Japan of two forms of R. rosaefolius, Smith; one of 
these, termed alpina, has 1-2 terminal flowers on its 
dwarf young stems, with fruits an inch long; it was 
suggested that this form might be the doubtful RZ. chinensis, 
Ser., described in 1825. That thisis not the case is shown 
by the comparison of our material with a fragment and 
with a natural-size photograph of the original specimen 
of 2. chinensis kindly presented to the Kew collection by 
Mr. C. de Candolle ; Ft. chinensis is a shrub, nearly allied 
to £. rosaefolius, which was collected in China by Sir G. 
L. Staunton, the type specimen of which was presented 
to Mr. A. P. de Candolle by Mr. A. B. Lambert. Some 
time later than 1872 the Strawberry-Raspberry was 
introduced into American gardens and grown as R. sorbi- 
folius. It subsequently reached Europe under this name, 
as a plant of somewhat doubtful origin, though probably 
Japanese. In 1899 Dr. Focke proved that the plant is not 
ft. sorbifolius, Maxim., and described it as a new species, 
ft, illecebrosus, allied to the western Chinese RP. xvantho- 
carpus, Bur. & Franch., without, however, indicating 
its identity with Maximowicz’s alpine form of R. rosae- 
folius and with the Phonzo Zoufou plant. Still later 
Dr. J. H. Wilson, overlooking Focke’s account, referred 
to our plant as R. rosaefolius, “better known in gardens 
as Lf. sorbifolius, the so-called Strawberry-Raspberry.”’ 
Modern Japanese authors, apparently equally unaware 
of the existence of the name &. illecebrosus, consistently 
treat our plant as a dwarf mountain form of R. rosae 
folius, notwithstanding the evidence to the contrary 
which its herbaceous habit affords. 
Description.—Herb 6-10 in. high ; root perennial, creeping and giving off 
offsets ; stem erect, annual, angled, glabrous, prickly. Leaves 3-7 in. long, 
imparipinnate, uppermost 8-foliolate, the others 11-15-foliolate ; rachis sulcate, 
prickly; leaflets narrow ovate or ovate-lanceolate, doubly serrate, nearly 
glabrous, the veins sunk above, 13-83 in. long, 2-11 in. wide; stipules and bracts 
linear-lanceolate, 1~2 in. long. Flowers terminal, few, showy, 1-1} in. across ; 
peduncles slender, prickly, glabrous, 3-13 in. long. Sepals wide ovate, caudate- 
acumina‘e, concave, about } in. long. Petals wide obovate-orbicular, 2 in, 
wide, ultimately Spreading. Stamens numerous; filaments glabrous. Carpels 
very many, glabrous; styles filiform, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid-globose, 1} in. 
long, like that of a strawberry in colour, but rather insipid when eaten, 
; Tan. 8704.—Fig. 1, portion of margin of a leaf; 2, a flower-bud; 3 and 4, — 
Stamens; 5, a earpel; 6, a fruiting carpel :—all enlarged. 
