132 ROSACEiE. 



however been able to determine with any degree of confidence my Nilgiri 

 and Pulney specimens from his descriptions and retain therefore the more 

 comprehensive species of the F.B.I, which are the group species or sub- 

 genera of Foche. 



Leaves simple, lobed ........ R. moluccanus. 



Leaves of three leaflets . R. ellipticus. 



Leaves of five to seven leaflets ..... R. lasiocarpus, etc. 



Rubus moluccanus Linn.; F.B.L ii 330, VIIT li ; Purple 

 Bramble. Very prickly shrubs, the shoots covered with 

 a dense or fine tomentum. Leaves up to 8 inches by 5 

 inches, simple, with three to seven lobes, ovate or 

 triangular, deeply cordate at the base, very rugose on the 

 upper side by the impression of the veins, tomentose 

 on the under. Stipules oblong, laciniate or fimbriate. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles. Bracts deeply cut. Sepals 

 tomentose with fimbriate margin. Petals white. Fruit 

 dark purple, t. 96. Wight Ic. 225. 



Everywhere on the downs of Ootacamund and Kodaikanal 

 forming thick clumps, but not seen below our level. 



Gen. Dist. Central, eastern and tropical Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, 

 Burma, Assam, South Indian hills but not, or only very rarely, on the 

 Bombay Ghats, Ceylon, Malaya. 



Foche has divided this species into very many micro-species. Of these 

 we may have : 



i. R. (moluccanus 6'^r.- alcaefolia) fulvus Foche; leaves acuminate, 

 not lobed towards the apex. {Fysoji 519). ii. R. (moluccanus Ser : 

 rugosi) fairholmianus Gardner leaves sinuate-lobed white-tomentose 

 underneath, branches very prickly. {FysoJt 2982.) But I cannot give these 

 with any certainty. 



Rubus ellipticus Smith ; F.B.L ii 336, VIII 28. Yellow 

 Bramble or Yellow Raspberry. Shrub, young parts cov- 

 ered with white tomentum partially or wholly concealed 

 by red hairs ; prickles slender, curved down. Leaves 

 pinnately three-foliate ; leaflets I to 4 inches, rounded or 

 pointed, obovate or elliptic or nearly circular, irregularly 

 dentate, very variable in regard to the covering of the 

 lower surface, that being nearly glabrous, white-tomen- 

 tose, or shaggy : midrib with prickles : nerves very 

 Straight forking near the margin : terminal leaflet I to 4 



