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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, agreeabh' 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. Lindley, the following British kinds of iZiibus may be 

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

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

 Weihe & Nees ; R. fusco-dter Weihe & Nees ; R. Kl?hler\ Weihe ^ Nets 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2605.), R. pallidus Weihe Sf Nees ; R. glandulosv.s Smith ; 

 R. rudis Weihe & Nees, R. echinatus of ed. 1. of Lindl. Sj/nops., and our 

 H. B. No. 283.35. ; R. diversifolius Lindl. Synops. ed. 1., R. diversifolius 

 Weihe, Hort. Brit. No. 28330. 



m 9. R. specta'bilis Ph. The sho'wy-Jiowcred Bramble. 



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



Synonyme. R. ribiii)\\ns M'illd. Herb., according to Steven. 



Engravings. Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., t. 16. ; Bot. Reg., 1424. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1602. ; and oiir^'. 539. 



Spec. Char.y Sfc. 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 ^j^p^^tr^ 

 on terminal pedimcles. Sepals oblong, rather abruptly 

 acuminate, shorter than the petals. (JDec. 

 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. 



S.ig. K. speclabilis. 



Branches subflexuose, round, smooth ; 

 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. 



ji 10. R. FRUTico^sus L. The shrubby Bramble, or common Blackberry. 



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



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

 Synonymes. R. discolor and R. abruptiis, in Lindl. Synops. of Brit. Flora, ed. 1. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t 715. ; and cui Jig. 541. 



Spec. Char., i^c. Stem erect, and afterwards de- 

 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. tf, 

 Native of Europe, in hedges, thickets, and e>^^-4| 

 woods ; in Britain abounding in the agricultural '^d^'-y'^ 

 zone, and tolerably frequent in the upland zone; 

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

 that of /'lex' europap.'a. Stem 6 ft. to 12 ft. 

 Flowers white, or rose-coloured ; June to 

 August. Fruit purplish black ; ripe August to 

 September or October. 



Varieties. 



R. /. 2 pomponius Ser. R. fruticosus S 

 Weihe ^- Nees. {fig. 540.) Flowers **" " f- ;'""?"""" 



