Tap. 64.79, 
RUBUS  praentconastus. 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Ord. Rosacem.—Tribe Ruspez. 
Genus Rusus, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. J. Gen. Pl. vol. iv. p. 616.) 
Rusvs phenicolasius; caulibus elongatis teretibus cum petiolis costa folioram 
_ pedunculisque tomentellis et setis glanduliferis rectis elongatis patentibus rubro- 
purpureis dense obsitis, setis caulinis inferioribus demum eglandulosis cum 
aculeis in caule fertili recurvis in sterili rectis tenuibus immixtis, foliis pinnatim 
3-foliolatis, foliolis superne glabris subtus niveo-tomentosis crenato-serratis 
lateralibus sessilibus late oblique ovatis acuminatis, terminali simplici ovato 
‘acuminato v, majore latiore et 3-5-lobo, basi rotundato v. cordato, stipulis 
linearibus persistentibus, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus, floribus longiuscule 
pedicellatis, calycis segmentis elongato-lanceolatis petala minuta obovata longe 
superantibus, fructu succulento rubro, carpellis numerosis, 
R. phenicolasius, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. St. Petersb. viii. 393. 
PR. occidentalis, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 216. 
A singularly handsome bramble, introduced from Japan 
into Europe by Dr. Maximoviex, and communicated to us 
from the Jardin des Plantes of Paris by M. Decaisne. For 
the first year it was put in the open ground amongst the 
hardy species of Rubus, but being nearly killed during the 
succeeding winter, I transferred it to the Temperate House, 
where it thrives luxuriantly in an open border, climbing a 
‘pole ten feet high, and would much higher if allowed, 
flowering in Midsummer and bearing in autumn a profusion 
of scarlet berries. It is, no doubt, allied, as its author 
observes, to the common Raspberry, which is also a native 
of Japan, but differs in its climbing habit, racemose Bowers, 
and petals, and in the fruit, which, though eatable, is 
mawkish. The flowers are very inconspicuous, owing to- 
the small size of the petals; and the calyx lobes, which close 
over the ripening fruit, spread out again horizontally when 
the latter is ripe. 
MARCH Ist, 1880. 
