ROSACEA, VIII. RuBus 



Lake Winepeg, and of Newfoundland. Tratt. ros. 3. p. 90. 

 Flowers white. Fruit pale purple. 



Eredish Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Shrub 3 to 4 

 feet 



_55 R. sa'nctus (Schreb. dec. p. 15. t. 8.) stems rather an- 

 gular, pubescent ; prickles recurved ; leaves with usually 3 

 leaflets, rarely undivided ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, serrated, to- 

 mentose beneath : flowers subpanicled, lateral ones few; caly- 



Native 



cine segments ovate, tomentose, short, reflexed. 

 of the Levant. 



h. H. 



Desf. cor. 80. t. 61. R. obtusifblius, Willd. 

 enum. suppl. 38. exjiink. enum. 2. p. 61. Flowers pink. 



Clt. 1823. 



Holy Bramble. 

 56 



Fl. June, July. 



Sh. straggling. 



peduncles villously pubescent ; leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; upper 

 leaflets rhomboid or obovate, lower ones ovate-deltdid, clothed 

 with soft pubescence beneath, but sparingly above, deeply 

 toothed and ciliated; racemes terminal, few-flowered; calyx 

 tomentose, mucronate; petals obovate, larger than the calyx. 

 Ij . H. Native of Austria, near Mauerbach. 



Althcea-leaved Bramble. Shrub straggling, 



64 R. coLUNUS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 139. and fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 545.) stems shrubby, and are as well as the petioles prickly; 

 leaves with usually 5 leaflets, rarely with 3 only; leaflets 

 roundish, toothed, lateral ones almost sessile, white from to- 



^^ w mentum beneath ; flowers loosely panicled ; panicle branched ; 

 R. VELUTiNus (Vest, ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 47.) stem calycine segments ovate, acuminated. ^ . H. Native on ste- 



prickly ; prickles rather large, compressed, and rather recurved ; 

 leaves trifoliate ; lateral leaflets ovate, terminal one obovate, acu- 

 minated, and sharply, deeply, and doubly serrated; floral leaves 65 R. fastigiatus (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 16. t. 2.) 

 glabrous above, but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; stems recurved, angular, glabrous, furnished with a few prickles; 



rile hills about Montpelier. Nocca ex Balb. fl. ticin. t> 9. 

 Hill Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



racemes compound ; petals orbicular, on long claws. 

 Native of Styria. 



Velvety Bramble. Shrub straggling. 

 57 ^ 



\l . H. leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets, rarely with 7 ; leaflets ovate, cor- 

 date, lower ones ending in long points, sharply serrated, flat, gla- 

 brous above, but pubescent beneath ; floriferous branches hori- 



R. HOLosEKi'cEus (Vcst, cx Tratt. ros. 3. p. 48.) stem zontal, simply panicled, fastigiate ; calycine segments lanceolate. 



and branches terete and simple ; leaflets for the most part obo- 

 vate, sharply and unequally toothed, clothed with hoary tomen- 

 tum beneath; peduncles very prickly ; calyxes prickly; petals 

 roundish, on very short claws, b . H. 



far from Greece, according to Vest, 

 Whole-silky Bramble. Shrub. 



Native of Styria, not 



acuminated, glabrous, and unarmed on the outside, when mature 

 reflexed. \i . H. Native of Germany, Switzerland, and Britain. 

 R. fruticosus, Poll, pal, 2. p. 58. Flowers white. Fruit middle- 

 sized. Carpels almost black, shining. 



Fastigiate Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Sh. strag. 



^ ^ 66 R. coRDiFOLius (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ, p. 21. t. 5.) 



JO K, APPENDicuLA^Tus (Tratt. ros. 3. p. 31.) stems decum- stems recurved, angular, furrowed, prickly and glabrous ; leaves 

 oent, angular, glabrous ; prickles scattered, rather recurved, with 3-5 leaflets ; leaflets cordate-orbicular, cuspidate, clothed 

 uong ; floriferous branches pubescent ; leaves trifoliate and with canescent shining tomentum beneath ; panicle compound, 



diffuse at the base ; calycine segments spreading, prickly at the 

 base. T2 . H. Native of Germany and Britain, in hedges. 

 Flowers small, white. Fruit dark, covered with bloom. 



Heart-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Brit. Sh. straggl. 



67 R. Me'nkii (Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 528.) leaves 

 with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaves ovate, rather cordate, clothed with 

 tomentum beneath and on the calyxes ; calycine segments at 

 length reflexed. Tj . H, Native of Germany. R. velutmus, 

 Vest, ex Spreng. 1. c. Flowers white. 



Menk's Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1816. Sh. straggl. 



68 R. KoiiLE^RT (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 71. t. 25. 



many 



•errated, 'plicate, 



appendiculated. 



pubescent beneath ; racemes simple ; calyx 



^2 . H. Native of Hungary. Said to be 

 aearly related to R. pUcdlus. 



^Ppendiculate-ca\yii.ed Bramble. 



59 R. Cochinchine'nsis (Tratt, ros. 3. p 97.) stems pro- 

 cumbent, prickly ; leaves with 5 leaflets, which are clothed with 



Shrub decumbent. 



T p ^tomentum beneath; racemes terminal; akenia small. 



fruticosus, Lour, cochin, p. 325 

 Cochin-china Rr-i^T.l^lo cu... 



Native of Cochin-china, in woods and in hedges. R. 



Flowers white or pink? 



^ Shrub procumbent. 



^ ^*^ k.cane'scens (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 139. and fl. fr. 



t(K 1 ^^^^ shrubby, tall ; petioles and peduncles tomen- 



y and prickly ; leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets obovate- 



ong, coarsely but sparingly toothed, clothed with white vel- 



tosp ^^ ^" both surfaces ; flowers panicled ; calyxes tomen- what corymbose ; calyx loosely reflexed. Tj , H. 



^- ^ • H. Native of the alps of Piedmont. 



^ane^ce«/ Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. tall, 

 brou ^^^^^^ (Poir. diet. 6. p. 237.) branches flexuous, gla- 

 nul"t^'l^r^'^^^' leaves trifoliate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, cre- 

 Wff . fl 8^» glabrous on both surfaces ; stipulas oval, obtuse, 

 4^^ 1 ^^^^^ usually solitary, on long peduncles ; petals smaller 

 »ted ,^ ^^^'^^^s calyx ; calycine segments lanceolate, acumin- 



j.' 7- G. Native of Peru. Corolla rose-coloured. 



^^*e-coloured-flowered Bramble. Shrub. 

 t.55Qf^'^^ABRA'Tus(H.B. etKunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 221. 

 leav ,^^bby, glabrous ; branchlets, petioles, and nerves of 

 natefv ^^'^^^^ ' leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, acute, cre- 



Borr. engl. hot. suppl. 2605.) stems decumbent, rather angular, 

 and furrowed, with scattered hairs, glands, and numerous hooked 

 and straight unequal prickles ; leaves of 5 stalked, ovate, ellip- 

 tic, rather cordate pointed leaflets ; panicle much djvidcd, some- 

 Native of 



Flowers white. Germany and England, in thickets and hedges. R. glandulosus, 



Pastn ^**"^^ or 2)0utli America, m the high piams oi x^e 



h J ^^^^ Guachucal, on the banks of Rio Blanco, at 



8"^ ot 3060 feet. Petals fan-veined, red. Immature 



the 

 fruit 



^^oothish Brambl 



e. Shrub. 



gula 



Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 403. Flowers pale pink ; berries black. 



Far. (if fusco-ater (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 72. t. 2G.). 



Far. 7, pallidas (Weih. et Nees. 1. c. p. 75. t. 26.). R. affl- 

 nis, Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 405. 



Kohler's Bramble. Fl. June, Jul. Britain. Sh. decumbent. 



69 R. eciiina'tus (Lindl. syn. brit. fl. p. 94.) stems arched, 

 angular, densely covered with glands and bristles, mixed with 

 short, numerous, nearly straight prickles; leaflets 5, roundish, 

 cordate, coarsely and unequally serrated, taper-pointed, green 

 and velvety beneath ; panicle spreading, prickly, and glandular, 

 leafy at the base; the branches corymbose: bracteas 3-toothed 

 and entire ; prickles of the peduncle scattered, with very few 



1^ . H. Native of Britain, in hedges and woods. 

 Echinated Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Brit. Sh. straggling. 



70 R. ru'dis (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. ex. Lindl. p. 94.) 

 stems somewhat arched, angular, slightly furrowed, withoiit hairs, 

 but with abundance of glands and bristles; prickles equal, re- 

 curved, scattered ; leaflets 5, ovate or obovate, acuminated, 

 coarsely and unequally serrated, between hoary and pubescent ; 



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setae. 



