XXVI. 



RUBUS FRUTICOSUS. 



Common Bramble or Blackberry. 



Class XII. IcosANDRiA. — Order III. Polygynia. 



Nat. Ord. RosACEiE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx somewhat campanulate, five-cleft. 

 Petals five. Fruit superior, of several succulent drupes, 

 placed upon a protuberant, dry receptacle. 



Spec, Char. Stem arched, angular, furrowed. Panicles 

 long, narrow, downy. Leaves digitate ; leaflets obovate, 

 hard, decurved at the edges, white beneath. 



SYNONYMES. 



I Rubus major, fructu nigro. Bauh. J. ii. 67- Rait Syn. 467. 



^"^'^ \ Rubus. Ger. fTm. 1272. 



French Ronce ordinaire ; Murier des haies. 



Italian .... Rovo. 



Spanish.... Zarza ; Mata espinosa. 



Portuguese.. Sylva. 



German Brombeerstrauch. 



Dutch Braamen. 



Swedish .... Brombcer. 



Polish Jezyny. 



Russian. . . . Jaschewika. 



Description. — The stems are very long and sometimes an 

 inch in thickness, deeply furrowed and angular, mostly hairy, 

 when old of a purplish hue. The prickles grow upon the angles 

 of the stem, and also on the panicles and leaf-stalks, they are 

 strong, sharp, and somewhat hooked. The leaves consist of 

 five, stalked, acute, serrated leaflets, varying in figure, but 

 generally obovate, with the edges and point curved downwards, 

 smooth, dark green above, downy and white beneath. The 

 stipules are two, at the base of the leaves. The flowers are 



