518 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. RubuS. 



Introduced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta by- 

 Col. Hardwicke, where plants grow most luxuriantly ; it 

 blossoms during during the dry months of February and 

 March, but the berries never ripen well, nor are they so 

 palatable as Col. H. found them in their native soil on 

 the Sewalik mountains. 



3. R. moluccanus. Willd. 2. 1086. 



Shrubby, prickly. Leaves simple, cordate-ovate, ser- 

 rate, downy underneath. Panicles terminal, with axilla- 

 ry umbellets, 



Rubus Moluccanus latifolius. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. t. 

 47./. 2. 



A native of the Malay Archipelago. 



4. R. paniculatus. R. 



Shrubby and smooth. Prickles free. Leaves pinnate, 

 quinate, ribbed, smooth, acutely serrate. Panicles ter- 

 minal, segments of the calyx subulate ; petals round. 

 A native of the Moluccas. In the Botanic garden at 

 Calcutta, it blossoms and ripens its fruit, which is rather 

 tasteless, during the rainy and cool seasons, indeed more 

 or less the whole year. 



5. R. roscefolins. Smith, ic. ined. 3. 60. Willd. 2. 1080. 

 Shrubby, erect, prickly. Leaves generally quinate, 



pinnate, green on both sides, doubly serrate, villous. 

 Flowers solitary. 



A native of the Mauritius. In the Botanic garden at 

 Calcutta, w here it has lately been introduced, it blossoms 

 during the cold season. 



6. R. hirtus. R. 



Shrubby. Stem and petioles prickly, and very hirsute. 

 Leaves ternate ; leaflets round-oval, serrate, villous. Pa- 



