THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 107 
color or brown. Second year's "Towth consistin,','- of sh')rt 
racemes at the top of the cane 'increasin,<,r in len.iTth down- 
ward and succeeded by short leaf branches increasinj^ in 
length downward also, one from each old leaf a'xil. 
Leaf branches resembling the new canes, stems angled on 
one side, slightly pubescent, glandless, prickles strong and 
straight, slanting slightlv backward. Leaves largely 5- 
foliate, some 3-foHate; in puboseenee, serration and shape 
tain, and <,:\ tlw mountain as well. Atierwanls I learned 
that Mr. C. H. IJissJl, the well-known local botanist 
tl)e sec^.ion named. In July, l9()-t. and again in June and 
.\ jgust, 19U5, I studied and collected it. 
It resembles R. nigrobaccus. Bailey, in size, color ot 
foliage, pubescence and in its leafv branches below and 
