RUBUS 



RUBUS 



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BB. Fls. medium-sized or small, mostly clustered. 

 C. Plant profusely red-hairy. 



33. phcenicolasius, Maxim. WIXEBERRY. Fig. 3492. 

 Canes long and recurving, furnished with straight, 

 weak prickles and densely clothed with red-brown glan- 

 dular hairs, prop, by "tips:" Ifts. usuaUy 3, broad-ovate 

 to round-ovate, apiculate-toothed and sometimes indis- 

 tinctly lobed at top, white-tomentose beneath: fls. in 

 dense, small, shaggy-haired clusters which spring from 

 the uppermost axils and form a large, loose, leafy 

 panicle; petals shorter than the long, bristly calyx- 

 lobes, the latter enlarging after flowering and inclosing 

 the growing frs. in a bur but spreading apart as the fr. 

 matures: fr. usuall}- small and soft, cherry-red, acid or 

 usually insipid. Japan and China. B.M. 6479. G.C. 

 11.26:365; 111.11:269; 28:137. J.H. III. 29:210. 

 Gt. 52, p. 565. G. 19:235. A.G. 12:205; 15:435. Gng. 

 3:263. Interesting as an ornamental plant, and also 

 recommended for its fr. In the X. it often kills to the 

 ground, but the strong young recurving canes and white- 

 bottomed foliage make it a handsome plant. Sparingly 

 run wild in the E. U. S. 



34. adenophorus, Rolfe (R. sagatus, Focke). Resem- 

 bles R. phamicolasius: sts. stout, with short red prick- 

 les, the exposed parts dark red, densely covered, as are 

 the sepals and petioles, with purple stalked glands: Ivs. 

 ternate or the upper ones simple, the Ifts. unequal 

 (rarely 5), the terminal largest and cordate-ovate, the 

 lateral subsessile, all dull green above, hairy on both 

 sides: fls. 6-10, in short terminal clusters, rose-colored, 

 the broadly clawed petals about Min- long: fr. about 

 Hin. across, edible, the drupelets red with black tips. 

 China. The erect red sts. are ornamental in winter 

 and the foliage is ornamental in summer. 



35. ellipticus, Smith (R. flaws, Hamilt. R. Goureep- 

 hul, Roxbg.). Fig. 3493. Tall and erect or nearly so 

 (6-10 ft.), the canes stout and densely beset with 

 straight red-brown or crimson hairs and bearing a few 

 stout, short, nearly straight prickles: Ifts. 3, the terminal 

 one much the largest, ovate to orbicular-ovate, not 

 lobed, evenly doubly serrate, thickish, soft pubescent 

 and strongly veined and prickly on the midrib beneath: 

 fls. white, HIH. or less across, in small, many-fld. 

 clusters: berry the size of a common raspberry, yellow, 



of good quality. Himalayas. Grown in S. Fla., where 

 it is said to be the only raspberry that perfects its fr. 

 Advertised in Calif, as Golden Evergreen raspberry, 

 and recommended for pergolas and covering sheds. 

 Naturalized hi Jamaica. 



3493. Rubus ellipticus. A yellow-fruited species 

 from the Himalayas ( XM)- No. 35. 



3492. Rubus phoenicolasius ( X >). No. 33. 



cc. Plant not red-hairy all over. 



D. Fr. red or reddish at maturity (not described in Nos. 

 39, 42), sometimes golden (running into yellow and 

 white forms). 



E. Infl. usually 1- to 6-fld. 



36. macilentus, Camb. Shrub, to 5 ft., the branches 

 bearing strong straight or hooked prickles, the plant 

 glandless and nearly glabrous: Ivs. glabrous, with many 

 hooked prickles, the Ifts. 3, of which the terminal one 

 is 2 in. or less long and ovate-oblong, the lateral ones 

 small, all doubly toothed: fls. white, usually 3 together 

 on end of short lateral growths: fr. orange, yellow, or 

 red, glabrous, inclosed in the calyx. Himalayan 

 region. 



37. lasiostylus, Focke. A species apparently of 

 variable forms, having bluish white bristly strong arch- 

 ing sts. : Ivs. pinnate, small, silvery white beneath, the 

 Ifts. 3-5 and coarsely unequally double-serrate and 

 sometimes 3-lobed: fls. magenta-red, of good size, the 

 petals erect and clawed: fr. rose-color but woolly, sweet 

 but said to be useless for eating. China. G.C. III. 

 51:167. G. 28:631. 



38. biflorus, Hamilt. Strong shrub prized in cult, for 

 its glaucous-white canes: reaches 8-10 ft., with arching 

 canes that bear stout, recurved prickles: Ifts. 3-5, ovate 

 or oval, incise-serrate, whitish beneath: fls. large and 

 white, 1-3 on dropping pedicels: berry golden yellow or 

 amber-colored, size of the common raspberry, the 

 calyx at first erect, but finally spreading. Temp. 

 Himalaya. B.M. 4678. R.H. 1855:5. Gn. 54, p. 456. 

 Var. quinqueflorus, Focke. A striking plant with sts. 

 reaching 12 ft. high and 4-5 in. circum. at base, cov- 

 ered with a waxy white bloom and therefore very 

 showy, the spines stiff and J^in. long: pinnate Ivs. 

 about 1 ft. long, the Ifts. about 5 and white beneath: 

 panicles terminal and axillary and about 5-fld., the fls. 

 white and %in. across: fr. golden yellow, good. W. 

 China. Gn. 76, p. 624. A promising fr .-bearing as well 

 as ornamental plant. 



39. Wflsonii, Duthie. Scandent shrub with terete 

 very spin}- brown-purple glaucescent sts., the branches 

 quadrangular and red-purple and more or less winged 

 between the nodes: Ivs. pinnate, of 35 ovate more or 

 less cordate strongly double serrate Ifts. which are gla- 

 brous and deep green above and paler beneath and 

 sparsely prickly on the ribs underneath: fls. purple, in 

 axillary' and terminal few-fld. fascicles (terminal clus- 

 ters 4-5-fld., axillary 2-3-fld.), the petals about J^in. 

 broad and long. Cent. China. 



EE. Infl. many-fld., mostly clustered, dense or aggregated. 



40. innominatus, S. Moore. Raspberry-like in 

 appearance, with strong upright very soft-pubescent 

 and sparingly prickly sts. 6-8 ft. high: Ivs. pinnate, 



