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Tas. 6062. 
RUBUS DELICIOSUS. 
Native of the Rocky Mountains. 
Nat. Ord. Rosacea.—Tribe Rusez. 
Genus Rusus, Linn. ; (Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant., vol. i. p. 616). 
Rusus deliciosus ; inermis, pubescenti-tomentosus, eglandulosus, e setosus; 
caule erecto fruticoso ramoso, foliis simplicibus reniformi-rotundatis 
3—5-lobis argute dentato-serratis rugosis, stipulis persistentibus lanceo- 
latis, pedunculis 1—7-floris, floribus amplis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis 
apice dilatatis foliaceis serratis petalis orbiculatis crenato-lobulatis 
brevioribus. 
Rusvs deliciosus, Torrey in Ann. Lyceum, New York, vol. ii. p. 196; Torr. 
Gr. Flor. North America, vol. i. p. 450; G. Don, Gard. Dict., 
vol. ii. p. 539. 
A very interesting and little-known plant, described by its 
discoverer, the late Dr. James, as bearing a fruit of delicious 
sweetness and considerable size; the latter of which characters 
is not borne out by the specimens communicated by Mr. Henry 
and figured herewith. Whatever may be the qualities of its 
fruit, there is no question about the handsomeness of the 
flowering plant, whose flowers somewhat resemble those 
of a white rose in size and abundance. It is a native of the 
Rocky Mountains, between the latitudes 39° and 45° N., 
d by Dr. James in 
1822, and there are specimens in the Kew Herbarium col- 
lected by James in the Colorado territory in 1861,and by 
E. Hall and J. P. Harbour in 1862. Between the dates of 1822 
and 1861, it does not seem to have been seen by any natu- 
ralist. Torrey and Gray (l.c.) and G. Don, in his Gardeners’ 
Dictionary, describe the flowers as purple, which is not the 
case. 
Rubus deliciosus was introduced into cultivation in England 
by my friend Isaac Anderson Henry, F.L.S, of Hay Lodge, 
Edinburgh, who received the seeds from N.W. America in N, 
ocToBER Ist, 1873. 
