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BRITISH FLORA 



pink. The sepals arc- jjrcyish-olivc. The fruit is 

 briffhl-rcd, then glossy-black. 



Xiibus lalifolitis, Bab. — The habitat of this 

 species is open woods. The habit is shrub-like, 

 the stem furrowed, very soon prostrate, slijjluly 

 hairy. The leaves are duU-jjreen, very larj^e, 

 thinly hairv. The leaflets are all broad, with com- 

 pound, deeply-cut teeth, harsh to the touch below, 

 the terminal leaflet heart-shaped, with a long point. 

 The panicle is narrow, blunt, cylindrical, with 

 a densely hairy rachis and conspicuous bracts. 

 The sepals are grey with a yellow base. The 

 plant flowers in July and August, and is a deciduous 

 shrub. 



Riibus imbricatus, Hort. — The habitat of this 

 plant is wood borders and open commons. The 

 habit IS prostrate or arched, remarkably branched. 

 The leaflets are convex, wrinkled, overlapping, 

 the terminal leaflets roundish, egg-shaped, with 

 an abrupt, long point, heart-shaped, the basal 

 leaflets small. The panicle has distant, long, very 

 strongly ascending lower branches, and several 

 lobes. The top of the panicle and the flower- 

 stalks are scarcely felted, the sepals uniformly grey 

 and hairy. The ripe fruit is glossy-black. The 

 plant flowers in July and August, and is a deciduous 

 shrub. 



Rubus carfinifolius, Wh. & N.— The habitat of 

 this plant is wood borders, hedges, heaths, open 

 places in hilly districts. The habit is erect, arched. 

 The leaves are plaited, with long teeth, soft be- 

 neath, the terminal leaflets long, usually oval, with 

 a long point. The panicle is narrow, pyramidal, 

 or in a sort of raceme, with branches erect, or 

 widespreading. The sepals are widely spreading 

 in fruit. The petals are white. The panicle is 

 very prickly and pale-coloured. The fruit is large. 

 The plant flowers in July and August, and is a 

 deciduous shrub. 



Rubus incurvatus, Bab. — The habitat of this 

 plant is thickets, open woods, heaths, and hilly 

 slopes. The habit is prostrate, arched. The leaf- 

 lets are hollowed, lobed, toothed, with incurved 

 wavy edges, greenish-white, soft, with felted down 

 below, thick. The terminal leaflets are broadly 

 egg-shaped, heart-shaped. The panicle is long, 

 the top ultra -axillary, the branches short and 

 widespreading. The flowers are pink, as also 

 the stamens and style. There are no glands. 

 The plant flowers in July, and is a deciduous 

 shrub. 



Rubus Liiidlcianus, Lees. — The habitat of this 

 species is wood borders and hedges. The habit 

 is erect, and arching, the stem shining (hence 

 nitidus. Bell Salter), glossy. The leaflets are 

 inversely egg-shaped, wedge-shaped, wavy-edged, 

 with irregular, shallow teeth, and narrow below. 

 The panicle has a long, broad, cylindrical, blunt 

 top, and long, nearly equal, widespreading 

 branches, in a cyme. The rachis is hairy. The 

 petals are white. The fruit and drupelets are 

 small. The plant flowers in July and August, 

 and is a deciduous shrub. 



Rubus argenteus, Wh. & N. ( = erythrinus, 

 Genev.). — The habitat of this species is woods, 



hedges, and open sunny places. The habit is 

 high-arching. The stem is dark-purple (hence 

 erythrinus). The prickles have a wide base. The 

 leaflets are leathery, with an ash-coloured felt 

 below, the dark-purple of the stem extending fre- 

 quently to the leaf- stalk and midrib, convex, 

 inversely egg-shaped, with a blunt, long point, the 

 terminal leaflets long-stalked, broadly egg-shaped. 

 The panicle is loose, pyramidal, with a narrow, 

 rounded top, and strongly -ascending lower 

 branches. The fruit and drupelets are large. 

 The panicle distinguishes it from the last, as well 

 as the leaves, fruit, and colour of the stem, &c. 



Rubus durescens, W. R. Linton. — This plant is 

 found in hedges by the roadside, and in woods. 

 The habit is arching. The stem is purplish, with 

 leathery leaflets, brownish-green, hairless on the 

 upper surface, with .a few short, stiff' hairs on the 

 prominent nerves below, the larger teeth wide- 

 spreading. The leaflets are oblong, egg-shaped. 

 The terminal leaflets are egg-shaped, heart- 

 shaped. The panicle is broad, short, cylindrical, 

 in a corymb, the branches widespreading, forming 

 a cyme, the top broad but hardly blunt. In the 

 panicle the plant resembles R. Lindleianus. The 

 colour and leaves, &c., are as in R. erythrinus, 



Rubus rhamnifoliusy Wh. & N. — The habitat of 

 this species is wood borders, thickets, and hedges. 

 The habit is arching. The leaflets are thick, flat, 

 with ash-coloured or white felt below, and finely- 

 pointed close and simple teeth, the terminal ones 

 often not twice the lengfth of the leaf-stalk, with 

 a blunt point, and heart-shaped below. The 

 terminal ones are very long-stalked, roundish, 

 egg-shaped, heart-shaped. The basal ones are 

 not overlapping. The panicle is rather close 

 and cylindrical, the flowers cup-like, the petals 

 roundish, white. The sepals are turned back. 

 The stamens are erect and longer than the style. 

 The plant flowers in July and August, and is a 

 deciduous perennial. 



Rubus ncmoralis, P. J. Mucll. — The habitat of 

 this plant is wood borders and hedges. The habit 

 is arching. The leaflets are pale-green both sides, 

 rather finely and evenly toothed, paler, and thinly 

 hairy below. The panicle is very loose, ascending, 

 leafy, at first pj'ramidal, then forming a corymb, 

 with several simple floral leaves above, and very 

 long lower strongly-ascending branches forming 

 a raceme-like corymb. TJie petals are pink. This 

 species is handsome, strong, long. The narrow 

 base of the terminal leaflet is heart-shaped as age 

 advances. The numerous floral leaves, the long 

 lower branches of the panicle distinguish this 

 species. Its nearest ally is R. rhamnifolius, 



Rubus pulcherritmts^ Neum. — The habitat of 

 this plant is wood borders, hedges, and commons. 

 The habit is prostrate, arching, forming extensive 

 patches as underwood in woodlands. The stem 

 is rather hairy, dull-red or green. The prickles 

 are widespreading or bent downwards. The leaves 

 are 6-7-lobed. The leaflets are convex, leathery, 

 dull grey-green, with a greenish ashy felt below, 

 opaque above, the terminal leaflets 2^-3 times as 

 long as the leaf-stalk. The panicle is long, with 



