CHAP. XLII. ROSA CEX. RU‘BUS. 741 
are ripened before those of R. fruticdsus and 
its allies. The young shoots of the current 
year sometimes take root at the extremity ; 
and country nurses and quacks formerly used 
to pretend to cure children of the hooping- 
cough, by drawing them through the arch thus 
formed by the stem. (Eng. Bot., ii. p. 409.) 
According to Dr. Lindley, the following pyar 
British kinds of Rubus may be associated ‘ 
with &. corylifolius Smith, either as related 
species, or as varieties : — 
R. macrophillus Weihe & Nees, Eng. Bot. 
Suppl., t. 2625. The large-leaved Bramble. 
R. carpinifolius Weihe & Nees. The Horn- 
beam-leaved Bramble. 
R. fisco-dter Weihe & Nees. The brownish- 
black Bramble. 
R. Ko‘ileri Weihe § Nees; Eng. Bot. Suppl., 
t. 2605.; R. pallidus Weihe § Nees, ac- 
cording to Lindley’s Syn. Kohler’s Bramble. 
R. glandulosus Smith. The glandulous-bristled Bramble. 
R. ridis Weihe & Nees; R. echinatus of ed. 1. of Lindl. Synops., and our 
H. B., No. 28335. The rough Bramble. 
R. diversifolius Lindl. Synops., ed.1.; FR. diversifolius Weihe, Hort. Brit., 
No, 28330. The diverse-leaved Bramble. 
Dr. Lindley has given brief distinctive characters of each of these kinds in 
his Synopsis of the British Flora, ed.2.; to which work, and to our Hortus 
Britannicus, the reader is referred for more particulars respecting them. 
« 18. R.(c.) acre’stis Waldst. §Kit. The Field Bramble. 
Sa Waldst. and Kit. Plant. Rar. Hung., 3. p. 297. t. 268.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 559. ; Don’s 
ill., 2. p. 533. 
Engraving. Waldst. and Kit. Plant. Rar. Hung,, 3. t. 268. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stems suffruticose, procumbent, indistinctly angled, with straight, bristle-like 
prickles. Leaflets 3—5, roundish, lobed in a dentated manner, unequally serrated, hairy above, 
tomentose beneath. Calyx whitely tomentose and hispid, with glanded hairs. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 559.) A native of long neglected fields of Hungary and Transylvania. Seringe asks whether it 
may not be a variety of #. tomentdsus, or rather of #. corylifolius. 
% 19, R. specta’BILIs Ph. The showy-flowered Bramble. 
Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 348, t. 16, ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 559. ;. Don's Mill., 2. p. 533. 
Synonyme. R. ribifdlius Willd. Herb., according to Steven. 
Engravings. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., t. 16.; Bot. Reg., t. 1424. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1602.; and ourjfig. 458. , 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem not bearing prickles, glabrous. Leaf 
of three leaflets, that are ovate, acute, doubly and unequally 
serrated, downy beneath. Flowers of 
an agreeable purplish colour, produced 
singly on terminal peduncles. Sepals 
oblong, rather abruptly acuminate, 
shorter than the petals. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p- 559.) An elegant shrubby bramble, 
growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft., 
with subflexuose, round, smooth / 
branches, and large dark-purple odo-~ 
riferous flowers, which appear in April and May, and are succeeded by large 
dark-yellow fruit, of an acid and somewhat astringent taste, which make ex- 
cellent tarts. Itisanative of North America, on the banks of the Colum- 
bia, and was introduced in 1827 by Mr. Douglas. It merits a place in 
every collection, both as a flowering shrub, and for its fruit. 
« 20. R. utmiro‘Lius Schott. The Elm-leaved Bramble. 
Identification. Schott in Isis, 1818, fasc. 5. p. 821.; Lk. Enum., 2. p. 61.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 560. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 534. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem decumbent, very prickly, frutescent. Branches very red. Leaflets 3—5, 
oval, rather heart-shaped, acutely and doubly crenated, tomentose beneath, without prickles, 
Flowers of a beautiful rose colour. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 560.) A native of Gibraltar, on the moun.~ 
tains; said to have been introduced in 1823, It flowers from June to September. 
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