoliolate leaves at the base of the inflorescence, often tending 

 to be trifoliolate. Inflorescence a short raceme 2 inches long, 

 pubescent and glandular, with 8 to 12 rather short and slender 

 pedicels set at a moderate angle to the axis, subtended by rather 

 large, often leaf-like bracts. Flowers showy with broad petals 

 two-thirds as wide as long; spread of flower 1.25 inches. Fruit 



