236 47. B0SACE.2E: BUBE.E. 



liberse, caducissimee, pinnatifidae, lobis paucis linearibus. Flores 

 vix 6 lineas diametro, pauci, irregulariter f asciculati, fasciculis axil- 

 laribus breviter pedunculatis, vel pluribus in paniculam angustam 

 terminalem dispositis ; bracteae palmatifidae vel pectinatae, ut brac- 

 teolae dentatae vel integrae, cito deciduae ; pedicelli breves ; calyx 

 tomentosus, lobis latis breviter acuminatis vel apice pluridentatis ; 

 petala breviter unguiculata, rotundata, integra, lobis calycinis bre- 

 viora ; stamina numerosissima, antheris barbulatis ; ovaria eirciter 

 35, glabra, stylis elongatis filiformibus ; receptaculum pilosum. 

 Fructus deest. 



Kwangtung: Pakhoi {Play fair \) ; Kwangsi : Cbura {Wen- 

 yon \); Hainan {B. C. Henry I). Herb. Kew. 



" Eruit excellent " {Rev. B. C. Henry). 



This is the only shrubby bramble with pedately divided leaves 

 known to occur within our limits ; and it is a very well-marked 

 species, readily distinguishable from the few other species of this 

 group inhabiting Eastern Asia. 



28. Rubus poliophyllus, O. Kuntze, Methodik, pp. 68 et 78, et 

 in Herb. Kew. 



Yunnan : Poneline {Anderson !). Herb. Kew. 

 Sikkim. 



29. Rubus pungens, Camb. in Jacquem. Toy., Bot. p. 48, t. 59 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. viii. p. 386 (/3. Oldhami). 



Rubus Oldhami, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 34. 



Coeea: Port Chusan {Wilford, 956!), Chemulpo and Soul 

 mountains {Carles I); Cobean Aechipelago: Port Hamilton 

 {Oldham, 213 !). Herb. Kew. 



Also in Japan. Typical B. pungens, from which the Eastern 

 variety differs mainly in having longer petals, inhabits North- 

 west India. 



30. Rubus rectangulifolius, O. Kuntze, MethodiJc, pp. 60 et 78. 

 China : without locality {Staunton in Herb. Vindob.) . 



31. Rubus reflexus, Ker, Bot. Beg. t. 461; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 p. 566 ; Hook. etArn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 104; Seem. Bot. Voy. 'Herald,' p. 376; Maxim, in Mel. Biol 

 viii. p. 378 ; Kuntze, Methodik, p. 53. 



South China: without locality {Beecheyl) ; Kwangtung 



