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IIUBUS* spectclbilis. 

 Sfiewy Bramble. 



ICOSANDllIA POLVC.YNl.t. 



Nat. ord. RosacE/T: Jussieu. — (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 81 .) , 



RUBUS.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 461. 



R. spectabilis ; caule crecto fruticoso subaculeato tereti, foliis ternatis tri- 

 lobisve, foliolis niembranaceis ovato-rlioniboideis nunc cordatis in;i(juabter 

 duplicato-SL-rratis subtus leviter pilosis viridibus, pedunculis axillaiibus 

 terniinahbus(jue solitariis pubescentibus, Horibus nutantil)us, calycibus 

 canipanulatis tonientosis subsetosis : laciniis ovatis, pctulis ovatis obtusis 

 venosis. 



R. spectabilis. Purshji. amer.septentr. 1. p. 348. t. 16. De Cand. prodr. 

 2. 559. 

 Frutcx ei^ectus, 3-4 pedalis, nulla modo siirculosus. Folia hctc viridia ; 



nunc tcrnata, foUolo inipari petiolato, scepc cordato, nunc triloba foliolis 



confuentibus ; stipulce subulata. Floras, in cultis pauci, in spontaneis 



copiosi, nutantes, petalis atro-roseis. Fructus 



From the figure of this plant in Pursh's Flora of North 

 America, great expectations were entertained of it as an 

 ornamental plant; and when a few individuals were raised 

 from Mr. Douglas's seeds by the Horticultural Society, it 

 was supposed to be one of the most valuable species in 

 his collection. The ])lants, however, that have hitherto 

 flowered are by no means so beautiful as they were ex- 

 pected to be. Their petals, indeed, are of a rich deep 

 rose colour, and the foliage is of a bright fresh green ; but 

 the blossoms are produced too sparingly to cause any 

 striking effect. The accompanying drawing is a faithful 

 representation of the state of the plants that flowered in 

 tiie Garden of the Horticultural Society. We, however, 



* Rubus is said by De Thcis to come from the Celtic rub, red. 



