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ROSACEiE. VIII. RuBus. 



y, Weill, et Nees. 1. c. R. corylif olius, Hell. fl. wurceb. suppl. 

 p. 46. 



PlicateAeaved Bramble. FL June, Sept. Brit. Sh. strag. 



with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 glabrous above, greyish tomentose beneath; panicle decompound, 

 narrow, 



43 R. bi'fbons (Vest, ex Tratt. ros, 3. p. 28.) stem obso- armed, 

 letely angled, flat, glabrous ; flowering branches beset with 

 villous pubescence ; lower leaves with 5 obovate, coarsely toothed 

 leaflets, upper ones with 3 roundish leaflets, all glabrous above, 

 and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; panicle cymose ; 

 sepals clothed with hoary tomentum on both surfaces. Tj . H. 

 Native of Syria. Fruit black, usually large. 



Iwo-fronted Bramble. Shrub trailing. 



44 R. AFFi Nis (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 22. t. S. and garisms. 

 SG.) stems recurved, angular, prickly, and glabrous; prickles Var. /3, pomponius (D. C. prod. 2. p. 561.) flowers semi- 

 strong, recurved ; leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets ovate, double ; leaves pale green ; leaflets obovate. R. fruticosus, 



and straight ; calycine segments reflexed and un- 

 Tj . H. Native of Europe, in hedges and woods and 

 by way-sides and in commons ; plentiful in Britain. Smith, 

 engl. hot, 826. Weih, etNees, rub, germ. p. 25. t. 7. Flowers 

 pinkish or white. Fruit dark purple, with a mawkish taste. 

 The hramble may be useful in thickening hedges of white-thorn 

 or briars, being of very quick growth. The green twigs will 

 dye wool and silk black. Silkworms will eat the leaves ; they 

 are astringent, and a decoction of them may be used in gar- 



cordate, cuspidate, sharply serrated, flat at the base, but some- 

 what undulated towards the apex, clothed with tomentum be- 

 neath ; panicle compound, with the branches cymose ; calycine 

 segments ovate, acuminated, naked on the outside, reflexed. 

 \l . H. Native of Germany and Britain, in hedges. Flowers 

 white. Akenia thick, bluish black. 



Var. /3, hracteosus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 560.) bracteas broad, 

 undivided. R. aff'inis y et ^, Weih. et Nees. I.e. t. S6* 



Allied Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Sh. straggling. 



45 R. floribu'ndus (H. B. et Kuhth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 



var. 3, Weih. et Nees. 1. c. 



Var. 7, leucocarpus. Fruit white. 



Var» ^, inermis : stem unarmed. 



Var. €, cSncolor (Wallr. sched. p. 233.) leaves pubescent 

 beneath, the same colour on both surfaces. Native of Ger- 

 many. 



Var. f, glandulbsus (Wallr. sched. p. 233.) stems, petioles, 

 and peduncles glandular. Native of Germany. 



Shrubby or Common Bramble. FL June, Aug. Britain. 



Shrub straggling. 



51 R. FAGiroLius (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. vol. 5. p. 



571.) floral branches unarmed, angular, pubescent ; leaflets 3-5, 



elliptic, acuminated, obtuse at the base, glabrous and shining 



petiolules, elliptic-oblong, sharply serrated, clothed with ad- above, but opaque beneath and puberulous on the nerves, 



p. 219. t. 557.) branches and petioles villously tomentose, and 

 are as well as the nerves prickly beneath ; upper leaves with 3 

 leaflets, and the lower ones with 5 leaflets ; leaflets on long 



pressed pubescence on both surfaces ; panicle terminal, branched, sharply serrated; panicle large, terminal, clothed with silky to- 



^ . G. Native of South America, on the Andes about Loxa mentum. h . G. 



Mex 



in Quito, at the height of 2400 or 5400 feet above the level of 

 the sea. Petals white or rose-coloured, exceeding the calyx. 

 Fruit like that of R. fruticosus. 



Bundle-Jlowered Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



santla. Flowers small, white. 



Beech'leaved Bramble. Shrub. 



52 R. ABRu'pTus (Lindl. syn. brit. fl. p. 92.) stems arched. 

 ^ &&— o- strong, angular, very glaucous, with very broad, equal, hooked 



46 R. ULMiFOLius (Schott. in isis. 1818. fasc. 5. p. 821. and prickles; leaflets 3 to 5, small, distant, undulated, shining, obo- 

 Link. enum. 2. p. Gl.) stems decumbent, very prickly; leaves vate, truncate, with an inflexed, cuspidate point, simply serrated, 

 with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets oval, rather cordate, acutely and 

 doubly crenated, tomentose beneath and unarmed. 



Native of Gibraltar, on the mountains. Branches red. Flowers Native of Scotland, 

 beautiful rose-coloured. 



Elm-leaved Bramble. Fl. Jvme, Sept. Clt. 1823. Sh. tr, 



47 R. LiKKiA^NUs (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 560.) stems 

 prickly ; leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets unequal, ovate, 

 acuminated, serrated, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; 

 flowers panicled. Tj. H. Native country unknown. R. pani- 

 culatus, Schlecht. ex Link. enum. 2. p. 61. and Tratt. ros. 3- 

 p. 92. but not of Smith. Flowers double, white. 

 . Link's Brsimhle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. Sh. trailing. 



48 R. A^LBiCANs (Kit. ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 92.) leaflets 5, pink. 



ij aiivx veiny, hoary beneath ; panicles long, downy, armed with strong 

 Tj . H. hooked prickles ; the branches spreading and corymbose. ^ . H. 



itive of Scotland. 



AbruptAcRxed Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Scotland. Shrub 

 straggling. . 



53 R. TOMENTosus (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 27. t. 8.) 



stems erect, angular, prickly, glabrous ; leaves with ^ ^^ ^ 

 leaflets ; leaflets on short petiolules, obovate-cuneated, clothed 

 with hoary pubescence above and white tomentum beneatn ; 

 panicle compound, narrow, spreading ; calycine segments nearly 

 unarmed, reflexed- 1? . H. Native of Europe, in dry places. 

 R. Thuillieri, Poir. diet, suppl. 4. p. 694. Flowers white or 



ovate, cordate, lateral ones almost sessile, all clothed with white 

 tomentum beneath ; stems angular, prickly ; prickles recurved ; 

 petioles and peduncles scabrous from glands. ^2 • H* Native 

 of Hungary, in bushy places. Allied to i?. frutieosus or /?. 

 tomentbsus . Flowers white. 



ITAi/i^A-leaved Bramble. Shrub trailing. 



49 R. NUBiGENUs(H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 220.) 

 branches and petioles villous, and are prickly as well as the 

 nerves of the leaves ; leaflets beset with adpressed pili above, 

 but clothed with canescent pubescence beneath ; panicles ter- 



leaves serrated, approximate, and acute 



Weih. et Nees. I.e. 



p. 561.) serraturesof 

 R. tomentosus, var. a, 



/3, late-serratus (D. C. 1. c.) serratures of lea 



R. tomentosus, var. 3 



and coarse, nearly simple, 

 Nees. 1. c. 



Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



Tomentose Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. v^^*-. *- — .^ 



54 R. subereVius (Anders, in Lin. trans. 11. p- 218. t. 1 • 



branches 



minal, nearly simple ; calyxes prickly ; fruit clothed with silky 3*5 or 7 ovate, cordate, pointed leaflets, which are mmute y 

 ' ' " " " - -V . . IT. j^^j beneath: upper leaves with only 3 leaflets; flowers i 



pili. F2 • H. Native of the Andes, about Quito, at Paramo 



de Puntas, at the height of 5100 feet above the level of the loose panicles; cafycine segments ovate. 



sea. 



lanceolate, 



Native 01 



Cloud-bom Bramble. Shrub straggling. 

 50 R. FRUTicosus (Lin. spec. 707.) stems straggling, arch- 

 ed, angular, and rather tomentose ; prickles recurved ; leaves 



nated, slightly hairv, at length reflexed. Tj. H. ~ , ^ „ 

 Scotland, on the banks of Lochness, Highlands of Aberdeen 

 and Perthshire ; hills of Forfarshire ; in England in Wales ana 



Superior 



j:.J.rKr. 



