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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART HI. 



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Spec. Char., Sfc. Upright. Stem round, 

 branched, and bearing awl-shaped inflexed 

 prickles, or straight prickles, and the 

 branches recurved ones. Young branch- 

 lets rather glaucous at the extremity. Leaf 

 pinnate, of 5 — 7 leaflets, that are ovate or 

 oblong, mucronate, doubly serrated, plaited, 

 green and glossy above, whitishly tomen- 

 tose, or else glaucous, beneath. Petiole 

 and rachis bearing prickles here and there. 

 Petiole pilose. Stipules lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, membranaceous. Flowers small, ^ ^ ^ - ^ ~ ., '^ 5 

 reddish purple, disposed in a corymbose / -'' Li-' 

 panicle. Petals clawed, shorter than the '^"' j^. ,- 

 sepals. Fruit black. Closely related to 



the R. distans of D. Don. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 537.) A gigantic bramble, a 

 native of Nepal, introduced in J 8-22; growing to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., 

 and flowering from May to August. It is easilj' distinguished from all the 

 other brambles in British gardens, by its 450 « 

 nearly erect, strong, smooth, dark maho- 

 gany-coloured shoots, and by its very long 

 pinnate leaves. The flowers are small, and 

 the petals are of a bright reddish purple, 

 and shorter than the sepals. The fruit 

 is of a blackish purple, of the middle 

 size ; depressedly spherical, and covered with a fine 

 bloom. The grains are fleshy, with a sweet subacid 

 taste. This species throws up suckers sparingly ; but its magnificent shoots 

 arch over after they get to 6 ft. or 8 ft. in height, and grow branching and 

 flowering on every side, till they reach the ground, when their extreme points 

 strike root, and form new plants. A plant in the Horticultural Society's Gar- 

 den, in 1834, was 10 ft. high, with shoots nearly 20 ft. long. 



« 5. R. Di'sTANS D. Don. The i]\sX.a.\\t-lcaJletcd Bramble. 



Identification I5on Prod. Fl. Nepal, p. 2,% ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 557. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 530. 



Synont/me. R. pinni\tu3 D. Don in Prod. Fl. Nepal, p. 25+. 



Spec. Char., S[c. Stems round, bearing stout, compressed, recurved prickles. Leaves pinnate, re- 

 sembling those of the hemp plant. Leaflets lanceolate, acutely serrated, distant, whitely tomen- 

 tose beneath, and having numerous nerves. Stipules linear, at the tip .subspathulate. Racemes 

 corymbose. Peduncles short. Sepals tomentose, ovate, somewhat acuminate, as long as the petals. 

 Carpels downy. (Dec. Prod., 2. p. 557.) A native of Nepal, introduced in 1H18, growing to the 

 height of 6 ft. or 8fl., and flowering in June and July. We have never seen the plant. 



a 6. R. STRiGO^sus Michx. The strigose Bramble. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p.297. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 346. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 



p. 557. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 531. 

 Synonyme. R. pennsylvftnicus Pair. Diet., 6. p. 246. 

 Spec. Char., ^c. Stem round, very hispid. Leaves pinnately cut ; those of the barren branches of 



5 lobes, those of the fertile ones of 3. Lobes oval, unequally serrated, obtuse at the base, beneath 



iineated, and hoarily tomentose ; the odd one, in most instances, almost heart-shaped. Flowers 



about 3 upon a peduncle. Peduncle and calyx hispid. Petals white, 



Plonger than the calyx. {Dec. Prod., 2. p. 557, 5.58.) A native of 



North America, on mountains from Canada to Virginia ; flowering 



in June and July. According to Pursh, it is an upright shrub, with 



fruit very agreeable to eat. There is a plant .in the Horticultural 



Society's Garden, to which the name of R. pennsylv&nicus is at- 

 tached : but, it being in a weak state, we are not certain that it is 



the same species. 



* 7. R. occidenta'lis L. The Western, or Ameri- 

 can, Bramble. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 706. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 558. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 531. 

 Synonymes. B. virginianusHor^. ; R. idse'us friictu nigro Dill. 

 Engravings. Sloane Jam., t. 213. f. 1. ; Dill. Hort. Elt., t. 247. f 319. ; 



and our fig. 451. 



Spec. Char., c^c. The whole plant is pretty glabrous • 

 Stems round and whitish. Prickles recurved- 



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