Rubi Capenses: a further contribution to the knowledge of the genus Rubus (Rosaceae) in South Africa Author Beek, Abraham Van De text Phytotaxa 2021 2021-08-19 515 1 1 71 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.515.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.515.1.1 1179-3163 8061143 27. Rubus pascuus Bailey (1943: 440) ( Fig. 22A ). Type :—to be designated Note: —Some specimens from KwaZulu-Natal are stronger than R. probabilis . They correspond with the North American R. pascuus . Primocane angular, furrowed, diam. 4–5 mm , slightly hairy, with sessile glands; prickles 8–10 per 5 cm from 1–3 mm base abruptly attenuate, compressed, straight or slightly declining, ± 7 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, 15 mm long. Leaves ( Fig. 22B ) 3-foliolate or pedate 5-foliolate, adaxially rather densely hairy, abaxially greyish, tomentose and soft hairy; serrature with triangular straight short pointed teeth; petiole 5–7 cm , with long stellate hairs and 10–15 curved strong prickles; central leaflet 57–70 mm long, broad elliptic, with rounded or subcordate base, rather abruptly attenuate into short tip, sometimes lobate, width–length index 0.62–0.80, length of petiolule 27–43% of length of leaflet. Flowering branch ( Fig. 22C ) short hairy with slightly to strongly curved prickles. Inflorescence ( Fig. 22D ) axillary or subracemose, with 3–5 flowers on ascending peduncles; pedicels ascendant, 8–21 mm long, grey tomentose and hairy, with 2–5 pricklets, without stipitate glands. Flowers : sepals grey, reflexed, short pointed; petals white, obovate; stamens spreading, somewhat longer than styles; anthers glabrous; ovaries glabrous. FIGURE 22. Rubus pascuus . A. Herbarium specimen. B. Leaves. C. Flowering branch and pedicels. D. Inflorescences. Photographs: A. van de Beek. Ecology: —Grasslands Distribution in South Africa : —At some localities in southwestern KwaZulu-Natal . Specimens:— SOUTH AFRICA . KwaZulu-Natal : January 1939 , Leeman s.n . ( PRE ) ; Mooirivier, 14 miles on Giants Castle Road, 13 November 1969 , Wells 3983 ( PRE ) ; Pietermaritzburg, November 1950 , Beard 719 ( PRE ) ; Underberg, Rosetta, 8 October 1975 , Stirton 5175 ( PRE ) ; Kokstad, 40 km from Underberg to Swartberg, 9 November 1980 , Stirton 8157 ( PRE627503 ) .