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heafiets narrower and more attenuated at the base than lhe4ast ; 

 generally lioary beneath ; often wltli scattered hairs on both sides, 

 when it becomes the i?. villosus of D. Don's MSS. ined. Mr. An- 

 derson again remarks, under this species, that the only constant 

 mark of distinction between this and the R. corylif. is to be found 

 in the situation of the prickles. 



6. R.saxalilis {Stone Bramble), leaflets 3 slightly downy, run- 

 ners creeping herbaceous, panicle of few flowers. LightJ. 

 p. 265. E.B.t.2233. 



Hab. Stony mountainous places, especially in the Highlands. Rosslyti 

 woods, Maiigh. Pentland liills, near Collington, Mr. Arnott. Cleg- 

 horn wood ; Boniton, near Lanark; among hazel bushes a little 

 above Calderwood, and at Gourock plentifully, Glasg., Hopk. Fl. 

 June. % . 



This and the two following species are, ha])pily, as easy to be distin- 

 guished as the four preceding ones are difficult. The present is erect, 

 slender, 8 — 10 inches high, with a few weak, straight prickles. 

 Leaves 2 — 3, leaflets ovate. Petals minute, narrow, greenish yel- 

 low. Fruit of a very few, red, large, clustered drupes. 



7. R. arcticns {arctic Bramble), leaflets 3 gWbrous obtusely 

 serrated, stem without prickles bearing (mostly) 1 flower, pe- 

 tals roundish notched. E. B. t. 1585. 



H.\B. Rockv mountainous parts in the Isle of Mull, Dr. IValker. 

 High regions of Ben-y-glo, Blair in Scotland, Richard Cotton, Esq. 

 Fl. June. % . 



I wish some botanist would confirm the stations above given in i^. Bot. 

 for this beautiful plant, whose fruit is so highly prized by Svv'cdish epi- 

 cures. It is impossil)le for any one in the least versed in plants 

 to confound it with any thing else. Stems A — G inches high, slen- 

 der, having 3 or 5 leaves. Flower deep rose colour, large, single. 

 Fridf purplish red. 



8. R. CliarncBmorus {Child- berry), dioecious, leaves simple 

 lobed, stem without prickles and having a single flower. 

 Lighlf.p.2m.tA3.E.B.t.l\ij. 



Hab. Abundant upon many of the mountains, especially in the High- 

 lands, as Ben Lomond, &c. Top of the Eastern Cairn hill, one of 

 the Pentlands, Mr. Sommerville and E. J.Maughan. Cleghorn and 

 Boniton woods with the R.saxatilis, and on the Campsie hills, Hopk. 

 Fl. July. 11 . 



Root creeping and throwing up 2 — 3 slender, simple stems, about 8 

 or 1 inches high, with 2 or 3 leaves, which are plicate, lobed, and 

 serrated. Flower solitary, large, white. Cat. of large ovate seg- 

 ments. Petals large, rotundato-ovate, white. Around the germens 

 is a fleshy ring with short processes tipped witli a gland (abortive 

 stam. ?). Fruit of several, large, dull orange-coloured, aggregated 

 drupes, of an agreable flavour ; much used by the people of Nor- 

 way and Lapland as food ; and, being buried in the snow, they keep 

 well through the winter. 



