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Stamens and carpels numerottn. Oculcs 2, simpended. Calyx ivitJiout iractlets. 

 Shrubs or under shrubs, often prickli/, ivilh compound, rarely simple, leaves. 



RuBcs, Linnmus. 



Characters of the Tribe. 



* Carpels few, only 3-C. Leaves simple. 



R. PTErroLiA, Sm. Hills of Ava. 



Ji. hexagona, Koxb. 

 R. Indiea, Lesch. 



Petioles very short. Flo«-ers in largo terminal panicles. 



•'"* Carpels numerous, forming a sort of sappy berry. 

 X Leaves entire or lobed. 

 + All softer parts and tJie under side of the lobed leaves covered with a dense tomentum 

 usually intermixed with longer hairs. Calyx-lobes entire. 



E. MoLCCCANA, L. var. « and fi Hills of JIartaban over 2.500 feet. var. 7 



probably Ava, also Kamorta and Isaukowry. 



Bracts and stipules pinuatisect, the segments long, thin, and often filiform. 



var. a genuina. Leaves beneath clothed with a short tomentum intermixed 

 with a few longer hairs only, the basal lobes usually diverging. Calyx velvety 

 and at the same time densely tawny and appressedly hirsute, the lobes acuminate. 



var. /i alceccfolia, Poir. Leaves softly pubescent beneath, the basal lobes 

 usually much converging. Calyx densely tawny or yellowish appresscd hirsute, the 

 lobes acuminate. 



var. 7 abnormalis. Stems covered with spreading tawny hairs. Leaves of 

 var. a. Calyx shortly and densely greyish or whitish tomentosc, without any 

 admixture of longer hairs, the lobes acute or almost blunt. 



+ + All parts, except the inflorescence, icithout tomentum, glabrous or pubescent. 



R. FERox, Wall. Ava (?). 



K. Jloluccana, Roxb. 



Calyx-lobes pectinate-toothed. 



X X Leaves digitately 3-5-foliolafe. 



R. PEXTAfio.vA, Wall. Niit-toung, East of Touug-ngoo, over GOOO feet. 



Branchlets almost terete. Leaflets green, shortly puberulous. Stipules and 

 bracts linear entire, shortly glandular-pubescent. Flowers white. 



I formerly combined Ji. alpestris and this s])ecies, but Mr. 0. Kuntzo, of 

 Leipzig, who revised the species of Itubus in HliC, has pointed out to mo the 

 dilferenccs between the two (Kurz). 



R. ALPESTRIS. 



Branchlets terete. Leaflets glabrous or pnbesccnt. Stipules and bracts Tisually 

 cut into 1-2 linear segments, glabrous, or only very sparingly and shortly glandular- 

 hairy. Flowers red. 



Kui'z's remark to the last species leav(!s us in doubt if the present species occurs 

 in Burma. 



XXX Leaves pinnafely Zfoliolate or unpaired-pinnute. 

 ° Fruits tomentusc. 



R. LAsrocARPA, Sm. Hills East of Bhamo. 



R. albescens and racemosa, Roxb. 



