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RUBUS pauciflorus. 
Nepal Raspberry. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RosacEz. Juss. gen. 334. Div. IV. 
RUBUS.  Suprá vol. 6. fol. A61. 
Div. Pinnati. 
R. paucifforus, caule terete petiolisque pilosis aculeatis, foliis pinnatis: fo- 
liolis 5-7 oblongis plicatis serratis subtus dealbatis, panieulis cymosis 
tomentosis, petalis calyce brevioribus. 
R. pauciflorus. Wallich in litteris. 
Frutex robustus 8-10 pedalis, surculos rectos, glaberrimos, brunneos, 
aculeis validis, rectis, compressis, sparsis in ramulis aduncis, armatos 
promens. Folia longissima, pinnata, superiora refracta, stipulis parvis seta- 
ceis, petiolo tomentoso, terete, supra sulcato, aculeis paucis, aduncis, spar- 
sis, quandoque ternatis, sepius solitariis, equalibus armato, foliolis 5-7, 
oblongis, sessilibus, serratis, supra glaberrimis plicatis, subtus pube den- 
sissimá dealbatis ; ultimo trilobo, sepe inequaliter biserrato, lobo medio ma- 
Jore. Panicule axillares, et terminales, cymosi, foliis multoties breviores, 
supreme aphylle ; tomentose, rarissime aculeate. Bractee minime, subu- 
late. Calyx velutinus, basi retusus, 5-partitus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis 
integerrimis. Petala obovata, letê-purpurea, sepalis breviora. Fructus 
nigro-purpurcus, medii magnitudinis, depresso-sphericus, pruiná tenui irro- 
ratus, acinis carnosis, sapore dulci subacido. 
For an opportunity of publishing this beautiful species 
of Rubus we are obliged to the Earl of Mountnorris, from 
whose garden, at Arley Hall, fine flowering specimens were 
politely communicated in July last. The fruit, which was 
also transmitted us by his Lordship’s desire, has a very 
pleasant flavour, and, as we are informed, is produced in 
abundance. 
This species is not very nearly related to any published 
Rubus, except to R. Mysorensis of Roth, from which it differs 
in having leaves not downy above, and panicles not prickly. 
Rubus, pinnatus of Willdenow, and R. paniculatus of Rox- 
burgh, are easily distinguished; the former by its villous, 
and the latter by its unarmed branches. 
Although the name we have adopted for this species is 
not perhaps so expressive as some other which might have 
been contrived, we have not hesitated to employ it, as being 
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