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longest bristles and acicles not unfrequently tipped 

 with glands. The leaflets have uneven, rather 

 coarse compound teeth, even above, hairy on the 

 veins below, the basal leaflets not overlapping. 

 The panicle is open, narrowed to the blunt top, 

 rather loose. The rachis and flower-stalk have 

 very crowded, widespreading, long, slender 

 prickles, acicles, bristles, and stalked glands. 

 The fruiting sepals are turned back. It flowers 

 in July and August, and is a deciduous shrub. 



Rubus dasyphyllus, Rogers. The habitat of 

 this species is woods, bushy places, hedges, espe- 

 cially in hilly districts. It differs from R. Koehleri 

 in the densely hairy stem, with fewer intermediate 

 prickles. The leaflets are thick, leathery, very 

 softly hairy, and usually much paler beneath, the 

 principal teeth, which are compound, being wide- 

 spreading or bent back. The panicle is long, very 

 narrow, and interrupted. The petals are pink. 

 The sepals are turned back in fruit. 



Rubus plinthostylus, Genev. The habitat of 

 this Rubus is woods. It has armature of the sub- 

 Koehlerian group, nearer to JR. mutabilis than R, 

 Koehleri. The long leaflets are narrowed both 

 ends, with a narrow, long point, and very pale 

 beneath. The branches of the panicle bear many 

 flowers, and the sepals are loosely turned back. 

 The panicle is large, the fruit small. 



Rubus Marshalli, Focke & Rogers. The habitat 

 of this species is bushy places and heaths. The 

 plant is hairy. The stem is densely clothed with 

 stout-based pricklets and unequal acicles and 

 stalked glands. The armature is dense, unequal, 

 and widespreading. The leaves are small, 3-5- 

 lobed, with 3 lobes radiating from a common 

 centre, 2 lateral. The leaflets have thick, soft 

 hair below. The panicle is very elongate, ultra- 

 axillary, narrowed almost to a point at the top, 

 with long lower branches, like secondary panicles. 

 The sepals are somewhat widespreading when 

 the fruit is young. The plant is intermediate be- 

 tween R. Koehleri and R. fuscoater. 



Rubus viridis, Kalt. The habitat of this species 

 is woods and bushy places. The habit is pros- 

 trate. The stem is armed with numerous, unequal, 

 acicular bristles, stalked glands, and slender, bent- 

 down, large-based prickles and pricklets. The 

 leaflets are softly hairy, and nearly smooth be- 

 neath, usually thin and brittle, with irregular, 

 shallow teeth. The panicle has spreading, few- 

 flowered, long-stalked branches, forming a raceme 

 above. The stamens exceed the styles. The 

 young carpels are downy. This species differs 

 from R. pallidus in the more unequal armature, 

 less compound panicle, and broader leaflets with 

 less conspicuous, long points. 



Rubus durotrigum, R. P. Murray. The habitat 

 of this species is woods and bushy ground. The 

 habit is prostrate or climbing. The stem is clothed 

 with dense prickles, acicles, and bristles. The 

 prickles are very crowded, slender, with a long 

 base. The leaves are large. The leaflets are very 

 broad, shining, slightly hairy on the veins beneath, 

 the terminal leaflet roundish, egg-shaped, with a 

 long, gradually-narrowed point, with deeply-cut 



or lobed teeth. The panicle is pyramidal. The 

 stamens and style are nearly equal. The young 

 carpels are thinly hairy. 



Rubus divexiramus, P. J. Muell. The habitat 

 of this species is woods and heaths. The stem is 

 slender, round, bluish-green, dark -purple. The 

 leaves are mostly 3-lobed, with lateral leaflets 

 deeply lobed or enlarged. The leaflets are yel- 

 lowish-green, with fine, close, compound teeth, 

 with short hair below, the terminal one obtuse- 

 angled, inversely egg-shaped. The panicle is 

 rather broad, rounded, with ultra-axillary top. 

 The stamens are longer than the style. The young 

 carpels are rather downy. The plant resembles 

 R. viridis, R. longithyrsiger, and R. infecundus. 

 The chief characters are the terminal leaflet, dark 

 purple stem and rachis, rather broad, rounded 

 panicle, and erect, fruiting sepals. 



Rubus Bellardi,Wh. & N. This species is found 

 chiefly in moist woods. The habit is arching pros- 

 trate. The stem is round, with acicular prickles 

 conical from a large base. The leaves are 3-lobed. 

 The leaflets are nearly equal, rather evenly and 

 finely toothed, the terminal one oval, the lateral 

 ones very similar, with very short, spreading stalk. 

 The panicle is short, forming a raceme above, with 

 long, thin flower-stalk with crowded, unequal, red- 

 stalked glands and acicles. The stamens and 

 style are nearly equal. The sepals embrace the 

 young fruit. The young carpels are smooth. The 

 plant flowers in July and August, and is a decidu- 

 ous shrub. 



Rubtis serpens, Weihe. The habitat of this spe- 

 cies is hilly woods. The stem is green, with short 

 prickles. The leaves are 3-5-lobed. The leaflets 

 are unequal, irregularly toothed, the terminal one 

 with a long narrow point. The panicle is narrow, 

 forming a raceme, with racemose branches below. 

 The stamens hardly exceed the style. The young 

 carpels are smooth. The plant is in flower in June 

 and July, and is a deciduous shrub. 



Rubus hirtus, Waldst. & Kit. The habitat of 

 this species is hilly woods. The habit is prostrate 

 from a low base, rarely climbing, the stem densely 

 covered with stalked glands, glandular bristles, 

 and acicles. The prickles are straight, bristle- 

 like. The leaves are principally 3~5-lobed, rarely 

 4-5-lobed. The leaflets are broad, coarsely toothed, 

 very hairy on the veins below. The rachis is 

 violet or red-brown, with stalked glands, and many 

 long, glandular bristles. The stamens exceed the 

 style. The carpels are hairy. The plant is densely 

 glandular and bristly. 



Rubus acutifrons, Ley. The habitat of this 

 species is woods and thickets. The prickles are 

 rather stout, strongly bent down or hooked. The 

 leaves are 3-5-lobed, the leaflets are opaque above, 

 thinly hairy beneath, with fine lobed teeth, shining, 

 the terminal one with a long narrow point. The 

 panicle is very loose, and most of the flower-stalks 

 are aggregated into a corymb, the ultra-axillary 

 top forming a corymb. The stamens are much 

 longer than the styles. The young carpels are 

 hairy. The plant is intermediate between R. viri- 

 dis and R. Lintoni, 



