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Cult. This shrub will do well in a mixture of sand, peat, and 

 a little loam ; and cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand 

 with a bell-glass placed over them, or the plant may be increased 

 by seeds. 



VI. WALDSTEI'NIA (in honour of Francis Von Waldstein, 

 a German botanist, author of Descriptiones et Icones plantarum 

 rariorum Hungariae, 3 vols. fol. Vienna, 1802. 1812. in conjunc- 

 tion with Paul Kitaibel). Willd. nov. act. nat. cur. ber. 2. p. 103. 

 Nestl. pot. 17. t. 1. D. C. prod. 2. p. 555. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Di-Penlagynia. Calyx with a turbi- 

 nate tube, crowned with a crenulated ring under the stamens, 

 bearing bracteas on the outside. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. 

 Carpels 2-4, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, connate at the 

 base. Styles terminal. Akenia 1-4, globose, naked, and some- 

 what umbilicate at the apex, rather fleshy. Seeds erect. 



1 W. GEOIDES (Willd. 1. c. p. 105. t. 4. f. 1.) I/ . H. Native 

 of Hungary, in shady woods. Leaves petiolate, palmately 5- 

 lobed, having the lobes acutely toothed. Flowers yellow, smaller 

 than those of Potentilla verna. Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 1 . t. 

 77. Lodd. bot. cab. 492. 



Geum-like Waldsteinia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. J ft. 



Cult. See Geum for culture and propagation, p. 527. 



VII. COMARO'PSIS (Konapov, komaron, the Comarum, and 

 ov/'te, opsis, resemblance). Rich, in Nestl. pot. p. 16. t. 1. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 555. Waldsteinia species, Tratt. ros. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Polygynia. Calyx with a turbinate 

 tube and a 5-cleft limb, destitute of bracteas. Petals 5, ungui- 

 culate. Stamens numerous. Carpels few, ending each in the 

 filiform elongated style. Akenia dry, not coarctate at the base. 

 Seed erect. Herbs, with the habit of Waldsteinia, but differs 

 from it in the calyx being without bracteas. Leaves trifoliate. 



* Lobes of calyx entire. 



1 FRAGARIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels smoothish ; 

 peduncles branched, 3-flowered ; petals 3 times the length of the 

 calyx ; leaflets cuneiform, sessile, terminal one stalked. !{.. H. 

 Native of Canada, in shady beech woods, and on the Allegheny 

 mountains. Dalibarda fragarioides, Michx. fl. bor. amer. t. 

 300. t. 28. Sims, bot. mag. 1567. Waldsteinia fragarioides, 

 Trat. ros. Dryas trifoliata, Pall. ined. Comaropsis Doniana, 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 555. Waldsteinia Doniana, Tratt. ros. Leaves 

 petiolate, trifoliate. Leaflets cuneated, deeply serrated. Flowers 

 yellow. There is a variety of this with petals shorter than the 

 calyx. 



Strawberry-like Comaropsis. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. 

 PI. | foot. 



2 C. SiBimcA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels hairy ; pedun- 

 cles branched, 3-flowered ; petals 3 times larger than the calyx ; 

 leaflets cuneiform, sessile. 1 . H. Native of Siberia, beyond 

 the Baikal. Dalibarda ternata, Steph. mem. soc. mosc. 1. p. 

 92. t. 10. Waldsteinia Sibirica, Tratt. ros. Very like the pre- 

 ceding species, but the petals are said to be white. 



Siberian Comaropsis. PI. \ foot. 



* Lobes of calyx serrated. 



S C. PEDA V TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels glabrous ; pe- 

 duncles simple, glabrous, bracteate, 1 -flowered; stems unarmed. 

 T. H. Native of North America, on the western coast. Rubus 

 pedatus, Smith, icon. ined. t. 63. Dalibarda pedata, Steph. 

 mem. soc. mosc. t. 92. Spreng. grundz. 510. Leaves petiolate, 

 trifoliate ; lateral segments bipartite. Flowers white. 



Pedate-lenved Comaropsis. PI. 1 foot. 



VOL. II. 



4 C. RADI'CANS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 555.) carpels glabrous ; 

 peduncles simple, pilose, bractless, 1 -flowered; stems prickly, 

 rooting. I/ . G. Native of Chili, in woods. Rubus radicans, 

 Cav. icon. 5. p. 7. t. 413. Spreng. grundz. p. 514. Leaves 

 petiolate, trifoliate ; terminal leaflet large ; lateral ones undi- 

 vided. Flowers pale red. 



floating Comaropsis. PI. creeping. 



Cult. See Geum for culture and propagation, p. 527. 



VIII. RU'BUS (from rub, red in Celtic ; in reference to the 

 colour of the fruit in some species). Lin. gen. 864. Lam. ill. t. 

 441. Nestl. pot. 16. Weih. et Nees, rub. germ. p. 11. Wallr. 

 sched. crit. p. 223. D. C. prod. 2. p. 556. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Polygynia. Calyx flatfish at the bot- 

 tom, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, inserted in the 

 calyx along with the petals. Carpels or akenia numerous, 

 fleshy, disposed in a head upon an elevated torus. Styles la- 

 teral, near the apex of the carpels. Seeds inverted. Shrubs, 

 rarely herbs, with the stems sometimes unarmed, but usually 

 prickly. Leaves stalked, pinnate or palmate, with the leaflets 

 usually stalked, sometimes the leaves are simple lobed or undi- 

 vided. Fruit of all edible. 



1. Leaves pinnate or ternately pinnate. 

 * Leaflets glabrous beneath. 



1 R. ROS.EFOLIUS (Smith, icon. ined. 3. p. 60. t. 60.) stems 

 rather terete, pilose ; prickles spreading, a little recurved ; leaves 

 pinnate, rather pilose ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, somewhat doubly 

 serrated, full of glandular dots ; stipulas linear-setaceous ; pe- 

 duncles usually 1 -flowered ; calycine segments lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, hardly longer than the corolla; carpels glabrous, very 

 numerous, small, wrinkled from lacunae when dry. ^ . G. 

 Native of the Mauritius. Flowers white. Fruit size of those 

 of the common raspberry. 



Var. /3, coronarius (Sims, bot. mag. 1783.) petals very nu- 

 merous, much longer than the calyx. R. Commersonii, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 240. R. Sinensis, Hortul. Flowers large, semi- 

 double, white. 



Var. y, tr'dobns (D. C. prod. 2. p. 556.) petals numerous, 

 much longer than the calyx ; leaves 3-lobed, large, glabrous. 

 Flowers large, semidouble, white. 



Rose-leaved Bramble. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1811. Shrub 2 

 to 6 feet. 



2 R. EGLANTE'RIA (Tratt. ros. 3. p. 9.) stems shrubby, terete, 

 glabrous, prickly ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets cordate-oblong, 

 doubly serrated, glandular, pubescent ; flowers solitary, axillary. 



^ . G. Native of New Holland. Like R. roscefolius, but dif- 

 fers in the leaflets being cordate-oblong, and in the flowers being 

 axillary. Flowers white. 



Eglantine Bramble. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 

 to 6 feet. 



3 R. FRAXINIFOLIUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 242.) branches glabrous, 

 rather terete ; prickles few, straightish ; lower leaves with 3-5 

 pairs of leaflets, upper ones ternate, rarely simple ; leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, glabrous, doubly serrated ; flowers 

 panicled, numerous ; branches of panicle filiform ; bracteas su- 

 bulate, cut ; calycine segments oval, acuminated, glabrous on 

 the outside, hardly shorter than the petals ; fruit large, globose ; 

 carpels numerous. Pj . S. Native of Java. Flowers white. 



Ash-leaved Bramble. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



4 R. PINNA'TUS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1081.) branches villous ; 



Erickles hooked, obtuse ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 ite, glabrous on both surfaces, sharply and doubly serrated, 

 wrinkling from veins, having the middle nerve prickly ; flowers 

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