PLATE 1948. 
RUBUS SIMPLEX, Focke. 
Rosacez. Tribe Ruse. 
R. simplex, Focke (sp. nov.) ; herbacens, caule erecto glabrato parce 
aculeolato, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve in- 
eequaliter mucronato-serratis f. intermedio basi interdum _leviter 
cordato, floribus paucis breviter pedunculatis in fasciculos 2—4-floros 
axillares vy, quasi-terminales dispositis, petalis pubescentibus calyce 
vix longioribus, calycis lobis fructiferis erectiusculis ovato-deltoideis 
subulato-acuminatis. 
Has. China, Prov. Hupeh (5982) and Prov. Szechwan (7333), 
Dr, A. Henry. 
Caules e radice repente lignosa fibrillis numerosis instructa 
herbacei simplices erecti 1-2-pedales puberuli sparsim et min 
er odii ; 
aculeolatus. Foliola 24-31 (-5 Il. longa, insequaliter non 
natum; petioluli intermedii 3-1 poll. longi. Flores diam 0 
pauci (2-4) rarius singuli, et in axillis folioram superiorum et 
minales, omnes breviter pedunculati, peduncu .; cupula sat 
rugulosum. 
This species seems to propagate by cree ing roots, for in the dried 
specimens nothing is ‘5 i as i e the annual leafy runners of 
. savatilis, L. 2B. simplex can only be compared with R. Clarkei, 
/00k. f., and R. sawatilis, L., but it may be easily distinguished from 
either of these species.— Dr. OCKE. ] 
Fig. 1. Petal. 2, Stamen, front and back. 3. Carpel. Enlarged. 
