42 ROSACEi£ 



Rubus fairholmianus Gard. ; part of R. moluccanus, 

 Vol. I p. 132, II t. 96, bottom fiirure. 

 Pulneys : 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



Rubus fulvus Focke. " A strong growing perhaps 

 climbing species with large spreading flower panicles 

 and black purple fruits. Bracts pectinately laciniate 

 with linear segments. Leaves deeply cordate up to 6 

 feet diam. Petals nearly as long as the calyx lobes." 

 [G.F.M.P.] 



Western ghats, W. Nilgiris, Bababudan Hills, etc., 3,000 

 to 6,000 feet. 



Rubus ellipticus Smith ; Vol. I p. 132 and TI t. 97 upper 

 figure. This is the commonest Rubus about Coonoor 

 and on the eastern side of the Nilgiri plateau, from 

 Ootacamund and Coonoor to Kotagiri. Flowers white, 

 petals with long claws reflexed between the sepals. 



Rubus niveus Thunb.; var. subglaber Thw. Vol. I p. 135, 

 as Rubus lasciocarpus. " Leaves not white beneath, 

 glabrous except on the nerves ; thorns large racemed 

 from broad bases." ICFM-P.] 



Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, at high elevations. 



Rubus racemosus Roxb.; Vol.1 p. 134 and II t. 97 



lower figure only. 



FRAGARIA. 



Fragaria indica Andr. ; Vol. I p. 135. The epicalyx 

 forms a flat plate behind the flower. The brilliant 

 scarlet fruits on their short branches erect from the 

 runners are very conspicuous. Vol. lit. 98, Nilgiri plant, 

 t. 325, Pulney plant. 



Under trees. In Kodaikanal a patch on the bank between 

 and near the junction of the Observatory and middle lake 

 roads, flowering June. 



