PLATE 1947. 
RUBUS MALIFOLIUS, Focke. 
Rosacea. Tribe Rusez. 
R. malifolius, Focke (sp. nov.) ; lignosus prostratus v. scandens parce » 
aculeolatus v. subinermis, foliis 1-foliolatis petiolatis pgp eo Se 
breviter acuminatis basi obtusis serratis glabri subtus costa 
parallelis numerosis obliquis, floribus in racemos terminales pauci- 
floros dispositis, bracteis scariosis lineari-oblongis deciduis ; alabastri 
ovoideo-globosis dense tomentosis, petalis rotundatis breviter = 
culatis, toro longe hirsuto, ovariis glabris 
Has. China, Prov. Hupeh, District of Chienshih, Dr. A. Henry 
(5794). | 
subtus in nervis puberula; folia inferiora 2 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. 
lata; suprema 34-4 poll. longa, 13-19 poll. lata ; longitudo petiolorum 
3-5 poll. Flores pauci in racemum terminalem aphyllum inermem 
dispositi ; bractese song deciduz.- Pedunculi } poll. longi. Florwm 
diam. 4 poll. Sepala ovata mucronata tomentose Petala lata 
externa hirta. us subulata pubernula, anthers hirsutissime. 
Torus hirsutissimus, germina cum stylis elongatis Ae clavatis glabra. 
The leaves of this species resemble very much those of R. pirifolius, 
; Sm., which j is, however, a taller and stouter plant bearing compoun nd 
: panicles of numerous small flowers.—Dr. W. 0. Fockz.] 
Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamen front and back. 3. Carpel, showing elongate style. 
Enlarged. 
