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foliisTiliarum similia. Inflorescentia 6-9 poil, longa e racemis 

 composita aphylla inermis apicem versus decrescens, ramuli 

 inferiores sat longi 2-5 poil, longi patentes sericeo-tomentosi 

 raeemosi, superiores brèves paueiflori; bracteae lanceolata? 

 caduca? ; pedicelli brevissimi. Flores parvi 5-6 lin lati ; 

 cupula hypocrateriformis, cum sepalis ovatis mucronatis, 

 sericeo-albido-tomentosa. Calyx fructiferus 7* poil, latus, 

 sepalorum faciès interna margine hirsuto albido cincta basin 

 versus glaberrima nitëns et atrorubens, ut videtur. Petala 

 nulla. Stamina numerosa; receptaculum hirsutissimum. 

 Carpella c. 12-15, glabra; styli elongati stamina superantes. 



The leaves of this species resemble very much those of 

 Tilià alba. The glandular tissue of the disk seems to extend 

 over a great ofthe inner surface of the sepals, and, being 

 coloured in compensation for the want of petals, it must be 

 very atractive for flies and other small insects. The plant 

 appears to be allied to R. tephrodes Hance. 



46. — Rubus sepalanthus Focke 



Frutex scandens; ramis subteretibus tomentoso-hirsutis; 

 aculeis brevibus inœqualibus e basi lata recurvis; stipulis 

 in lacinulas lineares partitis caducis; foliis breviter petiolatis 

 e basi truncata vel emarginata oblongis acuminatis mucro- 

 nato-serrulatis, supra glabrescentibus, subtils inter nervos 

 lutescenti-hirtos albo-tomentosis; inflorescentiae terminalis 

 racemoso paniculatœ inermis ramulis inferioribus paucis 

 axillaribus multifloris, mediis paucifloris, supremis uniflo- 

 ris; bracteis parvis pinnatifidis v. trifidis; floribus medio- 

 criter pedicellatis parvulis, sepalis in flore patulis post 

 anthesin fructum amplectentibus externe albo-sericeis interne 

 glabris atro purpureis albo-marginatis, petalis nullis, gyno- 

 phoro dense villoso, carpellis ca. 20; fructu hemisphaerico 

 nigro. 



Klettert 5 m. hoch. Blaetter 7-10 cm. lang, 3, 5-5 cm. 

 breit, mit 0,5-0,8 cm. langem, zottingem stiel. Blûtens- 

 tand zur Fruchtzeit etwa 1 cm. lang, Blûten reichlich 1 cm. 

 im Durchmessser. 



