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RÚBUS* spectábilis. 
Shewy Bramble. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RosacEx Jussieu. — (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 81.) . 
RUBUS.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 461. 
R. spectabilis ; caule erecto fruticoso subaculeato tereti, foliis ternatis tri- 
lobisve, foliolis membranaceis ovato-rhomboideis nunc cordatis ineequaliter 
duplicato-serratis subtüs leviter pilosis viridibus, pedunculis axillaribus 
terminalibusque solitariis pubescentibus, floribus nutantibus, calycibus 
campanulatis tomentosis subsetosis : laciniis ovatis, petalis ovatis obtusis 
venosis. 
R. spectabilis. Pursh fl. amer. septentr. 1. p. 348. 1.16. De Cand. prodr. 
2. 559. : 
Frutex erectus, 3-4 pedalis, nullo modo surculosus. Folia leté viridia ; 
nunc ternata, foliolo impari petiolato, sepe cordato, nunc triloba foliolis 
confluentibus; stipule subulate. Flores, in cultis pauci, in spontaneis 
copiosi, nutantes, petalis atro-roseis. Fructus ...... 
From the figure of this plant in Pursh's Flora of North 
America, great expectations were entertained ofit as an 
ornamental plant; and when a few individuals were raised 
from Mr. Douglas's seeds by the Horticultural Society, it 
was supposed to be one of the most valuable species in 
his collection. The plants, however, that have hitherto 
flowered are by no means so beautiful as they were ex- 
pected to be. Their petals, indeed, are of a rich deep 
rose colour, and the foliage is of a bright fresh green ; but 
the blossoms are produced too sparingly to cause any 
striking effect. The accompanying drawing is a faithful 
representation of the state of the plants that flowered in 
the Garden of the Horticultural Society. We, however, 
* Rubus is said by De Théis to come from the Celtic rub, red. 
