54 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Ser. Idaei 



Rubus thibetanus Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, VIII. 

 221 (PL David. II. 39) (1885). — Focke in Bihl Bot. LXXII. 179, 

 fig. 74 (Spec. Ruh.) (1911). 



Rvbus Veitchii Rolfe in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1909, 258. 



Western Szech'uan: Mao-chou, dry regions, alt. 1200-1800 m.. 

 May and August 1908 (No. 804). 



A very curious plant and perhaps the type of a well marked section. It resem- 

 bles the South African R. Lvdwigii Ecklon & Zeyher. 



Rubus inopertus Focke in Bihl. Bot. LXXII. 182 {Spec. Ruh.) (1911). 

 Rubus niveus, subsp. inopertus Focke in Bot. Jahrl. XXIX. 400 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 600- 

 1200 m., June and July 1907 (No. 97). Western Szech'uan: Wa- 

 shan, thickets, alt. 1500-2200 m., July and September 1908 (No. 946). 



This Chinese plant seems to be rather constant, and looks very different from 

 the tropical R. niveus Thunberg (R. lasiocarpus Smith, R. Horsfieldii Miquel). It 

 is therefore reasonable to separate the two plants specifically, although there occur 

 connecting links in the Himalayas. 



Rubus coreanus Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 34 (1867); 

 Prol. Fl. Jap. 222 (1866-67). — Focke in Bihl. Bot. LXXII. 184 (Spec. 

 Ruh.) (1911). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, alt. 300-1200 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 31); Chang-lo Hsien, alt. 1200 m., September 1907 

 (No. 152). 



{ ^v^/^-t^*-' Rubus Kuntzeanus Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Sac. XXIII. 232 

 (1887). — Focke in Bihl. Bot. LXXII. 195 (Spec. Ruh.) (1911). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 300- 

 1500 m., June and August 1907 (No. 92). 



Rubus flosculosus Focke in Hooker's Icon. XX. text to t. 1952, p. 3 

 (1891); in Bihl. Bot. LXXII. 193 (Spec. Ruh.) (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200-1500 m., June 

 and September 1907 (No. 145''). 



Rubus flosculosus, f. parvifolius Focke, n. forma. 

 Western Hupeh: Chang-lo Hsien, thickets, alt. 900-1200 m., 

 September 1907 (No. 145) 



