736 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., ce, Upright. Stem round, 
branched, and bearing awl-shaped inflexed 
prickles, or straight prickles, and the 
branches recurved ones. Young branch- 
lets rather glaucous at the extremity. Leaf 
pinnate, of 5—7 leaflets, that are ovate or 
oblong, mucronate, doubly serrated, plaited, 
green and glossy above, whitishly tomen- 
tose, or else glaucous, beneath. Petiole 
and rachis bearing prickles here and there. 
Petiole pilose. Stipules lanceolate, acu- 
minate, membranaceous. Flowers small, 
reddish purple, disposed in a corymbose 
panicle. Petals clawed, shorter than the 
sepals. Fruit black. Closely related to 26s aes 
the R. distans of D. Don. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 557.) A gigantic bramble, a 
native of Nepal, introduced in 1822; growing to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., 
and flowering from May to August. It is easily distinguished from all the 
other brambles in British gardens, by its 450a 
nearly erect, strong, smooth, dark maho- 
gany-coloured shoots, and by its very long 
pinnate leaves. The flowers are small, and 
the petals are of a bright reddish purple, 
and shorter than ;the sepals. The fruit 
is of a blackish purple, of the middle 
size; depressedly spherical, and covered with a fine 
bloom. The grains are fleshy, with a sweet subacid 
taste. This species throws up suckers sparingly; but its magnificent shoots 
arch over after they get to 6 ft. or 8ft. in height, and grow branching and 
flowering on every side, till they reach the ground, when their extreme points 
strike root, and form new plants. A plant in the Horticultural Society’s Gar- 
den, in 1834, was 10 ft. high, with shoots nearly 20 ft. long. 
s# 5. R.pi’stans D. Don. The distant-leafleted Bramble. 
Identification. Don Prod. Fl. Nepal, p. 256.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 557.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 530. 
Synonyme. &#. pinnatus D. Don in Prod. Fl. Nepal, p. 254. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stems round, bearing stout, compressed, recurved prickles. Leaves pinnate, re- 
sembling those of the hemp plant. Leaflets lanceolate, acutely serrated, distant, whitely tomen- 
tose beneath, and haying numerous nerves. Stipules linear, at the tip subspathulate. Racemes 
_ corymbose. Peduncles short. Sepals tomentose, ovate, somewhat acuminate, as long as the petals. 
«Carpels downy. (Dec, Prod., 2. p.557.) A native of Nepal, introduced in 1818, growing to the 
height of 6ft. or 8ft.,and flowering in June and July. We have never seen the plant. 
2 6. R. strico‘sus Michx. The strigose Bramble. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 297.; Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept., 1. p.346.; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 557.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 531. 
Synonyme. R. pennsylvanicus Poir. Dict., 6. p. 246. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem round, very hispid. Leaves pinnately cut; those of the barren branches of 
5 lobes, those of the fertile ones of 3. Lobes oval, unequally serrated, obtuse at the base, beneath 
‘lineated, and hoarily tomentose ; the odd one, in most instances, almost heart-shaped. Flowers 
about 3 upon a peduncle. Peduncle and calyx hispid. Petals white, 
? longer than the calyx. (Dec. Prod., 2. p. 557, 558.) A native of 451 
“North America, on mountains from Canada to Virginia ; flowering 
in June and July. According to Pursh, it is an upright shrub, with 
fruit very agreeable to eat. There is a plant jin the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, to which the name of AR. pennsylvAnicus is at- 
tached : but, it being in a weak state, we are not certain that it is 
the same species. 


2 7. R. occipENTA‘tIs L. The Western, or Ameri- 
can, Bramble. 
ety eens Lin. Sp., 706.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.558.; Don’s Mill., -2. 
p. 531. 
Synonymes. R. virginianus Hort. ; R. ide‘us fractu nigro Dill. 
Engravings. Sloane Jam., t. 215. f.1.; Dill. Hort. Elt., t. 247. f.319. ; 
and our fig. 451. 
Spec. Char., §c. The whole plant is pretty glabrous- 
Stems round and whitish. Prickles recurved: 

