52 24. ROSACES. 



2. Leaves ternate. 



2. R. SAXA.TILIS, L. Stone-Bramble, Roe-buckberry. Bhizorne 

 creeping. Barren stems, 2 3 feet long, prostrate, rooting at the 

 joints; prickles few or none. Le. thin, green below, ovate, 

 coarsely serrate. Flowering shoots erect, 6 12 in. high, with 

 few le. Fl. very small, 2 3 in a corymb. Fruit of 1 4 large, 

 bright red drupes. 



Not common. Rocky places in the shade. (S) P. 68. In " Cleghorn and 

 Bonnington woods," Hopk.: " Opposite Cadzow Castle," Pair. Calderwood glen; 

 Gourock; glens above the Holy Loch ; Inverkip ; Bute and Arran. 



B. Stems shrubby, biennial. 

 * Leaves pinnate, seldom ternate. 



3. R. ID'JEUS, L. Common Raspberry, Hindberry. Stems 

 erect, 2 3 ft. high, round, smooth or downy, with small weak 

 prickles. Le. pinnate, with 3 7 leaflets, terminal one the largest, 

 ovate or oblong, pointed, coarsely serrate, green above, white 

 beneath. Fl. on lateral branches from the last year's shoot, 

 corymbose, drooping. Pet. narrow, white. Fruit red, often 

 white in cultivation. 



Common. In woods and waste places. (B) Sh. 67. Banks of the Kelvin. 

 Cart, and Clyde, &c. 



** Leaves quinate or ternate, seldom pinnate. 



1* Stems quite smooth or slightly hairy t prickles equal or nearly so, 



setce none. 



4. R. SUBERECTUS, And. Upright Bramble. Stems erect, 

 nearly round, slightly downy or smooth ; prickles short, weak, 

 from a narrow base. Le. quinate, seldom ternate, often pinnate 

 with 7 leaflets, downy beneath, finely and acutely serrate, broadly 

 ovate, cordate at the base, acuminate, lateral ones sessile, thin, 

 flexible, and flat. Fl. in close corymbose panicles ; rachis and 

 pedicels pilose. Sep. reflexed. Fruit dark red. 



Frequent. In damp woods. (S) Sh. 6 7. Woods around Cambuslang; Cadder 

 Wilderness; near Balmore ; Baldernock; Gourock; Dunoon and Arran. 



Var. plicdtus, W. & N. Stem nearly erect, angular, smooth ; 

 prickles confined to the angles of the stem, base long and com- 

 pressed, declining or slightly hooked. Le. quinate, coriaceous, 

 plaited, shortly and thinly pilose beneath, ovate, acuminate ; 

 basal ones almost sessile. Fl. in corymbose panicles ; lateral leaf- 

 lets dilated at the base. Sep. reflexed. 



Frequent. Heaths and stony places. (E) Sh. 6 7. Cathkin ; banks of the 

 Forth and Clyde Canal ; Baldernock; Kihnuri; Cumbrae; Bute and Arran. 



5. R. BHAMNIFOLITJS, W. & N. Buckthorn-leaved Bramble. 

 Stem arcuate, angular, striate, bright red, seldom with hairs ; 

 prickles straight or declining, confined to the angles, tipped with 

 yellow. Le. cordate, subcuspidate, hard, quite flat, a few hairs 



