Mr. ANvERsoN’s Description of a new British Rubus. 221 
' The only steady scientific mark of distinction between the 
present plant and R. fruticosus, that will carry the observer fairly 
through the many varieties of each species, notwithstanding their 
general appearance being so dissimilar, is that of the shoots .of 
R. fruticosus being constantly placed on the ridge ofthe angle or 
furrow ; whereas those of R. corylifolius, besides being more slender, 
more numerous, and of irregular size, are indiscriminately scat- 
tered all over the shoot, which is generally round, rarely angled, 
and more spongy and brittle than in fruticosus. 
The panicle of R. corylifolius is also more diffuse ; fruit not so 
numerous, hemispherical, acini larger, fewer in number, and more 
distinct, not crowded together and flattened on the surface as if 
pressed down by a plane, as is the case with R. fruticosus. 
The aculei of R. corylifolius are generally straight, not hooked 
as in fruticosus ; ; but this distinction is not eh! Brecered 
by either species. - dote : 
 Relhan's remark of this irpébies: ( flagellis non verdiene is 
i no means correct; the tips of the shoots are prone to take 
root in common with those of R. fruticosus, and indeed every 
other woody British species, except sub-erectus and ideus. 
3. Rusvus fruticosus. 
Spec. Cuar. Rubus foliis subquinatis : foliolis petiolatis subtus 
 ceesio-tomentosis, angulis caulium aculeatis: aculeis aduncis. 
Rubus fruticosus; With. 469. Smith Flo. Brit. 543. Relhan, 
ed. 2. p. 195. Eng. Bot. 715; anexcellent figure. 
DESCR. Caules bi- vel triennes 4- ad 6-pedales lignosi, fortes, arcuati, divaricati, 
interdum ad humum deflexi, hinc radicantes; tenaces, precipue angulato-sul- 
cati, angulis aculeatis, (sulcis intermediis:semper inermibus) aculeis caulium 
basi dilatatis seu compresso-conicis, subaduncis ; pedunculorum et foliorum plane 
aduncis: rami annotini czsio-rubicundi. Folia quinata vel ternata ; foliola 
omnia petiolata, petiolis aculeatis; anguste ovata, seu elliptica, basi præcipue an- 
yv i $i gustata, 
