

ROSACEiE. VI. Waldsteinia. VII. Comaropsis. VIII. Rubus. 



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Cult. This shrub will do well in a mixture of sand, peat, and 



4 C. RADi'cANS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels glabrous ; 



a little loam; and cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand peduncles simple, pilose, bractless, 1 -flowered; stems prickly, 



with a bell-glass placed over them, or the plant may be increased 



by seeds. 



Wald 



a German botanist, author of Descriptiones et Icones plantarum 

 rarlorum Hungariae, 3 vols. fol. Vienna, 1802. 1812. in conjunc- 

 tion with Paul Kitaibel). Willd. nov. act. nat. cur. ber. 2. p. 103. 

 Nestl. pot. 17. t. 1. D. C. prod, 2. p. 555. 



rooting. "5/ . G. Native of Chili, in woods. Rubus radicans, 

 Cav. icon. 5. p. 7. t. 413. Spreng. grundz. p. 514. Leaves 

 petiolate, trifoliate ; terminal leaflet large ; lateral ones undi- 

 vided. Flowers pale red. 



Booting Comaropsis, PI. creeping. 



Cult. See Geum for culture and propagation, p. 527. 



VIII. RU'BUS (from rub, red in Celtic; in reference to the 



441. Nestl. pot. IG. Weih. et Necs, rub. germ, p. 11. Wallr. 

 sched. crit. p. 223. D. C. prod. 2. p. 556. 



Lin. syst. Icosandria, Polygynia. Calyx flattish at the bot- 

 tom, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, inserted in the 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Di-Pentagynia. Calyx with a turbi- colour of the fruit in some species). Lin. gen. 8G4., Lam. ill. t. 

 nate tube, crowned with a crenulated ring under the stamens, 

 bearing bracteason the outside. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. 

 Carpels 2-4, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, connate at the 

 base. Styles terminal. Akenia 1-4, globose, naked, and some- 

 what umbilicate at the apex, rather fleshy. Seeds erect. 



1 W. GEoiDES (Willd. I.e. p. 105. t. 4. f. 1.) 1/. H. Native 

 of Hungary, in shady woods. Leaves petiolate, palmately 5- 

 lobed, having the lobes acutely toothed. Flowers yellow, smaller 



than those of Potentilla verna. Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar.hung. 1. 1. 

 77. Lodd. hot. cab. 492. 



Geum-lihe Waldsteinia. Fl. June, July. Ch. 1804. PI. | ft. 

 Cult. See Geum for culture and propagation, p. 527 . 



calyx along with the petals. Carpels or akenia numerous, 

 fleshy, disposed in a head upon an elevated torus. Styles la- 

 teral, near the apex of the carpels. Seeds Jnverted. — Shrubs, 

 rarely herbs, with the stems sometimes unarmed, but usually 

 prickly. Leaves stalked, pinnate or palmate, with the leaflets 

 usually stalked, sometimes the leaves are simple lobcd or undi- 

 vided. Fruit of all edible. 



VII. COMARO'PSIS {Koixapovj Icomaron, the Comarum, and 

 oKop/V, resemblance). Rich, in Nestl. pot. p. 16. 1. 1. D. C. 

 prod. 2, p. 555.— Waldsteinia species, Tratt. ros. 



I^iN. SYST. Icosdndrta, Polygynia. Calyx with a turbinate 

 tube and a 5-cleft limb, destitute of bracteas. Petals 5, ungui- 

 culate. Stamens numerous. 



filiform elongated style. Akenia dry, not coarctate at the base, 

 ^eed erect.— Herbs,' with the habit of Waldsteinia, but differs 

 irom u in the calyx being without bracteas. Leaves trifoliate. 



Carpels few, ending each in the 



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1 I'RAGARioiDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels smoothish ; 

 Nuncles branched, 3-flowered ; petals 3 times the length of the 

 ^yx; leaflets cuneiform, sessile, terminal one stalked. %. H. 



2tive of Canada, in shady beech woods, and on the Alleghany 



OlOUntamo r\„i:i - 1 p *^ • ^t tit- i _. a i ^ 



Jiountains. Dalibarda fragarioides, Michx. fl. bor. amer. t. 

 -,^- t. 28. Sims, bot. mag. 1567. Waldsteinia fragarioides, 

 rat. ros, Dryas trifoliata. Pall. ined. Comar6psis Doniana, 

 "Vj prod. 2. p. 555.— Waldsteinia Doniana, Tratt. ros. Leaves 

 petiolate, trifoliate. Leaflets cuneated, deeply serrated. Flowers 

 yellow. There is a variety of this with petals shorter than the 



^^['<^rvherry^like Comaropsis. FL May, June. Clt. 1800. 

 '• ^ foot. 



cle^h"' ^'^^i^iCA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels hairy; pedun- 

 ] fl^^^^^ched, 3-flowered ; petals 3 times larger than the calyx ; 

 jjj J^.juneiform, sessile. %. H. Native of Siberia, beyond 



cedinff 



Dalibarda ternata, Steph. mem. soc. mosc. 1. p. 



Wald 



^»ng species, but the petals are said to 

 ^^oerian Comaropsis. PI. 4 foot. 



be white. 



I 1. Leaves pmnate or ternately pinnate. 



* Leaflets glabrous beneath. 



1 R. Ros^FOLius (Smith, icon. ined. 3. p. 60. t. CO.) stems 

 rather terete, pilose ; prickles spreading, a little recurved ; leaves 

 pinnate, rather pilose ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, somewhat doubly 

 serrated, full of glandular dots ; stipulas linear-setaceous ; pe- 

 duncles usually 1 -flowered ; calycine segments lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, hardly longer than the corolla ; carpels glabrous, very 

 numerous, small, wrinkled from lacunae when dry. T2 • G. 

 Native of the Mauritius. Flowers white. Fruit size of those 

 of the common raspberry. ' 



Far. /3, corondrius (Sims, bot. mag. 1783.) petals very nu- 

 merous, much longer than the calyx. R. Commersonii, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 240. R. Sinensis, Hortul. Flowers large, semi- 

 double, white. 



Far. y, trilobus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 55G.) petals numerous, 

 much longer than the calyx; leaves 3-lobed, large, glabrous. 



Flowers large, semidouble, white. 



Rose-leaved Bramble. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1811. Shrub 2 



to 6 feet. 



. 2 R. eglante'ria (Tratt. ros. 3. p. 9.) stems shrubby, terete, 

 glabrous, prickly ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets cordate-oblong, 

 doubly serrated, glandular, pubescent ; flowers solitary, axillary. 

 F2 . G. Native of New Holland. Like R. roscefoltust but dif- 

 fers in the leaflets being cordate-oblong, and in the flowers being 

 axillary. Flowers white. 



Eglantine Bramble. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 



to 6 feet. 



8 R. FRAXiNiFOLius (Poir. dlct. 6. p. 242.) branches glabrous, 

 Very like the pre- rather terete ; prickles few, straightish ; lower leaves with S-5 



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8C. 



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dun 1 ^5^a'^a (I>- C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels glabrous ; pe- 



"c^es simple, glabrous, bracteate, 1-flowered; stems unarmed 

 ip\\ Native of North America, on the western coast. Rubus 

 f^aatus, Smith, icon. ined. t. 63. Dalibarda pedita, Steph. 



'^^em. 



m. 80C. xnofi^. t. 92. Spreng. grundz. 510. Leaves petiolate 



ouate ; lateral segments bipartite. Flowers white. 



'«a/e^leaved Comaropsis. PI. 1 foot. 

 VOL. u. ^ 



pairs of leaflets, upper ones ternate, rarely simple ; leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, glabrous, doubly serrated; flowers 

 panicled, numerous ; branches of panicle filiform ; bracteas su- 

 bulate, cut ; calycine segments oval, acuminated, glabrous on 

 the outside, hardly shorter than the petals; fruit large, globose; 

 carpels numerous. Tj . S. Native of Java. Flowers white. 



Ash'leavedlixQmh\e. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



4 R. PINNA Tus (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1081.) branches villous; 

 prickles hooked, obtuse ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 late, glabrous on both surfaces, sharply and doubly serrated, 

 wrinkling from veins, having the middle nerve prickly ; flowers 



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