ROSACES. VIII. RUBUS. 



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Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 298. R. segopoclioides, Ser. in D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 565. R. Canadensis, Torrey, fl. unit. st. 1. p. 488. ? 

 R. saxatilis, Bigelow in litt. Petals white. Fruit red. 



Three-flowered Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Pl.tr. 



113 R. PEDA'TUS (Smith, icon. ined. t. 63. Hook, fl. bor. 

 amer. p. 181. t. 61.) stems filiform, creeping, usually simple ; 

 leaflets 5, obovate, deeply serrated, smoothish ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, solitary, 1-flowered; segments of the calyx lanceolate, cut, 

 about equal in length to the corolla ; carpels few, large, i; . H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America. Dalibiirda pedata, 

 Steph. mem. soc. mosc. p. 92. Comaropsis pedata, D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 555. Petals white. Fruit pulpy, red. 



/Wate-leaved Bramble. PI. proc. 



114 R. OBOVA'TUS (Tratt. ros. 3. p. 94. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 

 p. 180. t. 60.) stems weak, long, procumbent, beset with nume- 

 rous bristly prickles ; leaflets 3-5, evergreen, on short petioles, 

 or almost sessile, obovate, coarsely and unequally serrated ; 

 flowers terminal, panicled, small ; segments of the calyx ovate, 

 acute, not half so long as the petals. I/ . H. Native of North 

 America, from New York to Carolina, and about Montreal, in 

 stagnant bogs. R. obovalis, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 298. R. 

 sempervirens, Bigelow, fl. bost. ed. 2. p. 201. Petals obovate, 

 white. Fruit small, black, and bitter, according to Bigelow. 



O&ot'a/e-leafletted Bramble. PI. proc. 



115 R. NIVA'LIS (Dougl. mss. Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 189.) 

 plant small, frutescent ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, acutely toothed, 

 glabrous ; nerves and petioles beset with recurved prickles, sti- 

 pulas ovate, acute ; peduncles short, 2-flowered ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, pilose. If. . H. Native of North America, 

 on the high snowy ridges of the Rocky Mountains. 



Snow Bramble. PI. - foot. 



S. Leaves simple, lobed. 

 * Herbaceous plants. 



116 R. PARVIFLORUS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 308.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, unarmed ; leaves palmately lobed ; peduncles usually 

 3-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, acuminated, villous ; petals 

 ovate, oblong, shorter than the calyx. If . H. Native of the 

 Island of Michillimakimak, in Lake Huron. Flowers small, 

 white. 



Small-flowered Bramble. PI. 



117 R. TRI'FIDUS (Thunb. fl. jap. 217.) stem herbaceous, 

 flexuous, erect, glabrous, unarmed ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, 

 glabrous ; lobes cut, unequally serrated ; flowers almost solitary ; 

 peduncles and petioles villous; calyx white from tomentum. 

 If. H. Native of Japan. Fruit red, with a grateful taste. 



ZVj/M-leaved Bramble. PL 1 foot ? 



118 R. STELLA'TUS (Smith, icon. ined. fasc. 3. t. 64.) stem 

 simple, 1-flowered, villous, unarmed ; leaves nearly reniform, 

 flat, serrated, 3-lobed ; stipulas ovate, obtuse ; calycine seg- 

 ments linear, elongated, deflexed ; petals spatulate, distant, 

 longer than the calyx. If. . H. Native of North America and 

 the Island of Unalaschka. R. chamaemorus, Fisch. in litt. 

 Flowers purple. Root creeping. 



Starry Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. | foot. 



119 R. CHAJLEMORUS (Lin. spec. 708.) stem simple, 1-flowered, 

 puberulous, unarmed ; leaves somewhat reniform, wrinkled, pli- 

 cate, roundly lobed and toothed ; stipulas oval, obtuse ; flowers 

 dioecious ; calycine segments ovate, longer than the corolla ; 

 petals elliptical, rather incumbent ; carpels nearly globose, large. 

 If. . H. Native of Europe, Siberia near Salair, and of North 

 America ; plentiful on the highest mountains of Scotland, north 

 of England and Wales, in peat soil. Smith, engl. bot. 716. 

 Oed. fl. dan. t. 1. Lin. fl. lapp. 208. t. 5. Root creeping. 

 Flowers white. Fruit large, of a dull orange-colour, acid, mu- 



cilaginous, and pleasant to the taste. From their exalted situa- 

 tion they are called cloud berries, also knot berries or knout ber- 

 ries or roe-buck berries. The plant flowers in June soon after 

 the snow is dissolved, and the berries are scarcely well ripened 

 in August before the plant is again overwhelmed with its winter 

 covering. The snow preserves the fruit, and is used by the Lap- 

 landers to keep it through the winter ; for they, as well as the 

 Scottish highlanders, esteem it one of their most grateful and 

 useful fruits, especially on account of its long duration. Its 

 taste is moderately acid and mucilaginous, with something of the 

 flavour of tamarinds. They are held to be an excellent anti- 

 scorbutic. The Norwegians pack them up in wooden vessels, 

 and send them to Stockholm, where they are served up in des- 

 serts, or made into tarts. The Laplanders bruise and eat them 

 with the milk of the rein-deer. Neill observes, that they are 

 the most grateful kind of fruit gathered by the Scotch High- 

 landers. On the sides and near the bases of the mountains, it 

 may be collected for several months in succession. It is not 

 cultivated without difficulty, and it seldom yields fruit in a gar- 

 den. By crossing the flowers with those of the bramble or 

 raspberry, and raising from the seeds so impregnated, in all pro- 

 bability this plant might become a valuable accession to the kit- 

 chen garden. 



Dwarf-mulberry, Cloud-berry, or Mountain Bramble. Fl. 

 June. Britain. PI. i to .f foot. 



120 R. Fibrous (Tratt. ros. 3. p. 73.) stems straight, rather 

 angular, glabrous ; prickles recurved ; lateral branchlets clothed 

 with glandular pubescence, and bearing the flowers ; leaves on 

 the branches trifoliate, the upper one simple, unequal ; leaflets 

 coarsely toothed, glabrous above, hoary beneath, and pubescent 

 on the nerves ; calyxes tomentose, reflexed. fj . H. Native of 

 North America. Flowers large, white. 



Flowery Bramble. PI. 1 foot. 



121 R. CORIA'CEUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 237.) stem herbaceous, 

 compressed ; prickles scattered ; leaves coriaceous, glabrous, 

 ovate-oblong, serrated ; stipulas ovate, toothed ; peduncles 

 usually solitary, terminal, hispid ; calycine segments lanceolate, 

 acuminated, large, glabrous ; petals roundish, crenated at the 

 apex, shorter than the calyx. % . S. Native of Peru. Flowers 

 yellow ? 



Coriaceous-leaved Bramble. PI. |- foot. 



* * Shrubs. 



122 R. INCI'SUS (Thunb. fl. jap. 217.) stem frutescent, erect, 

 prickly ; prickles spreading ; leaves cordate, serrated, glabrous ; 

 petioles prickly ; peduncles axillary, capillary, glabrous, soli- 

 tary ; calyx glabrous on the outside, but clothed with white to- 

 mentum on the inside. J? . H. Native of Japan. 



C<-leaved Bramble. Shrub. 



123 R. ODORA'TUS (Lin. spec. 707.) stem erect, beset with 

 glandular pili ; leaves 5-lobed, unequally serrated, more or less 

 glandular beneath ; corymbs compound ; calyx beset with glan- 

 dular bristles, having the segments cuspidate, rather shorter than 

 the petals ; stipulas free, deciduous. Tj . H. Native of North 

 America, in woods. Curt. bot. mag. t. 150. Mill. fig. t. 223. 

 Flowers large, rose-coloured. Fruit red, not palatable. 



Sweet-scented Bramble or Canadian Raspberry. Fl. Ju. Aug. 

 Clt. 1700. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



124 R. DELICIOSUS (Torrey, in ami. lye. 2. p. 196.) stem 

 branched, unarmed ; branches and petioles pubescent ; leaves 

 roundish-cordate, slightly 3-5-lobed, downy, wrinkled ; bracteas 

 lanceolate, unidentate ; flowers terminal, subcorymbose ; caly- 

 cine segments ovate-oblong, acuminate, foliaceous at the apex, 

 shorter than the petals. ^ . H. Native of North America, 

 among the Rocky Mountains. Flowers purple. 



Delicious Bramble. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 

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