ROSACES. VIII. RUBUS. 



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;jO H. CJE'SIUS (Lin. spec. 706.) stems prostrate, terete, usually 

 covered with glaucous, pruinose bloom ; prickles slender, a little 

 recurved ; leaves with 3-5 ovate, doubly serrated leaflets, which 

 are downy beneath ; panicle simple ; calycine segments ovate, 

 acuminated ; akenia thick, few, greyish. VJ . H. Native of Eu- 

 rope, about way sides and on the hedges of fields ; plentiful in 

 Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 82G. and Weih. ex Ern. Meyer. Fl. 

 dan. 1213. Panicle corymbose; petals blush-coloured. Fruit 

 sweet, black, with a dew tinge or bloom. 



far. (1, arvensis (Wallr. sched. p. 228.) leaflets tomentose be- 

 neath ; branches puberulous. R. pseudo-cse'sius, Weih. ex Ern. 

 Meyer in litt. 



Var. y, grandiflbrus (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 559.) pubes- 

 cent ; petals and calycine segments elongated. Schleich. in litt. 



Var. S, parvifblius (Wallr. sched. p. 228.) stems ascending, 

 purplish, at length naked ; leaflets small, deeply lobed ; pedun- 

 cles 1-3-flowered. 



Grey Bramble or Dewberry. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sh. 

 prostrate. 



31 R. DUMEibiujM (Weih. et Nees, rub. germ, ex Lindl. syn. 

 brit. fl. p. 95.) stem procumbent, rather angular, rather hairy, 

 with a slight coat of bloom ; bristles and glands very few ; 

 prickles unequal, recurved ; leaflets generally 5, the lateral ones 

 sessile ; flowers in corymbs ; fruit black. Tj . H. Native of 

 Germany and Britain, in hedges. R. nemorosus, Willd. 



Hedge Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Sh. procumbent. 



32 R. HI'RTUS (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 2. p. 150. t. 141.) 

 stem procumbent, tapering, densely hairy, covered with purple 

 glands and setae ; prickles long, numerous, straight, spreading ; 

 leaflets 3-5, pedate, cordate, ovate, covered with shining hairs be- 

 neath ; stipulas leafy ; panicle corymbose, with red setse ; brae- 

 teas long, trifid. fj . H. Native of Hungary and Britain, in 

 hedges and woods. 



Hairy Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Sh. procumbent. 



33 R..ELLI'PTICUS (Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 30.) leaves tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets oval, serrated, tomentose beneath ; petioles and 

 branchlets tomentose, covered with numerous bristles and 

 prickles intermixed ; stipulas linear-setaceous ; flowers glome- 

 rate, racemosely corymbose. Jj . H. Native of Nipaul, at 

 Hethaura, where it is called by the natives toki srva. R. flavus, 

 Hamilt. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 234. Flowers white. Fruit 

 yellow. 



.EMipfjc-leafletted Bramble. Fl. July. Clt. 1827. Sh. trailing. 



34 R. SULCA'TUS (Vest, ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 42.) runners and 

 stems costately furrowed and ringed, acute-angled, glabrous, 

 branches pubescent, flattish on the sides ; leaflets glabrous 

 above, and pubescent beneath, the lower and larger ones 

 cordate-ovate, of the flagella 5, ovate and acuminated, and of the 

 floriferous branches obovate ; prickles scattered, recurved ; 

 flowers racemose ; sepals clothed with hoary tomentum on both 

 surfaces, as well as the peduncles. Tj . H. Native of Styria. 

 Fruit black, shining, composed of many akenia. 



Furrowed-stemmed. Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



35 R. FOLIOLOSUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 256.) leaves with 

 3-5 leaflets ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, serrated, clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath ; peduncles 3-flowered, and are as well 

 as the petioles tomentose and prickly ; calyx unarmed, densely 

 tomentose ; bracteoles simple ; stems procumbent ; prickles re- 

 curved. \i . H. Native of Nipaul. R. microphyllus, D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 234. Very nearly allied to R. parvifblius, but 

 differs in the leaves of that plant being twice the size, more 

 rounded and more profoundly serrated, in the peduncles being 

 1 -flowered, in the calyxes being prickly, in the bracteoles being 

 tripartite, and in the stem being erect. 



Leafy Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. proe. 

 SG R. PUBE'SCENS (Vest, ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 34.) brai 



branches 



furrowed, pubescent, prickly ; leaves with 3-5 leaflets ; leaflets 

 obovate, acuminated, sharply and unequally serrated, clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; racemes simple ; lower flowers 

 solitary among the leaves. fj . H. Native of Styria, among 

 bushes on mount Plabutsch above Eggenberg. 

 Pubescent Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



37 R. FLAGELLA 1 RIS (Willd. enum. 549.) stems terete, pro- 

 cumbent ; prickles scattered, hooked, short ; branches terete, 

 glabrous ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets glabrous, unequally serrated, 

 intermediate one ovate and cuneated at the base, lateral ones 

 rhomboid, with yellowish nerves, fj . H. Native of North 

 America. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, inermis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 559.) stems pruinose, and 

 are as well as the peduncles unarmed ; leaflets tomentose be- 

 neath. 



Runner Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789. Sh. proc. 



38 R. CORYLIFOLIUS (Smith, fl. brit. p. 542. engl. bot. t. 827.) 

 stem shrubby, angular ; prickles straightish ; leaves with 3-5 

 leaflets ; leaflets roundish, cordate, firm, doubly serrated, pilose 

 beneath ; panicle nearly simple ; calycine segments ovate, acumi- 

 nated, at length reflexed. Ij . H. Native of Europe, in hedges 

 and woods ; plentiful in some parts of Britain. Flowers white. 

 Akenia purplish blue, large. R. nemorosus, Heyne ex Spreng. 

 et Goldb. 



Var. ft, ciinus (Wallr. sched. p. 231.) leaflets all about the 

 same size, roundish cordate, and clothed with hoary tomentum 

 on both surfaces. 



Var. y, glcmdulbsus (Wallr. 1. c.) stems, petioles, and pedun- 

 cles glandular. R. glandu!6sus, Spreng. ex Wallr. 1. c. 



Hazel-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sh. tr. 



39 R. AGRE'STIS (Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 3. p. 297. t. 

 268.) stems suffruticose, procumbent, rather angular; prickles 

 straight, setaceous ; leaflets 3-5, roundish, lobately toothed, un- 

 equally serrated, pilose above, and tomentose beneath ; calyx 

 clothed with hoary tomentum, and beset with glandular bristles. 



Tj . H. Native of Hungary and Transylvania, in neglected parts 

 of fields. Flowers white. Perhaps only a variety of R. cory- 

 lifblius. 



Field Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. trailing. 



40 R. SPECTA'BILIS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 348. t. 16.) 

 stem shrubby, glabrous, unarmed ; leaflets 3, ovate, acute, un- 

 equally and doubly serrated, pubescent beneath ; peduncles ter- 

 minal, 1 -flowered, solitary ; calycine segments oblong, acumin- 

 ated, shorter than the corolla. T? . H. Native of North 

 America, on the banks of the Columbia river, and on the shore 

 of the western coast. R. ribif olius, Willd. herb, ex Stev. 

 Flowers of a beautiful purple colour. 



Shervy Bramble. Shrub. 



41 R. BOOOIE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 220.) branches and petioles beset with glandular hairs and 

 prickles, as well as the nerves of the leaves ; leaflets 3, ovate, 

 acute, deeply cordate at the base, serrated, pubescent above, and 

 canescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered, panicled. 

 ^ . G. Native of South America, near Santa Fe de Bogota, at 

 the height of 4200 feet above the level of the sea. Fruit 

 blackish purple, like those of R. frulicbsus, 



Bogota Bramble. Shrub. 



42 R. PLICA'TUS (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 15. t. 1.) stem 

 erectish, angular, and prickly, glabrous ; prickles rather conical, 

 recurved, and rather compressed at the base ; leaflets 5, smooth- 

 ish above, and pubescent beneath ; panicle nearly simple, corym- 

 bose ; calycine segments ovate, acuminated, naked at the base, and 

 at length reflexed ; bracteas jagged. Jj . H. Native of Germany 

 and Britain, in hedges and woods. Engl. bot. suppl. t. 2714. 

 Flowers white. Akenia large, dark, shining. 



Var. ft, glabrhisculus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 560.). R. plicatus 



