CHAP. XLII. ROSA‘CEX. RU‘BUS. 739 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem rather round, bearing stout 
recurved prickles, compressed at the base. Leaf- 
lets 3—5, pinnately cut, sharply serrate, a little 
downy beneath. Flowers in loose panicles, 
white or rose-coloured. Sepals lanceolate, leafy 
at the tip, tomentose, prickled, reflexed. Petals 
wedge-shaped, 3-lobed at the tip. Carpels, 
roundish, dark coloured. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.558.) 
The appearance of this plant is that of the 
common bramble, except in the leaflets, which, 
from their being deeply cut, are strikingly dif-" 2AyK( 
ferent. Where it was first found is unknown; 
but it is, in all probability, only a variety of the 
common bramble, analogous to the cut-leaved 
variety of the elder (Sambucus nigra laciniata), 
Plants may be obtained at the principal nurseries. 
«11. R. cx'sius L, The grey Bramble, or Dewberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 706.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 558.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 533, 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 22.; Hayne Abbild., t.100.; Eng. Bot., t. 826. ; and our fig. 454. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem trailing, round, in 
many instances suffused with a grey 
bloom, bearing slender and a little re- 
curved prickles. Leaflets 3 in a leaf, ovate, 
doubly serrated or crenated, glabrous, or 
obscurely ciliated. Panicle almost simple. 
Sepals ovate-acuminate. Petals white. 
Fruit sweet. Carpels large, few, greyish. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 558.) 
Varieties. 
« R. c. 2 arvensis Wallr. Sched., p. 288. ; 
R. psetdo-ce'sius Wethe, accord- 
ing to Ern. Meyer in Litt. — Leaf- ¥ 
lets tomentose beneath. Branches 
puberulous. A 
x R. c. 3 grandiflorus Ser. — Pubescent. “” 
Petals and sepals long. 
« R.c.4 parvifolius Wallr. Sched., p. 228.; 
and our jig. 455. — Stem ascending, i 
purplish, ultimately naked. Leaves small, incisely lobed. Peduncle 
1—3-flowered. A native of herbage-covered hills. 
«xR. c. 5 foliis variegatis Hort. has variegated leaves. 
Description, §c. A low, weakly, straggling, prostrate plant, having the 
flowers with blush-coloured petals, and the fruit small, with few grains; but 
0 these large, juicy, black, with a fine glaucous 
bloom, and very agreeably acid. It is a na- 
tive of Europe, and the north-east of Asia, 
in woods and hedges. By some it has been 
.. proposed to be cultivated on account of its 
eA fruit. (See Encyc. of Gard., ed. 1835, p. 
inv; 946.) This species, or race, varies exceed- 
+ ingly in different situations; whence have 
arisen the following varieties (12—16.), of 
more marked character than those already 
given, and which are considered by some as 
species ; in which form they are as follows : — 
«12, R.a’rtus W.§ K. The hairy Bramble. 
Identification, Waldst. and Kit. Plant. Rar. Hung., 2. p. 150. t. 141. ; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 533. 
Synonymes. R. villdsus Ait., var. glanduldsus Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 563. ; RB. glanduldsus Bell. App, 
Fl. Pedem , p. 24.; R. hybridus Vill. Delph.; 3. p. 359. 
Engraving.  Waldst. and Kit. Plant. Rar. Hung., 2. p.150. t.141. | 
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