306 MB. W. B. HEMSLEY ON NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 



tomentosi. Folia simplicia, petiolata, papyracea, cordatoorbicu- 

 laria, 3-4 poll, diametro, breviter 5-lobata, minute creberrimeque 

 denticulata, supra glabresceutia, rugulosa, subtus incana, venis 

 primariis paucisetosis ; petiolus teres, 1-2 poll, longus ; sti pulse 

 flabellato-pectinatse, circiter 9 lineas longfe. Flores pauci in 

 axillis folioruin fasciculati, brevissime pedicellati, circiter sesqui- 

 poll. diametro, bracteis stipulis similibus arete suffulti ; calyx 

 intus extusque toinentosus, extus simul pilis paucis longis albis 

 capitato-glandulosis instructus, lobis quam petala saltern duplo 

 longioribus plus minusve pinnatisectis (segmentis angustissimis) 

 vel eorum 1 vel 2 iuterdum integris ; petala obovato-rotundata, 

 breviter unguiculata, circiter 3 lineas louga, ima basi tantum 

 puberula, venosa ; carpella numerosissima, parce pilosula. Fruc- 

 tu$ non visus. 



Szechuen : Mount Omei, 9000 to 10,000 feet, Rev. E. Faber, 

 505. 



This belongs to the polymorphous group of which the variable 

 R. moluccanus, L., is the type. 





q(£ Rubus spinipes, Hemsl. 



Nanus, dense aculeatus, caulibus simplicibus unifloris (an 

 semper?) foliis trifoliolatis longissime petiolatis. 



Herba perennis, erecta, 6-15 poll, alta, pra>ter flores ubique 

 glabra, caulibus petiolis foliis (subtus secus costam et venas 

 primarias) calycibusque aculeis rectis |-3 lineas longis prse- 

 acutis deorsum paullo dilatatis dense armatis. Folia cum petiolo 

 usque 10 poll, longa (inferiora vix tripollicaria), pinnatim tri- 

 foliolata, foliolis lateralibus multo minoribus a terminali longe 

 disjunctis ; stipulse breviter adnatse, angustse, integrse vel pauci- 

 dentatse, 6-9 lineas longae ; foliola tenuia, papyracea, terminale 

 ovatum, ovato-oblongum vel oblongum, 1-4 poll, longum, acutum, 

 serrulatum, simul interdum obscure lobulatum, basi rotundatum 

 vel subtruncatum, lateralia subsessilia, oblongn, elliptica vel 

 foliorura inferiorum orbicularia. Flos terminalis, 9-12 lineas 

 diametro, pedicello circiter semipollicari ; calyx dense aculeatus, 

 tomentosus, intus dense albo-tomentosus, lobis latis ovatis 

 abrupte subulato-acuminatis petala sequantibus vel superantibus; 

 petala ovali-orbicularia, brevissime unguiculata, utrinque hirsuta; 

 carpella numerosissima, juvenilia hirsuta. Fructus deest. 



Szechuen : Dr. A. Henry, 8969. 



A very distinct species, similar in foliane to the Indian R. sik- 



