ROSACEJE. VIII. RUBUS. 



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Lake Winepeg, and of Newfoundland. Tratt. ros. 3. p. 90. 

 Flowers wliite. Fruit pale purple. 



Erectish Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Shrub 3 to 4 

 feet. 



55 R. SA'NCTUS (Schreb. dec. p. 15. t. 8.) stems rather an- 

 gular, pubescent ; prickles recurved ; leaves with usually 3 

 leaflets, rarely undivided ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, serrated, to- 

 mentose beneath ; flowers subpanicled, lateral ones few ; caly- 

 cine segments ovate, tomentose, short, reflexed. T? . H. Native 

 of the Levant. Desf. cor. 80. t. 61. R. obtusif olius, Willd. 

 enum. suppl. 38. ex Link. enum. 2. p. 61. Flowers pink. 



Holy Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. straggling. 



56 R. VELUTINUS (Vest, ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 47.) stem 

 prickly ; prickles rather large, compressed, and rather recurved ; 

 leaves trifoliate ; lateral leaflets ovate, terminal one obovate, acu- 

 minated, and sharply, deeply, and doubly serrated ; floral leaves 

 glabrous above, but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; 

 racemes compound ; petals orbicular, on long claws. fy . H. 

 Native of Styria. 



Velvety Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



57 R. HOLOSERI'CEUS (Vest, ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 48.) stem 

 and branches terete and simple ; leaflets for the most part obo- 

 vate, sharply and unequally toothed, clothed with hoary tomen- 

 tum beneath ; peduncles very prickly ; calyxes prickly ; petals 

 roundish, on very short claws. Tj . H. Native of Styria, not 

 far from Greece, according to Vest. 



J) 'hole-silky Bramble. Shrub. 



58 R. APPENDICULA'TUS (Tratt. ros. 3. p. 31.) stems decum- 

 bent, angular, glabrous ; prickles scattered, rather recurved, 

 strong ; floriferous branches pubescent ; leaves trifoliate and 

 many simple ; leaflets different in shape, sharply and unequally 

 serrated, plicate, pubescent beneath ; racemes simple ; calyx 

 appendiculated. T? . H. Native of Hungary. Said to be 

 nearly related to R. plicatus. 



Appendiculate-ca\yx.e& Bramble. Shrub decumbent. 



59 R. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Tratt. ros. 3. p 97.) stems pro- 

 cumbent, prickly ; leaves with 5 leaflets, which are clothed with 

 yellowish tomentum beneath; racemes terminal; akenia small. 

 T; . G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods and in hedges. R. 

 fruticosus, Lour, cochin, p. 325. Flowers white or pink ? 



Cochin-china Bramble. Shrub procumbent. 



fiO R.CANE'SCENS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 139. and fl. fr. 

 5. p. 545.) stem shrubby, tall ; petioles and peduncles tomen- 

 tose and prickly ; leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets obovate- 

 oblong, coarsely but sparingly toothed, clothed with white vel- 

 vety down on both surfaces ; flowers panicled ; calyxes tomen- 

 tose. V) . H. Native of the alps of Piedmont. Flowers white. 



Canescent Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. tall. 



61 R. ROSEUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 237.) branches flexuous, gla- 

 brous, prickly ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, cre- 

 nulated, large, glabrous on both surfaces ; stipulas oval, obtuse, 

 large ; flowers usually solitary, on long peduncles ; petals smaller 

 than the glabrous calyx ; calycine segments lanceolate, acumin- 

 ated. 5? . G. Native of Peru. Corolla rose-coloured. 



./Jose-coloured-flowered Bramble. Shrub. 



62 R. GLABRA'TUS (H. B. etKunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 221. 

 t. 558.) shrubby, glabrous ; branchlets, petioles, and nerves of 

 leaves prickly ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, acute, cre- 

 nately serrated ; flowers solitary ; calyxes pubescent and prickly. 

 Jj . G. Native of South America, in the high plains of De Los 

 Pastos, near Guachucal, on the banks of Rio Blanco, at the 

 height of 3060 feet. Petals fan-veined, red. Immature fruit 

 pubescent. 



Smoothish Bramble. Shrub. 



63 R. ALTH^EJEFOLIUS (Host, ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 37.) stems an- 

 gular, glabrous, with a few prickles ; branchlets, petioles, and 



peduncles villously pubescent ; leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; upper 

 leaflets rhomboid or obovate, lower ones ovate-deltoid, clothed 

 with soft pubescence beneath, but sparingly above, deeply 

 toothed and ciliated ; racemes terminal, few-flowered ; calyx 

 tomentose, mucronate ; petals obovate, larger than the calyx. 

 \l . H. Native of Austria, near Mauerbach. 

 Althcea-leaved Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



64 R. COLLINUS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 139. and fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 545.) stems shrubby, and are as well as the petioles prickly ; 

 leaves with usually 5 leaflets, rarely with 3 only ; leaflets 

 roundish, toothed, lateral ones almost sessile, white from to- 

 mentum beneath ; flowers loosely panicled ; panicle branched ; 

 calycine segments ovate, acuminated. J? . H. Native on ste- 

 rile hills about Montpelier. Nocca ex Balb. fl. ticin. t. 9. 



Hill Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



65 R. FASTIGIA'TUS (VVeih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 16. t. 2.) 

 stems recurved, angular, glabrous, furnished with a few prickles; 

 leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets, rarely with 7 ; leaflets ovate, cor- 

 date, lower ones ending in long points, sharply serrated, flat, gla- 

 brous above, but pubescent beneath ; floriferous branches hori- 

 zontal, simply panicled, fastigiate ; calycine segments lanceolate, 

 acuminated, glabrous, and unarmed on the outside, when mature 

 reflexed. f? . H. Native of Germany, Switzerland, and Britain. 

 R. fruticosus, Poll. pal. 2. p. 58. Flowers white. Fruit middle- 

 sized. Carpels almost black, shining. 



Fastigiate Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Sh. strag. 



66 R. CORDIFOLIUS (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 21. t. 5.) 

 stems recurved, angular, furrowed, prickly and glabrous ; leaves 

 with 3-5 leaflets ; leaflets cordate-orbicular, cuspidate, clothed 

 with canescent shining tomentum beneath ; panicle compound, 

 diffuse at the base ; calycine segments spreading, prickly at the 

 base. Pj . H. Native of Germany and Britain, in hedges. 

 Flowers small, white. Fruit dark, covered with bloom. 



Heart-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Brit. Sh. straggl. 



67 R. ME'NKH (Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 528.) leaves 

 with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaves ovate, rather cordate, clothed with 

 tomentum beneath and on the calyxes ; calycine segments at 

 length reflexed. Tj . H. Native of Germany. R. velutinus, 

 Vest, ex Spreng. 1. c. Flowers white. 



Menk's Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1816. Sh. straggl. 



68 R. KOHLE'RI (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 71. t. 25. 

 Borr. engl. bot. suppl. 2605.) steins decumbent, rather angular, 

 and furrowed, with scattered hairs, glands, and numerous hooked 

 and straight unequal prickles ; leaves of 5 stalked, ovate, ellip- 

 tic, rather cordate pointed leaflets ; panicle much divided, some- 

 what corymbose ; calyx loosely reflexed. ^ H. Native of 

 Germany and England, in thickets and hedges. R. glandulosus, 

 Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 403. Flowers pale pink ; berries black. 



Var. ft, fusco-ater (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. p. 72. t. 26.). 

 Var. y, pallidus (Weih. et Nees. 1. c. p. 75. t. 26.). R. affi- 

 nis, Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 405. 



Kuhler's Bramble. Fl. June, Jul. Britain. Sh. decumbent. 



69 R. ECHINA'TUS (Lindl. syn. brit. fl. p. 94.) stems arched, 

 angular, densely covered with glands and bristles, mixed with 

 short, numerous, nearly straight prickles ; leaflets 5, roundish, 

 cordate, coarsely and unequally serrated, taper-pointed, green 

 and velvety beneath ; panicle spreading, prickly, and glandular, 

 leafy at the base ; the branches corymbose : bracteas 3-toothed 

 and entire ; prickles of the peduncle scattered, with very few 

 setae. Jj . H. Native of Britain, in hedges and woods. 



Echinated Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Brit. Sh. straggling. 



70 R. RC'DIS (Weih. et Nees. rub. germ. ex. Lindl. p. 94.) 

 stems somewhat arched, angular, slightly furrowed, without hairs, 

 but with abundance of glands and bristles ; prickles equal, re- 

 curved, scattered ; leaflets 5, ovate or obovate, acuminated, 

 coarsely and unequally serrated, between hoary and pubescent ; 



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