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 20. Rubus originalis Bailey (1945: 794) . Lectoype (selected by J. Reveal, designated here by A.Beek &Widrlechner):— USA . New Jersey : Cold Spring , Cape May Co. , 1 August 1934 , Bailey 239 ( BH000082031/2 ) Primocane ( Figs 19A–C ) up to 2 m high, arching, angular, furrowed, diam. 3–7 mm , slightly to rather densely appressed hairy, with (sub-)sessile glands; prickles 3–14 per 5 cm from 1–5 mm base declining, 4–8 mm long; stipules linear, 6– 10 mm long, with some hairs and subsessile glands. Leaves palmate 5-foliolate, adaxially (almost) glabrous, abaxially ( Fig. 19D ) green, with usually rather dense short hairs, sometimes only slightly hairy, not to clearly soft at touch; serrature sharp, coarse, double, with straight teeth; petiole 3–6 cm , appressed pilose, with 2–8 curved prickles; central leaflet 60–110 mm long, with rounded or attenuate base, narrow, elliptic or obovate, rather abruptly attenuate into moderate or long tip, width–length index 0.44–0.59, length of petiolule 16–32% of length of leaflet. Flowering branch angular, furrowed, with more or less appressed hairs and few (sub-)sessile glands; prickles 2–7 per 5 cm , declining or curved, slender, somewhat compressed, up to 3–5 mm long. Leaves acute, coarsely sharp serrate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially thinly hairy, not soft to touch. Inflorescence ( Figs 9E–F ) axillary, leafy, with 5–9 flowers on ascending pedicels, rarely compound and lax with long ascending pedicels; pedicels ( Fig. 19G ) ascendant, 5–45 mm long, green, with appressed hairs, 0–5 pricklets, and few (sub-)sessile glands. Flowers : sepals green, with white margin, patent, moderately or long pointed; petals ( Fig. 19H ) white, large, broad ovate or orbicular, 16–23 mm long, width–length index 0.57–1.00; stamens longer than styles; anthers glabrous; styles green; ovaries and receptacle hairy. Ecology: —Roadsides, hedges, ruderal terrains. Distribution in South Africa : —In the Western Cape only in Simondium; rather common in northern KwaZulu-Natal ; also at some localities in Limpopo and Mpumalanga . FIGURE 19. Rubus originalis . A. Primocane with leaves. B. Primocane. C. Primocane. D. Leaf abaxially. E. Floricane with inflorescences. F. I nflorescence. G. Pedicels. H. Flower. Photographs: A. van de Beek. Specimens:— SOUTH AFRICA : Limpopo : Letaba , 30 October 1959 , Scheepers 750 ( PRE ) . Mpumalanga : Lydenburg District , Kalmoesfontein plantation, 15 October 2020 , Burrows 11959 ( PRE ) . KwaZulu-Natal : R 600 to Sterkspruit Falls , just before Chateau Champagne , left side of the road, 16 February 2018 , Beek 2018.11 ( L ) ; From Midmar Dam to Lion’s River , just after Mandela capture site, right side of the road, 15 February 2019 , Beek 2019.29 ( L ) ; Mandela capture site, lawn of the restaurant and conference centre, 15 February 2019 , Beek 2019.30 ( L ) ; Pietermaritzburg , 1966, Garrett 66 ( PRE ) . Western Cape : Simondium , beginning of the road east of the R 45 at the south of the town, 8 October 2018 , Beek 2018.80 ( L ) ; Ibid. , 30 October 2018 , Beek 2018.83 ( L ) ; Ibid. , 16 January 2019 , Beek 2019.2 ( L ) .