1368 



iJUBUS* nutkanus. 



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Nootka Raspberry. 



m 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



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Nat. ord. Rosace;e Jussieu. {Introduction to the natiiral system of 

 botany, p. 81.) = 



RUBUS,— Suprd, vol 6. fol. 461. -- y 



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R. nutkanus ; caule fruticoso erecto flexuoso stolonifero apice glanduloso-* 

 . piloso basi nudiusculo, foliis 5-lobis insequaliter dentatis, co^'ynjj^l^ 

 . simplicibus, calycibus subinermibus cuspidatis : laciniis coroUee^lbce 

 aequalibus, stipulis connatis persistentibus. , 



R. nutkanus. Dec. prodr. 2. 566. 



foli 



differt ramis magisfl 



ifloris nee paniczdatiSy demum 



)rymbis 



tS CUS' 



pidibus petalis albis eegualibus nee hispidissimis cuspidibus petalis purpureis 

 brevioribus. 



A native of the North-west coast of America, where it 

 was found by Mr. Douglas, who sent its seeds to the 

 Horticultural Society. It flowers irregularly from May to 

 October, and in a wild state bears much larger flowers 

 than those represented upon the figure, which is, however, 

 a faithful copy of its present garden state. 



" It is propagated readily by cuttings, or by suckers 

 which it produces in great abundance: its fruit has noi 

 yet been seen. ^ 



^ In general appearance it is extremely like the common 

 Kubus odoratus : but if the two plants, as they gro^ in 

 our Gardens, be compared, they will be found to exhibit 

 the following differences :—Rubus odoratus has straight 



^' 



. • According to De Thfeis derived from the Celtic rub, red. The classical 

 ^'ters appear to have applied it as we do. 



