91. Rubus simplex Focke 



Herbaceus caule erecto glabrato parce aculeolato, foliis 

 Irifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve inaqualiter mu- 

 cronato-serratis f. intermedio basi interdum leviter cordato, 

 floribus paucis breviter pedunculatis in fasciculos 2-1 iloros 

 axillares vcl quasi-terminales disposais, petalis pubescen- 

 tibus calyce vix longioribus, calycis lol)is fructiferis eree- 

 tiusculis ovato-deltoideis subulato-acuminatis. 



Hab. Cbina, Prov. Hupeb (3982) and Prov. Szechwan 

 (7333), D r A. Henri). 



Caules e radice repente lignosa fibrillis numerosis instructa 

 herbacei simplices erecti 1-2 pédales puberuli sparsim el mi- 

 nute aculeolati. Folia circa septem longe petiolata ternata 

 petiolus 2'/ 2 -4 poil, longus ; stipula 1 e basi petioli ortas 

 lineari-lanceolata? ; petiolus praëcipue in foliis inferioribus 

 longus puberulus cum petiolulis et nervis intermediis pagina 1 

 foliolorum inferioris sparsim et minute aculeolatus. Fo- 

 liola 2 ' ,-3 '/, (-5) poil, longa, inaequàliter sed non pro- 

 funde mucronato-serrata, super striguloso-pilosa, subtus in 

 nervis solum puberula, lateralia breviter petiolulata inter- 

 medio vix minora ; intermedium longius petiolulatum ova- 

 tum, in foliis superioribus acuminatum ; petioluli intermedii 

 7 4 -l poil, longi. Flores diam. l / 2 - s / 3 poil, pauci (2-4) rarius 

 singuli et in axillis foliorum superiorum et terminales, 

 omnes breviter pedunculati, pedunculi Y*"'/» poil.; cupula 

 sat ampla hypocrateriformis cum sepalis triangularibus su- 

 bulato-acuminatis tomentoso-marginatis pubescens viridis 

 aculeolata ; petala pubescentia sepalis, ut videtur, longiora ; 

 slamina numerosa; post antbesin sepala eriguntur, in fruclu 

 maturo rubro eduli patentia sunt. Putamen rugulosum. 



Hou-Pé. 



This species scems to propagate by creeping roots, for in 

 the dried spécimens nothing is to be seen like tbe annual 

 leafy runners of R. saxatilis L. R.simplex can only bc com- 

 pared with R.Clarkei Hook. f. andJR. saxatilis L. but it may 



