JULY 1 TO OCTOBER 31, 1919. 79 



48304 to 48436— Continued. 



white flowers, large red itrickles. and bright-red fruits, this is an ex- 

 ceedingly attractive rose. (Adapted from Cvrtin's HotanUal Mafiazine. 



pi. 8218.) 



48408. RuBUS alexetekivs Focki-. Kn.saceie. Brftinble. 

 "A 849. Forrest No. 15334." 



A spiny shrub, 4 to 7 fe<'t in liciglit. with arched brnnchPH, ternate 

 hairy leaves, white flowers, and large yellow edible fruits. It Is a 

 native of the eastern flank of the I.icluaiig Mnniitains of w«'st<'rn Chinn. 

 where it frequents shady rocky situations in pine forests. (Adapteil 

 from Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, IJdinhiiriih. vol. .l. p. l:'t.\ 



48409. RuBUS lineatus Reinw. Rosaceae. Bramble. 

 "A 857." 



A very attractive suberect plant witii softly pulK'scent brancln-s and 

 leathery leaves composed of three to live leaflets. It is native to the Him- 

 alayas of Sikkim. India, where it grows at altitudes of (UKK) to JMMK) 

 feet. The white flowers grow in short ax'illary heads and terminal 

 silvery panicles, and the fruits are small and red. (.Xdapted frrmi 

 Hooker, Flora of British Indiu, vol. 2. p. 33S.) 



48410. RuBUS LOROPETALus Franch. Rosacere. Bramble. 



"A 858." 



A small, creeping, woody vine with graceful, erect, flowering stems 

 and trifoUolate, finely dentate leaves. Its native home is ;n the forests 

 of Yunnan, China, at an altitude of 3,200 meters (about 10.(K»0 feet). 

 (Adapted from Franchet, FUnit(e Dtlavui/aua; p. 203.) 



48411. RuBus LUTESCENS Franch. Rosacere. Bramble. 

 "A 856. Forrest No. 1.5332." 



A small shrub, 9 to 12 inches in height, growing in open grassy places 

 on the eastern slopes of the Lichiang !\I<)untains. Yunnan. China, at 

 altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000 feet. The flowers are a pale canary yellow. 

 (Adapted from Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden-, Edinburgh, vol. 

 5, p. 73.) 



48412. RuBUS MicRANTHUS D. Don. Rosacere. Bramble. 

 {R. lasiocarpus micranthus Hook.) 



"A 848. Forrest No. 1.5329."' 



A large rambling plant with colored bark covered with powdery bloom. 

 The prickles are small and compressed, and the leather>' leaves. 3 to 10 

 inches long, are almost plaited by the strong straight veit.s which are 

 very prominent on the glaucous under surface. Tlie deep-pink flowers 

 are small, and the petals rarely exceed the densely woolly calyx'. The 

 fruit, less than half an inch in diameter, is hoary and nearly spherical. 

 with numerous dry or fleshy, red or orange drupes. (Adajite^l from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. ;?. p. 339.) 



48413. RuBUS sp. Rosacese. Bramble. 

 "A 847. Forrest No. 15328." 



48414. RuBUS sp. Rosacese. Bramble. 



"A 850. Forrest No. 15447." 



J415. RuBUS sp. Rosacese. 



"A 851. Forrest No. 15647." 



48415. RuBUS sp. Rosacese. Bramble. 



