530 



ROSACES. VIII. RuBt-s. 



racemose ; peduncles villous and prickly ; calycine segments 

 longer than the petals. ^ . G. Native of St. Helena. Flowers 

 pink. 



Pinnate-leaved Bramble. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1789. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



5 R. AUSTRA'LIS (Forst. prod. no. 224.) stem glabrous, terete; 

 prickles of branches secund, recurved ; leaves ternate and pin- 

 nate ; leaflets oval, sharply toothed, rather coriaceous, glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; flowers racemose, dioecious ; calycine seg- 

 ments blunt, spreading. lj . G. Native of New Zealand. 



Southern Bramble. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



6 R. CHINE'NSIS (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 557.) stems 

 terete, glabrous ; prickles spreading, erect ; leaves pinnate ; 

 petioles pilose ; leaflets lanceolate, obsoletely serrated, glandular, 

 glabrous ; flowers terminal, solitary ; calycine segments ovate, 

 glandular, pilose, ending in long taper points, which are longer 

 than the corolla ; petals obovate, very blunt. lj . G. Native 

 of China. Flowers white. 



China Bramble. Shrub. 



* Leaflets clothed with white tomentum or pubescence beneath. 



7 R. RI'GIDUS (Smith in Rees's cyclop, vol. 30.) stem villous ; 

 prickles slender, numerous ; leaves of sterile branches pinnate, 

 of the fertile ones trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, doubly and unequally 

 serrated, rather villous beneath, and on the petioles ; stipulas 

 lanceolate ; flowers racemose, terminal, numerous, small ; caly- 

 cine segments ending in a short acumen ; petals very narrow ; 

 fruit small. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Stiff Bramble. Shrub. 



8 R. TAGA'LLUS (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 9.) 

 shrubby ; branches terete, tomentose ; prickles hooked, scat- 

 tered ; leaves pinnate, with 2-3 pairs of doubly serrated leaflets, 

 which are pubescent on both surfaces, and glandless ; stipulas 

 setaceous ; flowers usually solitary, terminal on the branches ; 

 calycine segments lanceolate, acuminated, equal in length to the 

 petals, reflexed when in fruit. fj . G. Native of the Island of 

 Lucon, on the burning mount called Taal. Fruit eatable, red. 



Taal Bramble. Shrub. 



9 R. CHRYSOCA'RPUS (Mundt. in litt. Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnaea. 2. p. 17.) branches tomentose and glandular ; prickles 

 hooked, small ; leaves of fertile branches trifoliate and pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate, densely crenate-toothed, and curled on the mar- 

 gins, glabrous above, but clothed with yellowish tomentum be- 

 neath and on the petioles, and glandular ; stipulas lanceolate- 

 linear ; panicle terminal, short, coarctate ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate ; petals obovate, equal in length to the calyx, fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, at Hex river. Resembles 

 R. rlgidus of Smith. 



Golden-fruited Bramble. Shrub. 



10 R. MU'NDTII (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 2. p. 18.) 

 branches tomentose ; prickles hooked, strong, numerous ; leaves 

 of fertile branches trifoliate and pinnate ; leaflets ovate, un- 

 equally and doubly serrated, pilose above, but clothed with hoary 

 tomentum beneath, and glandless ; stipulas lanceolate-linear ; 

 panicle terminal, coarctate ; calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated ; acumen foliaceous ; petals obovate, shorter than 

 the calyx. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, at 

 Hanglip. , 



Mundt's Bramble. Shrub. 



11 R. CELE'BICUS (Blum, bijdr. 1107.) lower leaves with 3-5 

 pairs of leaflets, floral ones simple ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, acute, 

 doubly serrated, smooth above, prickly on the middle nerve be- 

 neath, and pubescent on the veins ; rameal prickles scattered, 

 straight ; stipulas wedge-shaped, jagged ; panicle racemose ; 

 calycine segments ovate, cuspidate, f; . S. Native of Java. 



Celebes Bramble. Shrub. 



12 R. JAVA'NICUS (Blum, bijdr. 1107.) leaves ternate or pin- 

 nate, with 2 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, deeply serrated, pubescent on both surfaces ; rameal 

 prickles straight ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal, 1 -flowered; calycine segments ovate, acuminated, fj . S. 

 Native of Java, in the province ofCheribon. Like R. biflwus. 

 Hamilt. 



Java Bramble. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



13 R. GRA'CILIS (Roxb. ex herb. Lamb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 557.) stems finely puberulous ; prickles numerous, reflexed; 

 lower leaves pinnate, upper ones trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, ob- 

 tuse, obsoletely crenate, rather villous beneath, with the nerves 

 pilose ; stipulas subulate, pilose ; flowers few, subracemose, and 

 axillary ; peduncles short, hairy ; calycine segments linear-spa- 

 tulate, elongated, woolly, denticulated at the apex. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



Slender Bramble. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



14 R. BORBONICUS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 51.) stems hoary ; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, clothed with white tomentum be* 

 neath, acutely serrated ; petioles tomentose, prickly. Ij . S. 

 Native of the Island of Bourbon. R. tomentosus, Bory. voy. 2. 

 p. 375. but not of Willd. Fruit like that of R. ccesius. 



Bourbon Bramble. Shrub. 



15 R. MICRA'NTHUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 235.) leaves pin- 

 nate, with usually 7 or 9 leaflets, lanceolate, acuminated, deeply 

 serrated, green above, but shining and glaucous beneath ; pe- 

 tioles and rachis furnished with a few hooked prickles ; corymbs 

 panicled ; petals unguiculate, shorter than the calyx ; stem 

 erect, furnished with indexed prickles. Tj . H. Native of Ni- 

 paul. R. pauciflorus, Lindl. bot. reg. 854. An erect, branched 

 shrub, armed with subulate prickles, which are inflexed at the 

 apex. Young branches clothed with a kind of glaucous bloom 

 at the apex. Stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, membranous. 

 Flowers small, reddish purple. 



Small-Jkntered Bramble. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 4 to G feet. 



16 R. NIVEUS (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) stem trailing, 

 terete, pubescent, prickly as well as the petioles and midrib of 

 the leaves ; prickles hooked ; leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets 

 elliptic, doubly serrated, acuminated, middle one slightly lobcd, 

 pilose above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; calyx 

 tomentose ; the segments ending in a long acumen each, longer 

 than the petals. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul. 



Snowy Bramble. Shrub trailing. 



17 R. MYSORE'NSIS (Heyne in Roth, no v. spec. 235.) stems 

 nearly terete ; prickles straight ; leaves pinnate, with 5 or 7 leaf- 

 lets, which are connate above, and somewhat plicate, rugulose, 

 pubescent, ovate, acuminated, deeply and acutely doubly ser- 

 rated, clothed with white tomentum beneath, the terminal leaflet 

 trifid ; racemes corymbose ; peduncles 4-flowered ; bracteas 

 linear ; calyx clothed with white tomentum ; the segments ter- 

 minating in a cartilaginous mucrone, and hardly longer than the 

 petals. I? . G. Native of Mysore. 



Mysore Bramble. Shrub. 



18 R. DISTANS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 256.) stems terete; 

 prickles strong, compressed, recurved; leaves pinnate, with 7-9 

 leaflets, clothed with white tomentum beneath ; leaflets ovate, 

 lanceolate, acuminated, sharply serrated, distant, with numerous 

 nerves ; stipulas linear ; racemes corymbose ; peduncles short ; 

 calyx tomentose, with ovate hardly pointed segments, which are 

 the length of the petals. fj . H. Native of Nipaul. R. pin- 

 natus, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 254. Leaves resembling those 

 of hemp. 



Distant-leafietteH Bramble. FL June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



19 R. APE'TALUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 242.) branches nearly 



