1607 



RUBUS* ro'ridus. 



Dewy Bramble. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 81.) 



RUBUS L.—Suprd, vol. Q.fol. 461. . .. ■ 



§. Foliis simplicibus lobatis sed non pinnatis nee palmatis. 

 R. roridus; ramis teretibus villosis aculeatis, foliis cordatis lobatis argute 

 duplicato-serratis subtus tomentosis, racemis inferioribus axillaribus 

 erectis petiolo brevioribus, stipulis bracteisque pectinato-multipartitis 

 glandulosis, sepalis multifidis, petalis rotundatis subsequalibus. 

 Habitus verosimiliter R. moluccani aliarumque specierum affinium. 

 Rami graciles, dense* villosi, aculeis paucis sparsis recurvis armati. Foliorum 

 lobi utrinque circiter tres, intermedio nullo modo productiore ; supra ferl 

 glabri, atro-virides, subtus velutini, pallidiores, costd aculeatd. Racemi infe- 

 riores, breves, bracteis calycumque lobis g landulis viridibus diaphanis pulchrh 

 conspersi, et hinc quasi rore viridi suffusi. Petala alba. 



t We are obliged to Mr. Lambert for our specimens of 

 this rare species, which flowered in the Garden at Boyton 

 »n the autumn of 1832. It is a native of Madagascar, and 

 strikingly different from all the known species of simple- 

 leaved brambles, in its finely cut stipules and bracteae, which 

 are covered over with numerous little transparent green 

 glands, giving all the parts that surround the petals an 

 appearance of being sprinkled with green dew. 



We presume this requires a greenhouse, and that it may 

 easily be multiplied by layers. It is chiefly an object of 

 botanical interest, there being little in it to attract the mere 

 •over of shewy flowers. Its fruit is unknown. 



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* According to De Theis, the word Rubus is derived from the Celtic 

 r »f>, signifying ?ed. 











