THE BRITISH RUBL 



Nat. Ord. ROSACEA. 



Subord. RosE.E. Tr. Dryade^. 



RubuS Linn. 

 Cali/x explanatus, limbo 5-partitus, ab ovariis dis- 

 cretus, persistens. Petala quinque, calyci inserta. 

 Stamina indefinita, cum petalis inserta. Ovaria plnra, 

 receptaculo convexo imposita, unilocularia. Stylus sub- 

 terminalis, filiformis, brevis ; stigma simplex. Acini'^ 

 succosi, receptaculo protuberante exsucco irapositi, 

 monospermi, basi inter se confluentes. Semen inver- 

 sum, prope basin styli affix um ; radicula supera 



Stems herbaceous, or more frequently rather shrubby, 

 erect, or ascending or trailing, generally jDrickly, leafy, 

 angular or nearly round, often rooting at the end, rarely 

 more than biennial. Leaves alternate, stalked, digitate or 

 impari-piiniate or ternate, rarely simple. Stipules acbiate to 

 the petiole or springing from it. Flowers terminal and 



^ Acinus est bacca mollissima, succulenta, subtransparens, constanter 

 unilocularis, et seminibus duris, uno aut pluribus referta. Gaert. dt 

 Fructibus, V. 1. xcvi. 



