44,0 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Rubus. 



Bracts boat-shaped or obovate, entire or dentate at apex ; leaves 

 up to 4 in. long, 3 in. broad, the lobes short, acute, again lobulate 



1. Wightii. 

 Bracts broadly ovate or obovate, laciniate at apex : 



Leaves thick, deeply cordate, prominently and minutely rugose 

 on both surfaces with very small areoles ; bracts and stipules 

 long-flabellately laciniate : 



Leaves orbicular in outline, up to 6 in. in diam., the lobes 

 rounded, scarcely lobulate, the sinuses shallow ; tomentum 

 thick, fulvous ; inflorescence dense... 2. rugosus var. Thwaitesii. 

 Leaves ovate in outline, up to 9 in. long by 7 in. broad, the 

 lobes acute, the end one long and usually again lobulate ; 

 tomentum short, white or pale fulvous ; inflorescence loose 



3. Fairholmianus. 



Leaves thin, shallowly cordate, not minutely rugose, up to 6 in. 

 long by 5 in. broad, the areoles rather large ; bracts and stipules 

 shortly laciniate ; tomentum very thin, tawny ; inflorescence lax 



4. Gardneriamis. 



Bracts pectinately laciniate with linear segments; leaves deeply 

 cordate, not lobulate, rugose with small areoles : 



Petals very small, less than half the length of the calyx- lobes ; 

 leaves up to 5 in. long by 4*5 in. broad, the lobes, especially the 

 end one, acute, the sinuses deep ; inflorescence short or shortly 



paniculate 5. micropetalus. 



Petals nearly as long as the calyx-lobes ; leaves up to 6 in. in 

 diam., the lower lobes rounded or subacute, the end lobe acute ; 



inflorescence large, in spreading panicles 6. fulvus. 



Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, wrinkled, the end leaflet the largest ; 

 stipules subulate; petals white, as long as or longer than the calyx- 

 lobes ; fruit globose, orange 7. ellipticus. 



Leaves pinnately 5-7 f oliolate, usually white beneath : 



Branches glabrous, glaucous, not glandular ; leaves usually 7 -f oliolate, 

 stipules subulate ; petals pink, shorter than the calyx-lobes ; fruit 



globose, black with white tomentum 8. niveus. 



Branches covered with glandular bristles and hairs ; leaves usually 

 5-f oliolate, stipules lanceolate ; petals red, longer than the calyx- 

 lobes ; fruit globose, purple with white tomentum ,.9. racemosus. 



1. RTJBUS WIGHTII, Gamble. R. rugosus, Wt. Ic. t. 225 not 

 of Sm. R. moiuccanus, Hook, f . in F. B. I. ii. 330 in part 

 * only (var. . Thwaites Enum. PL Zeyl.). 

 Sivagiri hills, Timievelly (Wight). 

 A small species with pretty vine-like leaves and red fruits. 



