( 1783 ) 



RlBUS liOS.EFOUUS (#.) COItONARIUS. DOUBLE 



ItOSE-LEiYED ftSM^fcfe; 



Cfcss «#cZ Order. 



ICOSANDIIIA PoLYGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



€ctl. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Bacca composita acinis tai 

 spermis. 



Specific Character and Sj/nohj/ms. 



Rubus roscefolius ; frutescens, folii's quinato-pinhatis terna- 

 tiscjue utrinque viridibus, caule petiolisque aculeatis, 

 floribns soiitariis. Smith Icon. 3. t. 60. IVUtd. Sp PL 2, 

 p. 1080. 



(3.) coroimrius ; jlore magno multiplici. 



Rubus sinensis. Hortulanoruih. 



Descr. Stem shrubby, branched, and, together with the 

 petioles, covered with sharp, mostly straight, prickles. Leaves 

 pinnate, for the most part quinate, with the lower pair more 

 distant ; the upper leaf next the flower always ternate : leaflets 

 ovate-acuminate, doubly serrate, and now and then irregu- 

 larly incised, rugose, green on both sides ; when dry, their 

 rugosity nearly disappears, and they feel soft from an in- 

 visible villosity ; when viewed through a lens, in this state, 

 they appear covered with minute, shining glands. Stipules 

 subulate. Peduncle solitary, terminal, opposite a ternate 

 leaf. Calyx 5-cleft : segments ovate-acuminate with the 

 point lengthened out into a sort of awn. Petals many, 

 roundish, emarginate. Stamens many : anthers oblong, lu- 

 nated. Receptacle globular : styles many : stigmas simple. 



This elegant Bramble, almost rivaling a Rose, was intro- 

 duced, some years since, from the Prince of Wales's- Island, 



in 



