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B. HEEBACEI. 



Stem nearly or quite herbaceous. Leaves ternate or simple. 

 Stipules usually attached to the stem. Fl. umbellate or 

 nearly solitary. Receptacle flat. 



i. Saxatiles. Stems slender, prostrate. Flowers umbel- 

 late or nearly solitary. Succulent carpels large, few, 

 distinct. 



47. R. saxal'ilis (L.) ; st. rooting annual, prickles none or 

 very few minute weak, /. ternate, fl. -shoot erect with a terminal 

 few-flowered corymb, pet. lanceolate about equalling the calyx. 

 E. B. 2233. R.. G. 9. St. very slender. Fl.-shoots radical, 

 about a span high. Fl. white. Fr. of 1 4 large drupes. i 

 Stony mountains or high hills. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



ii. Arctici. No sterile stems but a long subterranean rhi- 

 zome. Flowers terminal, nearly solitary. Succulent 

 carpels adhering together. 



48. R. Cham&morus (L.) ; fl. -shoot erect unarmed 1 -flowered 

 herbaceous, fl. dioecious, 1. simple lobed plicate. E. B. 716. 

 R. G. 49. Rhizome woody. Fl. large, white. Fr. large, red, 

 afterwards orange -yellow. Alpine turf-bogs. P. VI. Cloud- 

 berry. Knotberry. E. S. I. 



[R. arc'ticus (L.) ; st. erect unarmed nearly 1-flowered her- 

 baceous, 1. ternate, pet. obovate twice as long as the calyx, 

 stam. connivent, succulent carpels many. E. B. 1585. R. G. 

 48. Rhizome subterranean. Fl. -shoot 6 10 in. high. Lts. 

 nearly equal. Fl. rose-coloured. Isle of Mull and Ben y Gloe. 

 Probably a mistake. P. VI.] S. 



Index to the Rubi. 

 adornatus, 40. Bloxamii, 24. Colemanni, 17. 



