Rubus.) ROSACEA. 125 
** Leaves 1-foliolate. 
Small, prostrate. Leaves sharply dentate. Fruit very 
large 4. R. parvus. 
1. R. australis, Horst. Prodr. 224.—A tall climber, reaching 
the tops of the highest trees; stems stout, woody at the base; 
branches slender, drooping, armed with scattered recurved prickles. 
Leaves 3-5-foliolate or rarely pinnate with 2 pairs of leaflets and a 
terminal one; leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, very variable in size 
and shape, 2-5 in. long, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate to linear- 
oblong or almost linear, acute or acuminate, truncate or cordate at 
the base, sharply serrate ; petioles and midribs armed with recurved 
prickles. Panicles large, much branched, 6-24 in. long, leafy to- 
wards the base; pedicels short, glandular or pubescent. Flowers 
white, +4 in. diam., diwcious; males larger and more conspicuous 
than the females. Petals broadly ovate or oblong. Fruit +in. 
diam., reddish-orange.—A. Rich. Hl. Nowv. Zel. 340; A. Cunn. Pre- 
cur. n. 567; Raoul, Choix, 49; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 125. RB. aus- 
tralis var. glaber, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 58, t. 14; Handb. N.Z. 
Fil, 54. 
NortH AND SourH Is~Anps, Srrwart Isnanp: Abundant throughout. 
Ascends to 2800 ft. Tataramoa; Bush-lawyer. September—October. 
Distinguished from the other species by its large size, glabrous leaflets 
cordate or truncate at the base, large panicles, white flowers, and small red 
fruit. 
2. R. cissoides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 569.— A scrambling or 
climbing shrub; branchlets slender, unarmed, usually much and 
closely interlaced, forming a dense bush. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; 
leaflets 2-5 in. long, narrow-ovate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, sharply and irregularly 
serrate or lobed; petioles varying much in length, furnished with 
fewer and softer prickles than in R. australis. Panicles 2—6in. 
long, often reduced to racemes; pedicels pubescent or glabrate. 
Flowers yellowish - white, $in. diam., diccious. Calyx - lobes 
broadly ovate, tomentose. Petals linear- oblong. Fruit orange- 
red, much as in R&R. australis.—Raoul, Choix, 49; Kirk, Students’ 
Handb. 126. RB. australis var. cissoides, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zei. i. 
53; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 54. 
Var. pauperatus, Kirk, 1.c.—lLeaves reduced to prickly midribs, sometimes 
with a minute leaflet at the apex.—R. squarrosus, Kerner. 
NortH anp SourH Isntanps, Stewart Istanp: Not uncommon from the 
North Cape southwards, chiefly in lowland districts. September—November. 
3. R. schmidelioides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 568.—A scrambiing 
or climbing shrub; branchlets usually unarmed, often intertwined, 
forming a dense bush; young shoots pubescent or tomentose. 
Leaves 3—5-foliolate ; leaflets 2-4 in. long, orbicular-ovate or ovate- 
oblong to ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, acute, rounded or cordate at 
