Rubus medius Kuntze

Oreobatus deliciosus (Torr.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey
Club 30: 275. 1903.
Rubus deliciosus Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 196. 1827.
Rubus Roezli Regel, Gartenflora 24: 227. 1875.— Acta Hort. Petrop. 3: 285. 1875.
Rubus medius Kuntze, Meth. Sp. 102. 1879.
Rubus odoratus deliciosus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 223. 1891.
Bossekia deliciosa A. Nelson; Coult. & Nelson, Man. 250. 1909.
Stems mostly decumbent or prostrate, or ascending, with branched flaky stems; young branches densely puberulent or pilose, almost velvety; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 5-8 mm. long; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long, puberulent; leaf-blades reniform in outline, more or less distinctly 3-7 -lobed, sparingly pilose above and on the veins beneath, soon glabrate, glandularpruinose beneath, 2-6 cm. broad; lobes very broad and rounded or on young shoots more acute, irregularly dentate with triangularmucronate teeth; flowers mostly solitary; sepals 10-15 mm. long, lance-ovate, acuminate or with more or less foliaceous tips, glandular without, somewhat tomentose within; petals oval, whit>e, 1.5-3 cm. long; fruit hemispheric, darkpurple, 10-15 mm. broad; drupelets large, few, distinct; receptacle dry, small.
Type locality: Rocky Mountains [Colorado]. Distribution: Mountains of Colorado.