Tas. 8704, 
RUBUS ILLEcEBROSUS. 
Japan. 
RosaceaE. Tribe RusEar. 
Rusvs, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p- 616. 
Rubus illecebrosus, Focke, in Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vol. xvi. p. 278 
(1899), et in Bibl. Bot. heft lxxii. p. 152, fig. 64; a R. frazxinifolio, Poir., 
caulibus herbaceis, petiolis pedunculisque crebrius aculeatis, inflorescentiis 
paucifloris et floribus majoribus differt. 
Herba perennis, 15-25 em. alta, radix repens surculigera; caulis erectus, 
annuus, angulatus, glaber, aculeatus. Folia 8-18 cm. longa, impari- 
pinnata, summo 3-foliolato excepto 5-7-juga; rhachis sulcata, aculeata; 
foliola anguste ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, duplicato-serrata, impresso- 
venosa, glabriuscula, 4—7 cm. longa, 1°5-3 cm. lata ; stipulae bracteaeque 
lineari-lanceolatae, 0°5-1cm.longae. Flores terminales, pauci, spectabiles, 
2°5-3°5 cm. diametro ; pedunculi graciles, aculeati, glabri, 2-4 em. longi. 
Sepala late ovata, caudato-acuminata, concava, circiter 1 cm. longa. 
Petala late obovato-orbicularia, 1-5 em. lata; post anthesin patentia. 
Stamina numerosa, filamenta glabra. Carpella numerosissima, glabra ; 
styli filiformes, glabri. Fructus ellipsoideo-globosus, 8 em, longus, colore 
instar fragorum, sapore vero pinguior.—Rubus rostfolius coronartus flore 
simplict forma alpina, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Pétersb. vol. 
xiii, p. 158, et Diagn. Pl. Nov. Jap. dec. x. p. 388. R. rosaefolius, J. H. Wils. . 
in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. Genet. pp. 207, 208, fig. 498; non Sm. R. sorbi- 
folius, Hort. ex Focke l.c.; non Maxim. R. rosaefolius, y coronarius 
simplicifolia, Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 1901, p- 50.—Phonzo Zoufou,, 
vol. xxv. fol. 15, recto.—R. A. Rourr. 
The Strawberry-Raspberry is a fruit which, during 
recent years, has attracted attention for its handsome 
appearance, though, in spite of its being sweet and 
palatable, it is somewhat disappointing as regards 
flavour. It is a Rubus with a herbaceous stem which in 
summer attains a height of eight inches, but in winter 
dies down to the ground. At Kew it is quite hardy, 
thriving well in loamy soil and in full sunshine. It may 
be propagated by seeds or by division of the old plants 
in early spring. The history of this Rubus is rather a 
confused one. There is a figure of the plant in the 
-Phonzo Zoufou which is characteristic and unmistakable, 
Jn 1872 Mr. Maximowicz referred to the presence in 
Aprit, 1917. 
