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ROSACES. VIII. RUBUS. 



panicle open, rather downy, bristly, with corymbosely, racemose 

 branches ; bracteas lanceolate, trifid ; prickles and setse of the 

 peduncles not numerous, fj . H. Native of Germany and 

 Britain, in hedges. 



Rude Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Shrub straggling. 



71 R. SCHLECHTENDA'LII (Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 529.) 

 leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets ; leaflets oblong, acuminated, angular, 

 serrated, pubescent beneath ; prickles as well as branches de- 

 flexed ; stems nearly terete, villous ; racemes axillary, leafy ; 

 calyxes unarmed, reflexed. Tj . H. Native of Germany. Flowers 

 white. 



Schlechtendal's Bramble. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. Sh. proc. 



72 R. TILI/EFOLIUS (Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 529.) leaves 

 with 5 leaflets, disposed in a pedate manner ; leaflets ovate, 

 rather cordate, acute, serrulated, smoothish on both surfaces ; 

 prickles straightish ; stems terete, glabrous ; calyxes tomentose, 

 spreading. ^ . H. Native of Germany. Flowers white. 



Lime-tree-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1819. Sh. 

 straggling. 



73 R. MACROPHY'LLUS (Weih. et Nees, rub. germ. p. 35. t. 

 12.) stems arched, rather angular and furrowed, hairy, with 

 thinly scattered small uniform prickles ; leaves of 3 or 5 stalked 

 elliptical or ovate leaflets ; panicle repeatedly divided, somewhat 

 corymbose ; calyx at length reflexed. Jj . H. Native of Ger- 

 many and England, in Sussex, in hedges and thickets. Borr. 

 engl. hot. suppl. t. 2635. Flowers white. Fruit black. 



Large-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sh. dec. 



74 R. VULGA V RIS (Weih. et Nees, rub. germ, ex Lindl. syn. 

 brit. fl. 93.) stem arched, angular, prickly, rather hairy ; leaflets 

 5, elliptical or roundish, bluntly wedge-shaped or subcordate at 

 the base, pubescent beneath ; panicle compound, spreading, few- 

 flowered, fj . H. Native of Germany and of Britain, in North 

 Wales in thickets, common. 



Common Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Wales. Sh. straggling. 



75 R. SCHLEICHE'RI (Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 529. and 

 Tratt. ros. 3. p. 22.) leaflets 5, oblong, acuminated, unequally 

 serrated, hardly pubescent ; stems angular, very prickly, and 

 are as well as the branches villous ; prickles recurved ; panicle 

 compound, with spreading branches, very prickly ; calyxes 

 prickly, reflexed. I? . H. Native of Germany. Flowers white. 



Schlewher's Bramble. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1818. Sh. trailing. 



76 R. HORRIDUS (Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 529.) leaflets 

 5, roundish, serrated, wrinkled, villous beneath ; stems and 

 branches rather angular, and very prickly, glandular ; racemes 

 axillary ; calyx adpressed when in fruit. ^ H. Native of 

 Germany. R. ferox, Vest, et Tratt. ros. 3. p. 40. ex Spreng. 

 1. c. Flowers white. 



Horrid Bramble. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. prostrate. 



77 R. LEUCO'STACHYS (Schlech. ex Smith, eng. fl. 2. p. 403. 

 Borr. eng. bot. suppl. 2631.) stems arched, rather angular, and 

 furrowed, hairy, with horizontal or deflexed, straight, uniform 

 prickles ; leaves of 3 or 5 stalked, roundish or ovate, rather 

 cordate, flattish leaflets ; panicle elongated, slender, its branches 

 but little divided ; calyx reflexed. J; . H. Native of England, 

 in hedges ; Hampshire and Essex. Flowers red. Fruit large, 

 black. 



White-spiked Bramble. Fl. June, July. Britain. Shrub de- 

 cumbent. . 



78 R. DIVERSIFOLIUS (Lindl. syn. brit. fl. p. 93.) stem arched, 

 angular, hairy, as well as the scattered straight prickles ; leaflets 

 3, orbicular, cordate, acute, wrinkled, equally serrated, velvety, 

 and rather hoary beneath ; panicle villous, contracted, with 

 corymbose branches, and roundish entire or 3-lobed leaves at 

 the base. Ij . S. Native of Britain, in hedges and thickets. 



Diverse-leaved Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Shrub 

 straggling. 



79 R. DI'SCOLOR (Weih. et Nees, rub. germ, ex Lindl. syn. 

 fl. brit. p. 93.) stem arched, angular, prickly, silky, brownish 

 purple ; flowering branches hairy ; leaflets 5, roundish, acumi- 

 nated, finely and doubly serrated, naked above, hoary beneath, 

 with reticulated veins ; racemes dense, decompound. \ . H. 

 Native of Germany and Britain, in hedges and woods. 



Two-coloured-\e&ved Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Sh. 

 straggling. 



80 R. RHAMNIFOLIUS (Weih. in Nees, rub. germ. p. 22. t. 6.) 

 stems arched, obsoletely angular, furrowed, with horizontal or 

 deflexed, straight, uniform prickles ; leaflets 5, stalked, nearly 

 ovate or roundish, rather cordate, pointed, clothed with hoary to- 

 mentum beneath ; panicle compound, spreading, with the branches 

 divaricate; calyxes loosely reflexed, prickly at the base. ^ . H. 

 Native of Germany and Britain, in hedges. Borr. engl. bot. 

 suppl. 2604. R. frutic6sus, Spreng. grundz. p. 504. ex Weih. et 

 Nees, 1. c. R. rubricaiilis, Weih. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 528. 

 R. Thuilleri, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 694. ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 24. 

 Flowers white, tinged with pink. Fruit black. 



Buckthorn-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sh. 

 straggling. 



81 R. SETOSUS (Bigelow in litt. D. C. prod. 2. p. 563.) stem 

 erect at the base, at length reclinate, hispid ; branches bristly at 

 the apex ; leaves with 3-5 leaflets, on long petioles ; leaflets ob- 

 ovate-cuneiform, simply serrated, glabrous, and the same colour 

 on both surfaces ; stipulas spatulate-linear ; flowers racemose ; 

 peduncles filiform ; calycine segments lanceolate, tomentose, and 

 bristly ; petals obovate, cuneated, longer than the calyx. J? . H. 

 Native of North America, about Montreal. 



Bristly Bramble. Shrub. 



82 R. NI'TIDUS (Weih. et Nees, rub. germ. 17. t. 4. ex syn. 

 D. C.) stems shrubby, spreading, angular, prickly, and gla- 

 brous ; prickles short, dilated at the base, and straightish ; leaf- 

 lets 3-5, ovate, acute, flat, glabrous above and shining, but pu- 

 bescent beneath : panicle compound ; calycine segments ovate, 

 acuminated, reflexed, prickly at the base. ?? . H. Native of 

 Germany and Britain, in thickets. Flowers red or white. 

 Akenia small, black. 



Shining-leaved Bramble. Fl. Ju. Sept. Britain. Sh. trailing. 



83 R. cARpiNiFouus(Weih. et Nees, rub. germ. p. 36. t. 13.) 

 stem decumbent or arched, rather angular and furrowed, hairy, 

 with numerous deflexed and uniform prickles ; leaves of 5 stalk- 

 ed, ovate, pointed, plicate, doubly serrated leaflets, pale beneath ; 

 panicle compound, hairy, its branches ascending and corymbous. 



fj. H. Native of Germany and Britain, in Lancashire, Cheshire, 

 North Wales. Borr. in engl. bot. suppl. t. 2664. Flowers 

 pink. Fruit black, of few carpels. 



Hornbeam-leaved Bramble. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sh. 

 decumbent. 



84 R. ELLI'PTICUS (Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 30.) stems angu- 

 lar, shrubby, prickly, and villous; leaves trifoliate or simple ; 

 leaflets elliptic, toothed, clothed with soft white tomentum 

 beneath ; flowers glomerate, numerous, racemosely corymbose ; 

 nerves of leaves thick, parallel ; calycine segments shorter than 

 the corolla ; akenia yellow, numerous. Jj . H. Native of 

 Nipaul, where it is called Toko-sma. R. flavus, Hamilt. mss. 

 ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 234. Petioles and branchlets to- 

 mentose, intermixed with numerous bristles and prickles. Sti- 

 pulas linear, setaceous. Flowers white. 



%>/ic-leaved Bramble. Clt. 1827. Sh. trailing. 



85 R. ALPE'STRIS (Blum, bijdr. 1108.) leaflets 3 or 5, lateral 

 ones the smallest, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, doubly serrated above 

 the base, prickly on the middle nerve beneath, and strigosely 

 pubescent on the veins ; branches terete, beset with glandular 

 pili, along with scattered recurved prickles ; stipulas linear-lan- 

 ceolate, rather cut ; peduncles axillary or terminal, few-flowered ; 



