Rubus.] Rosacee. 103 
Stems thinly dark brown pubescent, armed with numerous 
large curved thorns; leaves simple, 5-64 in. long, 33-5 in. 
broad, obscurely 3 or 5 lobed, slightly cordate at the base, 
hairy on the veins, and slightly rugose above, grey-ochre 
pubescent beneath with darker veins and prickles on the main 
veins; petiole 2-3 in. long; stipules deeply cut, somewhat 
pubescent, caducous; flowers in very loose terminal panicles ; 
bracts toothed; pedicels about 2 in. long; calyx-lobes densely 
ferrugineous pubescent, entire, without a hyaline border; 
petals 2 as long as the calyx segments; fruit black, of several 
large carpels. 
Upper montane zone; common. Nuvara Eliya; Hakgala. F's. 
Jan.—Oct. ; pink. 
Also in S. India. 
5. R. indicus Thunb. Diss. Rub. p. 7 (1813); Fl. Ceil. p. 6 (1825). 
Rubus Wightii Gamble, Fl. Madr. p. 440 (1919). R. rugosus var. a 
Thw. Enum. p. ror (1859). R. moluccanus Hk. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I, 
p.290.(1870) pp-; Trim. Fi. Ceyl. Il; p: 1363°2?Thunb. Fl: Cel. p.6 
(1825). Vel-bute, S. 
Stems thickly ferrugineous or brown pubescent, armed 
with numerous large curved thorns; leaves simple, 2-34 in. 
long, 2?-4 in. broad, subacutely 5 lobed, deeply cordate at 
the base, hairy on the veins, and very rugose above, grey 
ochre pubescent beneath with darker veins and prickles on 
the main veins; petiole 1-14 in. long; stipules caducous; 
flowers in a very loose, branched, terminal panicle and in 
clusters in the leaf axils; bracts subentire; pedicels about $ in. 
long; calyx lobes densely ferrugineous pubescent, entire, 
with a hyaline border; petals ? as long as the calyx segments; 
fruit purplish-red. 
Moist country above tooo ft.; very common. Peradeniya; Galle; 
Bandaravela. Fl. all the year. 
This must be Thunberg’s plant as he could scarcely have obtained 
any of the up-country species. 
Hilson im Ss: jp badia..*\ . 
6. R. ellipticus Sm. 
Moon gives Nara-buté as the Sinhalese name. 
_ 8. R,« leucocarpus Arn. Pug. p. 16 (1836). R. lastocarpus var. 
subglaber Thw. Enum. p. tor (1859); Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, 
pee 3a0; Trim, Pi Ceyl. 11, ps 138: 
Stems erect or scrambling, glabrous but covered with a 
fine bloom, armed with large straight or curved thorns; 
leaves pinnate; rachis 3-5 in.; leaflets 3-7, subsessile, ovate, 
cordate at the base, acute, acuminate, glabrous or slightly 
hairy beneath, finely serrate; stipules rather small, linear; 
fls. in small, terminal and axillary corymbs; bracts filiform; 
petals # as long as the calyx lobes; fruit large, bluish, 
pubescent. 
Part If. 
