Bubus.2 XXVII. ROSACEja : rose^. 123 



high, with a few weak prickles. Leaflets sometimes only 2, ovate. 



Petals minute, narrow, greenish yellow. Fruit of very few (1 4) 



red, (comparatively) large drupes. 



4. E. ""drcticus L. (arctic R.) ; stems erect not rootin^- un- 

 armed bearing (mostly) one flower, petals roundish nc/ched, 

 leaflets ternate glabrous obtusely serrated. E. B. t. 1585. 



Mountain turfy bogs. Isle of Mull, and Een-ghlo in Athole. 

 %. 6. — The only place in Scotland which agrees witli the foreign 

 localities of this plant is in the low moors near the station of Mm- 

 zxesia cmrulea; where stood the old Caledonian forest: there only 

 need it to be looked for ; the two stations above given have been re- 

 peatedly searched in vain for it. Stems 4—6 inches high, slender, 

 having 3—4 leaves, with creeping roots or underground leaflets, root- 

 ing stems. Flowers of a deep rose-colour, large for the size 'of the 

 plant. Fruit purplish red, highly prized by the Swedes. 



**** Leaves simple. 



■ 5. R. ChamcBmorus L. {Mountain It, or Cloudberri/) ; dioecious 

 stem herbaceous erect unarmed one-flowered, leaves lobed and 

 plaited. E.B.t.7l6. 



• Alpine turfy bogs ; North of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ire- 

 land. 11 6, 7. — Erect, 8—10 inches high, creeping as in the last 

 species and in R. id<Bus. Flowers large, white. Fruit large, orano-e- 

 red, of an agreeable flavour. 



[RuBus Linn, Bramble. Blackberry. Raspberry. 



In order to exhibit the principles adopted in other Botanical 

 Manuals of the British Flora, we insert here the views of our 

 valued friend, Dr. T. Bell Salter, on the British Ruhi. The 

 barren stem and terminal leaflet are those which are described 

 { unless It be otherwise expressed. Our readers will no doubt 

 J regret that, for the sake of conciseness, no character has been 

 given ot the species, which shall sufiice to include all the forms 

 under it, but pnly of what we presume to be the common state 

 01 the plant m this country. For, however, a more detailed 



uescriDMon nY ^1ia -.roT.;^,,^, „ • „ ,3 f •! 1^ r, , 



■^Descriptive Table of British Brambles:' 

 Gazette tor May, 1850, vol. ii. pp. 113—131. 



Stem shruhhy, erect biennial. 



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Group i. SuBEKECTi Lindl. Stem upright, biennial, leaves 

 pinnate or digitate . (Fruit variable in colour.) • 



Dinnifp' S'! ^; (^'^^'^"^^^ ^^0 ; stem prickly-setose, leaves 



^S^"'eT\ XT^^'T'r^^ ^^""'^ '7?P.^"S, petals 

 ternatP ' ^V*" ^^^]-~^' t^^fohatus ; stem shining, leaves 



7 LeesiiV;/'''" ' ^^^fl^t« 3, sessile, overlapping. R. id^us 



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