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BRITISH FLORA 



pink. The sepals are greyish-olive. The fruit is 

 bright-red, then glossy-black. 



Rubus latifolius, Bab. The habitat of this 

 species is open woods. The habit is shrub-like, 

 the stem furrowed, very soon prostrate, slightly 

 hairy. The leaves are dull-green, very large, 

 thinly hairy. The leaflets are all broad, with com- 

 pound, deeply-cut teeth, harsh to the touch below, 

 the terminal leaflet heart-shaped, with a long point. 

 The panicle is narrow, blunt, cylindrical, with 

 a densely hairy rachis and conspicuous bracts. 

 The sepals are grey with a yellow base. The 

 plant flowers in July and August, and is a deciduous 

 shrub. 



Rubus imbricatus, Hort The habitat of this 

 plant is wood borders and open commons. The 

 habit is prostrate or arched, remarkably branched. 

 The leaflets are convex, wrinkled, overlapping, 

 the terminal leaflets roundish, egg-shaped, with 

 an abrupt, long point, heart-shaped, the basal 

 leaflets small. The panicle has distant, long, very 

 strongly ascending lower branches, and several 

 lobes. The top of the panicle and the flower- 

 stalks are scarcely felted, the sepals uniformly grey 

 and hairy. The ripe fruit is glossy-black. The 

 plant flowers in July and August, and is a deciduous 

 shrub. 



Rubus carpinifolius, Wh. & N. The habitat of 

 this plant is wood borders, hedges, heaths, open 

 places in hilly districts. The habit is erect, arched. 

 The leaves are plaited, with long teeth, soft be- 

 neath, the terminal leaflets long, usually oval, with 

 a long point. The panicle is narrow, pyramidal, 

 or in a sort of raceme, with branches erect, or 

 widespreading. The sepals are widely spreading 

 in fruit. The petals are white. The panicle is 

 very prickly and pale-coloured. The fruit is large. 

 The plant flowers in July and August, and is a 

 deciduous shrub. 



Rubus incurvatus, Bab. The habitat of this 

 plant is thickets, open woods, heaths, and hilly 

 slopes. The habit is prostrate, arched. The leaf- 

 lets are hollowed, lobed, toothed, with incurved 

 wavy edges, greenish-white, soft, with felted down 

 below, thick. The terminal leaflets are broadly 

 egg-shaped, heart-shaped. The panicle is long, 

 the top ultra-axillary, the branches short and 

 widespreading. The flowers are pink, as also 

 the stamens and style. There are no glands. 

 The plant flowers in July, and is a deciduous 

 shrub. 



Rubus Lindleianus, Lees. The habitat of this 

 species is wood borders and hedges. The habit 

 is erect, and arching, the stem shining (hence 

 nitidus, Bell Salter), glossy. The leaflets are 

 inversely egg-shaped, wedge-shaped, wavy-edged, 

 with irregular, shallow teeth, and narrow below. 

 The panicle has a long, broad, cylindrical, blunt 

 top, and long, nearly equal, widespreading 

 branches, in a cyme. The rachis is hairy. The 

 petals are white. The fruit and drupelets are 

 small. The plant flowers in July and August, 

 and is a deciduous shrub. 



Rubus argenteus, Wh. & N. ( = erythrinus, 

 Genev.). The habitat of this species is woods, 



hedges, and open sunny places. The habit is 

 high -arching. The stem is dark-purple (hence 

 erythrinus). The prickles have a wide base. The 

 leaflets are leathery, with an ash -coloured felt 

 below, the dark-purple of the stem extending fre- 

 quently to the leaf-stalk and midrib, convex, 

 inversely egg-shaped, with a blunt, long point, the 

 terminal leaflets long-stalked, broadly egg-shaped. 

 The panicle is loose, pyramidal, with a narrow, 

 rounded top, and strongly - ascending lower 

 branches. The fruit and drupelets are large. 

 The panicle distinguishes it from the last, as well 

 as the leaves, fruit, and colour of the stem, &c. 



Rubus durescens, W. R. Linton. This plant is 

 found in hedges by the roadside, and in woods. 

 The habit is arching. The stem is purplish, with 

 leathery leaflets, brownish-green, hairless on the 

 upper surface, with a few short, stiff hairs on the 

 prominent nerves below, the larger teeth wide- 

 spreading. The leaflets are oblong, egg-shaped. 

 The terminal leaflets are egg-shaped, heart- 

 shaped. The panicle is broad, short, cylindrical, 

 in a corymb, the branches widespreading, forming 

 a cyme, the top broad but hardly blunt. In the 

 panicle the plant resembles R. Lindleianus. The 

 colour and leaves, &c., are as in R. erythrinus. 



Rubus rhamnifolius, Wh. & N. The habitat of 

 this species is wood borders, thickets, and hedges. 

 The habit is arching. The leaflets are thick, flat, 

 with ash-coloured or white felt below, and finely- 

 pointed close and simple teeth, the terminal ones 

 often not twice the length of the leaf-stalk, with 

 a blunt point, and heart-shaped below. The 

 terminal ones are very long-stalked, roundish, 

 egg-shaped, heart-shaped. The basal ones are 

 not overlapping. The panicle is rather close 

 and cylindrical, the flowers cup-like, the petals 

 roundish, white. The sepals are turned back. 

 The stamens are erect and longer than the style. 

 The plant flowers in July and August, and is a 

 deciduous perennial. 



Rubus nemoralis, P. J. Muell. The habitat of 

 this plant is wood borders and hedges. The habit 

 is arching. The leaflets are pale-green both sides, 

 rather finely and evenly toothed, paler, and thinly 

 hairy below. The panicle is very loose, ascending, 

 leafy, at first pyramidal, then forming a corymb, 

 with several simple floral leaves above, and very 

 long lower strongly-ascending branches forming 

 a raceme-like corymb. The petals are pink. This 

 species is handsome, strong, long. The narrow 

 base of the terminal leaflet is heart-shaped as age 

 advances. The numerous floral leaves, the long 

 lower branches of the panicle distinguish this 

 species. Its nearest ally is R. rhamnifolius. 



Rubus pulcherrimus, Neum. The habitat of 

 this plant is wood borders, hedges, and commons. 

 The habit is prostrate, arching, forming extensive 

 patches as underwood in woodlands. The stem 

 is rather hairy, dull-red or green. The prickles 

 are widespreading or bent downwards. The leaves 

 are 6-7-lobed. The leaflets are convex, leathery, 

 dull grey-green, with a greenish ashy felt below, 

 opaque above, the terminal leaflets 2^-3 times as 

 long as the leaf-stalk. The panicle is long, with 



