518 ICOSANDRIA  POLYGYNIA. Rubus. 
Introduced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, by ‘ 
Col. Hardwicke, where plants grow most luxuriantly ; it 
blossoms during during the dry months of February and 
March, but the berries never ripen well, nor are they so 
palatable as Col. H. found them in their native soil on 
the Sewalik mountains. 
3. R. moluccanus. Willd. 2. 1086. 
Shrubby, prickly. Leaves simple, cordate-ovate, ser- 
rate, downy underneath. Panicles terminal, with axilla- 
ry umbellets. oH 
Rubus Moluccanus latifolius. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. & 
47. f. 2. 
A native of the Malay Archipelago. 
A. R. paniculatus. R. 
Shrubby. and smooth. Prickles free. Leaves pinnate, 
quinate, ribbed, smooth, acutely serrate.. . Panicles ter 
minal, segments of the calyx subulate; petals round. 
A native of the Moluccas. In the Botanic garden at 
Calcutta, it blossoms and ripens its fruit, which is rather. 
tasteless, during the rainy and cool seasons, indeed more 
or less the whole year. 
5. R, rosefolins. Smith. ic, ined, 3. 60. Willd. 2. 1080. 
Shrubby, erect, prickly. Leaves generally quinate, 
pinnate, green on both sides, doubly serrate, villous: 
Flowers solitary. ae 
A native of the Mauritius, In the Botanic garden at 
Calcutta, where it has Jats been introduced, it bloga 
bese the cold season. ice 
6. R. hirtus. R, 
Shrubby. Stem and petioles pickdvia and very hirsute 
Leaves ternate ; 3 leaflets mar serrate, eilonats Pa 
