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viter cornutis ; petala longiuscule unguiculata, orbicularia, 

 erosa vel fimbriato-denticulata, lobis calycinis paullo lon- 

 giora; stamina Qumerosissima antheris midis, filamentis 

 glabris; ovaria numerbsissima, pilosa, stylis gracilibus gla- 

 bris. Fructus non visus, sed ruber edulisque ex cl. Henry. 



Hnpeh : Ichang and immédiate neighbourhood, and Pa- 



tung district (A. Henry !) Herb. Kew. 



Closely allied to Rubus innominatus, S. Moore, nnd pos- 

 sibly only an eglandular variety of that species. It lias the 

 same terete, sbortly and densely tomentose branchlets, and 

 the leailets are qnite similar in texture, indumentum, and 

 shape, except that in our species thèse is no tendency to 

 trilobation in the terminal onc. Further, Moore described 

 his innominatus as having « foliis (infèrioribus) bijugatim 

 pinnatis » and the whole inflorescence is thickly beset with 

 stipitate glands ; while R. Kuntzeanm is perfectly glandless 

 and ail the leaves, on branches hearing as many as six or 

 seven, are trifoliolate, without any indication of another 

 pair of leaflets. Moore does not describe the terminal leaflet 

 of his plant as trilobate, though such is the case. 



Thies species is dedicated to Dr Otto Kuntze, who is wor- 

 king at Kew. at the présent time, and whose unrivalled 

 knowledge of the simple-leaved Rubi bas been exercised 

 greatly to our advantage in the elucidation of the Chinese 

 species. 



124. — Rubus euleucus Focke. 

 (R. niveus Wall, non Thunb.) 



R. gracilis Roxb. 



Shrubby, slender, creeping, villous, armed, as well as 

 the pétioles, with recurved prickles. Leaves ternate, and 

 quinate-pinnate ; leaflets from round cordate to oblong, 

 doubly serrate, rugose. Stipules petiolary, lanceolate. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary. Calyx twice the lenght of the 

 spatulate, crenulate petals. A native of Népal. It llowers 

 during the bot season in the Botanic garden at Calcutta. 



Ein ziemlich mannig faltiger Formenkreis, der auch 

 durch die in der Flor. ind. versuchte Unterscbeidung einer 



