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FLORA OF JAMAICA. 



Buhus 



leaflets 3-5, pubescent, especially on the midrib, or at length 

 glabrescent on the upper surface, beneath generally whitish, 

 sericeous, tomentulose ; bracts setaceous or subulate, tomentellous ; 

 sepals tomentellous. Siv. Ohs. Bot. 205 ; Marf. Jam. ii 6 ; Griseh. 



Fig. 111. Biibus jamaicensis L. 



A, Leaf aud inflorescence x 3. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise X 3. 



C, Unripe carpel x 10. 



D, Ripe fruit, nat. size. 

 Ej Seed cut lengthwise x 10 ; c, cotyledon 

 r, radicle. 



Fl. Br. W. Ind. 231 ; Bydherg in N. Amer. Fl. xxU. 455. Rubus 

 foliis longioribus subtus molli lanugine &c. Sloane Cat. 173 & 

 Hist. ii. 109, t. 213,/. 1. R. aculeatus <kc. Browne Hist. Jam. 

 242. (Fig. 111.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Blackberry, Br arable. 



In fl. throughout the year, but chiefly in spring and summer ; in the 

 mountains ; Moneague Savanna, Sloane Herb. vii. 51 ! St. Mary, St. Ann, 

 Browne; Wright I Sioartz\ Macfadyen ; St. Mary, McNahl Purdie ; 

 Wullschlaegel ; March; Prior; Prospect Hill, 1000 ft., Thompsonl 

 Cinchona, Clute ! Walderston, 2000 ft. ; Cinchona, 5000 ft. ; Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 7946, 9131, 9141. Hispaniola. 



