232 47. BOSACEiE: BUBE.E. 



caducse, subulatae, integerrimse. Folia subcoriacea, absque petiolo 

 usque ad 2| poll, longa (sine dubio folia inferiora non visa majora), 

 cordata, basi sublobata latissima, longe acuminata, apice curvata, 

 laete viridia, haud rugosa, remote denticulata, longe petiolata; 

 petiolus lamino dimidio brevior. Injlorescentice contracto-panicu- 



laise vel dense racemosae terminales vel in axillis ultimis sita3. 



Flores parvi, brevipedicellati, staminibus paucis ovariis paucis ; 



calycis segmenta integerrima ; petala angusta, subspathulata, 



sepalis subbreviora, staminibus sublongiora ; receptaculum sub- 



planum, hirsutum. Bacca rubra, glabra. 



Htjpeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry !). 



Herb. Kew. 



The elongated, cordiform, distantly toothed, glabrous, or early 



glabrescent leaves, associated with small flowers and few (about 



a dozen) ovaries, are specially characteristic of this species. 



15. Rubus incisus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 217 ; non A. Or. in 

 Ferry's Fxped. p. 310, nee Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lug d. -Bat. iii. 

 p. 85, ex Maxim, in Mel. Biol. viii. p. 381. 



Kiangstj : Chinkiang {Maries !) ; Kia^Gsi : Kiukiang 

 (Maries?) . Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



16. Rubus jambosoides, Ranee in Ann. Sc. JVat. 4 me serie, xv. 

 p. 222, et in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 42 ; Walp. Ann. vii. p. 861 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. viii. p. 380 ; O. Kuntze, Methodik, p. 71. 



Fokiek : without locality (Be Grijs !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



17. Rubus Kuntzeanus, BTernsl., n. sp. 



Fruteoc vagans vel scandens, ramulis floriferis teretibus brevis- 

 sime cinereo-tomentosis, petiolisque parcissime aculeolatis, acu- 

 leolis basi latis recurvatis. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, usque ad 

 9 poll, longa, discoloria ; foliola membranacea, valde inaequalia 

 (terminale multo majus), lateralia brevissime petiolata, omnia 

 ovata, ssepius late ovata, acuminata, basi plus minusve rotundata 

 vel interdum subcordata, calloso-denticulata, supra cito glabre- 

 scentia, costa venisque impressis, subtus praeter costam venasque 

 elevatas cinereas vel fulvas brevissime denseque albo-tomentosa ; 

 petiolus teres, graciliusculus ; stipulae petiolo breviter adnata?, 

 filiformes, semipollicares, persistentes. Flores parvi (lineas 4-5 

 diametro) in paniculas angustas, praesertim terminales, dispositi, 

 breviter pedicellati, bracteis fere filiformibus persistentibus 



