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RUBUS parvifolius. 
Crimson-flowered Chinese Bramble. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosackm. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. IV. Germina plura in- 
definita verè supera, receptaculo communi imposita, singula monostyla. Se- 
mina totidem nuda aut rariùs baccata. Herbe aut rarius frutices. POTEN- 
TILLE. 
RUBUS. Suprà fol. A61. 
Div. Frutescentes. . 
R. parvifolius, foliis ternatis (quinatisque) subtüs tomentosis, caule (pedun- 
culis petiolisque aculeis recurvis. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 707; (excl. syn. 
umph. 
Rubus Phrvifolius. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1083. Smith in Reess eyclop. in loc. n. 
p (non tamen quoad plantam Nepalensem D. Buchanani ibi pro eádem 
bitam ). a. , 
Rubus triphyllus. Thunb. jap. 215. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1082. Smith in Reea's 
eyclop. in loc. n. 13. . . . . . 
Suter humilis ramosissimus; rami aculeati erecti Jlexuosi teretes vil- 
loso-canescentes, aculeis rubidis recurvis sparsis distantibus. Fol. petiolato- 
ternata v. sape quinata, supra glabra, infra tomentoso-candicantia, foliola 
semuncialia ad uncialia obovato-rotunda inciso-dentata inferne cuneata atque 
integra nervo medio subtüs roseo-aculeolato, lateralia perika ^ revintmà 
stipitata, eriora 2 (in quinatis) cuneato-angusta, terminale in tern 
majus triloba incisum, f geinatis (ubì lobi in ¡Polis totidem. discedunt) 
lateralia 2 inferiora solummodò «quans; petiolus communis sub2uacialis 
aculeatus: stipule dine lineares erecte pilose, inferiores sapíüs simplices, 
superiores et florales ids bi-trifide. Flores , Ínodori, | roseo purpurei, 
terminales, laxiùs paniculati, Fastigiantes, erecti, 3 uncie hanseni, Do 
eirciter; pedunculi 1-3-fforì, inferiores foliis superiores stipulis subfolia- 
ceis axillares: bractem instar stipularum. Cal. rotato-revolutus extùs to- 
mentosus aculeolis muricatus viridi-canescens, intüs sericeus roseo-candicans, 
persistens, segmentis ovato-acuminatis mucrone carnosulo viridissimo apicu- 
latis. Pet. 5, caduca, rosea, calyci genitalibusque aqualia, erectisrima, 
subcontigua, spathulato-rotunda, lamina obovato-rotundá crerulato-eros 
staminibus appressá, ungue angusto concolori breviore. Stam. numerosa erecta 
pistilla arci? stipantia; fil. alba; anthe. fusce, polline ochrolenco. ow » 
numerosa erecta coarciata; styli sanguinet, glabri; germina virentia hirsuta. 
A small bushy bramble from Cbina; remarkable for 
the upright petals of the crimson flower and the compa- 
rative smallness of the foliage. Lately introduced by the 
Horticultural Society, at whose garden the present dr awing 
was taken in August. On the native samples in the ank- 
sian and Lambertian Herbariums, the leaves seem to e 
mostly ternate, on out's many were quinate, the upper ter- 
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