136 RosacecE. \Rubus. 



corymbose panicles; cal. persistent, segm. 5, large, valvate; 

 pet. 5, imbricate; stam. indefinite; carp, numerous on a convex 

 receptacle, style subterminal ; fruit of numerous small crowded 

 drupes, stone hard, woody; seed pendulous. — Species va- 

 riously estimated, say 200 ; 41 in Fl. B. Ind. 



L. simple. 



Pet. I length of cal.-segm 1. R. GLOMERATUS. 



Pet. more than | length of cal.-segm . . . 2. R. moluccanus. 



L. 3-foliolate 3. R. ellipticus. 



L. imparipinnate 4. R. LASIOCARPUS. 



1. R. glomeratus, Bl. Bijdr. 11 11 (1826). 



R. micropetalns, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. viii. 6. R. rugosus, 

 var. j3, Thw. Enum. 101. Trim. Syst. Cat. 30. C. P. 1536, 1537. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 328. 



Stems slender with few small hooked prickles, at first 

 covered with cinnamomeous tomentum, afterwards glabrous, 

 1. simple, 3-5 in., rather narrower than long, deeply cordate at 

 base, acute, 3- or obscurely 5-lobed at base, with usually acute 

 lobes, irregularly dentate-serrate, hairy on the veins above, 

 densely felted with fine pale cinnamon-coloured tomentum 

 beneath and with the reticulate venation very prominent, 

 petiole ij-2| in., stip. deeply pectinate with filiform segm.; fl. 

 crowded in small short racemose clusters on short stout 

 peduncles in axils of upper 1. and of pectinate bracts, the 

 whole forming an elongated tomentose panicle ; cal. densely 

 covered with cinnamomeous hair, segm. entire or slightly 

 toothed near apex, pubescent within ; pet. very small, about | 

 length of cal.-segm., rounded ; fruit very small, purplish-red. 



Upper montane zone ; rather common. Fl. Jan. -June ; white. 



Also in Malaya, but not recorded from Indian Peninsula. 



Blume's description is very brief, and the pet. are not described, but 

 it appears to apply well to our plant, which is, however, perhaps but a 

 variety of R. moluccanus. 



2. 2L. moluccanus, L. Sp. PL 1197 (1753). Wel-bute, S. 



Moon Cat. 40. R. rugosus, Sm., Thw. Enum. 101. C. P. 2765. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 330. Wight, Ic. t. 225. 



Stems stout, densely covered with woolly grey or yellowish 

 hair and set with numerous strong hooked prickles; 1. simple, 

 3^-5 in., usually about as broad as long, cordate at base, 

 acute, more or less deeply 5- (or 7-) lobed with obtuse or sub- 

 acute lobes, unequally dentate-serrate, glabrous or hairy on 

 veins and bright green above, very hairy and more or less 

 yellowish or grey beneath with prominent reticulate venation 

 and often with prickles on the main veins, petiole long, 



