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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



The stems are long and trailing, sometimes arching, glaucous and purplish 

 in the sun, and green in the shade : they are brittle and full of pith. The 

 flowers are large, and appear earlier than those of most o fthe British species. 

 The berry is large, agreeably acid, of larger and fewer grains than in R. fruti- 

 cosus, and of a browner black : they are ripened before those of R. fruticosus 

 and its allies. 



According to Dr. Lindlev, the following British kinds of .ffubus may be 

 associated with R. coryhfolius Smith, either as related species, or as varieties : 

 R. macrophyllus Weihe & Nees (Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2625.); R. cnrpinifolius 

 Weihe & Nees ; R. fiisco dter Weihe & Nees ; R. K'frhlen Weihe # Nees 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2605.), R. pallidus Weihe $ Nees ; R. glandulosus Smith ; 

 R. rudis Weihe & Nees, R. echinatus of ed. 1. of Lindl. Synops., and our 

 H. B. No. 28335. ; R. diversifolius Lindl. Synops. ed. 1., R. diversifolius 

 Weihe, Hort. Brit. No. 28330. 



& 9. R. SPECTA'BILIS Ph. The showy-flowered Bramble. 



Identification. Ph. FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 348. t. 16. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 559. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 533. 



Synonyme. R. rtdifblius Willd. Herb., according to Steven. 



Engravings. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., t. 16. ; Bot. Reg., 1424. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1602. ; and ourj?#. 539. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Stem not bearing prickles, glabrous. Leaf of three leaflets, 

 that are ovate, acute, doubly and unequally serrated, downy beneath. 

 Flowers of an agreeable purplish colour, produced singly 

 on terminal peduncles. Sepals oblong, rather abruptly 

 acuminate, shorter than the petals. (Dec. 

 Prod.) An elegant shrubby bramble. 

 Native of North America, on the banks 

 of the Columbia River, and the north- 

 west coast. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1827. Flowers rosy purple, 

 odoriferous ; April and May. Fruit 

 large, dark yellow ; ripe in July. 



Branches subflexuose, round, smooth ; 539> * s T )ect a bilis - 



with large odoriferous flowers, succeeded by large dark-yellow fruit, of an 

 acid and somewhat astringent taste, which make excellent tarts. It merits 

 a place in every collection, both as a flowering shrub, and for its fruit. 



jc 10. R. FRUTICO V SUS L. The shrubby Bramble, or common Blackberry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 707. ; Weihe and Nees Rubi Germanici, p. 25. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 561. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 534. 



St/nonymes. R. discolor and R. abruptus, in Lindl. Synops. of Brit. Flora, ed. 1. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t 715. ; and cur^g. 541. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect, and afterwards tie- 

 curved, 5-angled, rather tomentose, bearing 

 recurved prickles. Leaflets 3 5, ovate- oblong, 

 acute, glabrous, beneath greyly tomentose, each 

 on a secondary petiole. Panicle decompound, 

 narrow, straight. Sepals reflexed, almost with- 

 out prickles. (Dec. Prod.) A large bramble. 

 Native of Europe, in hedges, thickets, and 

 woods ; in Britain abounding in the agricultural 

 zone, and tolerably frequent in the upland zone; 

 with, according to Mr. Winch, a limit similar to 

 that of 7 v lex europafi v a. Stem 6ft. to 12ft. 

 Flowers white, or rose-coloured ; June to 

 August. Fruit purplish black ; ripe August to 

 September or October. 



Varieties. 



R. f. 2 pomponius Ser. R. fruticosus d 

 Weihe $ Nees. (fig. 540.) Flowers 



540. R. f. pompdiiiut. 



