726 RUBUS. (.CLASS XII. ORDER III. 



8. JR. Koehle'ri, Weihe and Nees. (Fig. 822.) Koehler's Bramble. 

 Stem decurved, somewhat augular and furrowed, hairy, glandular, and 

 setose ; prickles numerous, straight, or curved, unequal; panicle much 

 divided, large ; leaves digilate, of five stalked ovate or elliptical cordate 

 pointed leaflets. 



Borrer in English Botany, Suppl. t. 2605. Hooker, British Flora, 

 ed. 3. vol. i. p. 250. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 93. R. glandulosa. 

 English Flora, vol. ii. p. 404, (excl. Syn. of Ballardi, and perhaps 

 others.) R. afinis. English Flora, vol. ii. p. 406, (excl. Syn.) : 



{3. fusco-ater. Leaflets cuspidate; panicle very short, loose, and 

 straggling. 



R. fusco-ater, Weihe and Nees. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 93. 



Stem mostly many feet in length, decurved, or prostrate, generally 

 very stout, sometimes very long and slender, more or less angular and 

 furrowed, green in the shade, becoming red or purple in the sun. 

 Prickles numerous, very unequal in size, irregularly scattered, some 

 straight, horizontal, or decurved, others more or less hooked, clothed 

 with spreading hairs, more thickly above, and the panicle, amongst 

 which are numerous glandular ones and seta:, which pass into prickles. 

 Leaves with the common footstalk stout, long, scarcely channeled above, 

 armed as well as the mid-rib of the leaflets with hooked prickles, and 

 more or less copiously clothed with hairs and glandular setffi, especially 

 at the base, leaflets five on the stem, three on the branches, roundish 

 ovate, with an acute or long tapering point, the margin flat, or slightly 

 recurved, unequally serrated, or cut and serrated, the upper surface a 

 pale green, smooth, or scattered over with a few hairs, especially along 

 the ribs, frequently becoming botched with irregular brown patches, 

 the under side pale green, and more or less hairy, the upper ones white 

 and hoary. Panicle very variable in size, often very long, much 

 branched and divided, leafy or naked above, more or less copiously 

 clothed with pubescence, glandular hairs, setae, and various sized 

 prickles. Calyx segments ovate lanceolate, with an acute or elongated 

 point, downy, setose, and mostly prickly, reflexed, or spreading. Petals 

 rather small, white or pale pink, varying from roundish to oblong. 

 Stamens with very slender filaments, and small roundish anthers. 

 Fruit rather small, black, with large granules, of an acid pleasant 

 flavour. 



Habitat. Woods, hedges, and thickets, in various parts of England 

 and Ireland. 



Shrub; flowering in July and August. 



To this species the R. rudis, Weihe and Nees, Lindley's Synopsis, p. 

 93, Mr. Borrer thinks might be added. He observes that it "differs 

 somewhat in aspect, and I cannot confidently unite it to this species, 

 although I do not find satisfactory characters to distinguish it. Its 

 chief peculiarity is in its prickles, which, although numerous and 

 irregular, differs less in shape and size, and approach somewhat to 



