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ROSACES. VIII. RUBUS. 



12.5 R. NATKA V NUS (Moc. pi. nutk. with a figure. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 566.) stem erect, flexuous, stoloniferous, beset with 

 glandular pili at the apex, and nakedish at the base ; leaves 5- 

 lobed, unequally toothed ; corymbs simple ; calyx unarmed, 

 with equal cuspidate segments ; stipulas connate, permanent. 

 Tj . H. Native on the north-west coast of America, in Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound, in lat. 51, Nootka Sound, at Cape Oxford, 

 in lat 43, from New California to Nutka Sound, and from the 

 coast throughout in woody hills to the head-springs of the Co- 

 lumbia, in lat. 52, and in mountain woods on the east side of 

 the Rocky Mountains. Lindl. bot. reg. 1368. Flowers white. 

 Fruit red, insipid. 



Natka Bramble. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



126 MICROPHY'LT.US (Lin. fil. suppl. 263.) stem shrubby ; 

 branches terete, flexuous, glabrous ; prickles scattered, re- 

 curved ; leaves cordate, trifid, unequally toothed, glabrous, 

 but with the veins pubescent beneath ; middle lobe elongated, la- 

 teral ones emarginate at the apex on the outside, peduncles soli- 

 tary ; calyxes villous. 17 . H. Native of Japan. R. palmatus, 

 Thunb. fl. jap. 217. ? Flowers white. Fruit yellow, esculent, 

 and sapid. Branches purple. 



Small-leaved Bramble. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



127 R. TRILOBUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 566.) stem erect, branched, glabrous; branches, pe- 

 tioles, and peduncles hispid ; leaves 3-lobed, unequally serrated, 

 villous ; lobes acute, serrated, lateral ones diverging, middle 

 one the longest ; stipulas and bracteas lanceolate, villous ; flowers 

 solitary at the tops of the branches ; calycine segments ovate, 

 concave, spreading, rather foliaceous, and spatulate at the apex, 

 longer than the petals ; carpels numerous, subglobose. Jj . G. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers large, white. Fruit purple. 



Three-lobed.-lea.ved Bramble. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



128 R. VITIFOLIUS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 2. p. 10.) 

 shrubby ; branches prickly, pruinose, puberulous ; peduncles, 

 calyxes, petioles, and nerves of leaves prickly ; prickles weak, 

 straightish, somewhat reversed ; leaves 3-lobed, unequally ser- 

 rated, smoothish ; lobes acute, lateral ones diverging, middle 

 one the longest ; stipulas setaceous, hairy ; flowers terminal, 

 corymbose ; calycine segments lanceolate, each ending in a long 

 acumen, longer than the petals, which are obovate. Jj . H. 

 Native of California. Resembles R. trilobus. 



Vine-leaved Bramble. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



129 R. REFLE'XUS (Ker. bot. reg. 461.) branches terete, 

 clothed with rufous tomentum ; prickles small, scattered ; leaves 

 oblong, cordate, 3-5-lobed, densely clothed with tomentum be- 

 neath ; middle lobe elongated ; veins numerous, reticulated ; 

 stipulas and bracteas lunate and fringed ; racemes few-flowered, 

 nearly sessile, reflexed ; calycine segments ovate, bluntish, equal 

 in length to the corolla. Tj . G. Native of China. R. Mollu- 

 cimus, Ait. epit. 373. but not of Lin. Flowers white. 



Reflexed Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. straggl. 



130 R. tiRsiNus (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 2. p. 11.) 

 branche" terete, tomentose ; petioles, nerves of leaves, pedun- 

 cles and calyxes silky ; prickles numerous, slender, subulate, 

 straight ; leaves of the fertile branches simple and ternate, 

 doubly serrated, pilose above, but clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; leaflets ovate, middle one cordate and slightly lobed ; 

 stipulas membranous, linear ; flowers panicled ; calycine seg- 

 ments ovate', acuminated ; acumen usually foliaceous ; petals 

 obovate. 1? . H. Native of California, at St. Francisco. Allied 

 to R. vilifblius. 



Bear's Bramble. Shrub trailing. 



131 R. HAMII.TONIA'NUS (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 566.) 

 leaves cordate, 5-lobed, serrated, beset with pustulse above, but 

 densely villous beneath ; petioles and branchlets densely tomen- 

 tose, intermixed with prickles ; stipulas denticulated : flowers 



in axillary, sessile clusters, and terminal ; calyx villous, longer 

 than the petals. T;.H. Native of Upper Nipaul, at Suembu, 

 where it is called by the natives Fogi Ayshala, and Cumbuta. 

 R. rugosus, Hamilt. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 234. Wall. pi. 

 rar. asiat. 3. t. 234. Flowers white. Berries red. It differs 

 from R . Mollucanus, in the leaves being flat and nakedish above, 

 less deeply lobed, and in being tomentose beneath. 

 Hamilton's Bramble. Fl. July. Shrub straggling. 



132 R. MOLLUCANUS (Lin. spec. 707.) branches hairy; 

 prickles recurved ; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, unequally clothed 

 with silky tomentum beneath : flowers racemose and axillary, 

 pedunculate ; stipulas jagged ; calycine segments ovate, acute, 

 deeply toothed, tomentose. T? . S. Native of Amboyna and 

 the Moluccas. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 47. f. 2. Petals white. A 

 decumbent plant. 



Var. fl, ochraceus (Blum, bijdr. p. 1109.) leaves ochraceous 

 beneath. 



Molucca Bramble. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. dec. 



133 R. RUGOSUS (Smith, in Rees' cyclop, vol. 30.) stem un- 

 armed ; branches prickly ; calyxes and under surfaces of leaves 

 clothed with brown tomentum ; leaves wrinkled, somewhat 5- 

 lobed ; lobes rounded ; stipulas villous, denticulated ; bracteas 

 oval ; flowers racemose, axillary ; calycine segments oval, 

 mucronate, a little denticulated. J? . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies. Corolla white, shorter than the calyx. Carpels red. 

 Link. enum. 2. p. 62. Allied to R. alcecefdlius. 



Wrinkled-\ea\e<\. Bramble. Shrub straggling. 



134 R. TILIA'CEUS (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 30.) stem and 

 branches tomentose ; prickles scattered ; leaves roundish-ovate, 

 slightly lobed, crenated, hoary beneath and smoothish above ; 

 racemes axillary : bracteas dissected, serrated, small ; calycine 

 segments lanceolate, villous, rather deflexed ; petals spatulate. 

 Jj . H. Native of Upper Nipaul. Flowers white. Leaves 

 like those of Tilia alba. 



Lime-tree-leaved Bramble. Shrub. 



135 R. CORDIFOLIUS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 233.) leaves 

 cordate, acuminated, serrated, flat, woolly beneath and on the 

 branches, and furnished with a few prickles ; stipulas cut ; 

 flowers disposed in brachiate panicles ; calycine segments ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, tomentose. T^.H. Native of Nipaul. R. 

 Mollucanus, Wall, in lilt. Leaves nearly entire, never lobed, 

 rusty beneath. Perhaps the same as R. tiliaceus. 



Cordate-leaved Bramble. Shrub. 



136 R. ALCE;EFOLIUS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 247.) branches villous, 

 somewhat tetragonal, prickly ; prickles scattered, recurved ; 

 leaves roundish, cordate, palmately lobed, scabrous above, but 

 tomentose beneath and prickly on the middle nerve, acutely 

 toothed ; bracteas dissected ; cymes of flowers axillary and 

 terminal, nearly sessile ; calyx inflated, woolly, with the seg- 

 ments length of tube. Jj . S. Native of Java. Flowers white. 



Mallow-leaved Bramble. Shrub. 



137 R. SIEBOLDI (Blum, bijdr. 1110.) leaves roundish, cor- 

 date, acute, angular, unequally and sharply toothed, with the 

 veins prickly on both sides, pale, and pubescent beneath ; 

 branches terete, tomentose ; prickles dense, straight ; stipulas 

 setaceously jagged. Tj . G. Native of Java. 



Siebold's Bramble. Shrub. 



138 R. PUBINE'RVIS (Blum, bijdr. 1110.) leaves cordate, acu- 

 minated, 3-5-cleft, doubly serrated, pubescent on the veins on 

 both surfaces ; branches terete, smooth ; prickles scattered, 

 straight; stipulas semilanceolate ; peduncles usually solitary, 1- 

 flowered ; calycine segments ovate, acuminated, villous. Ij . G. 

 Native of Japan. Like R. microphyllus, Lin. 



Downy-nerved Bramble. Shrub. 



139 R. GLOMERA'TUS (Blum, bijdr. 1111.) leaves cordate, 

 acute, obsoletely 3-5-lobed, sharply denticulated, hairy on both 



