108 ON RUBUS IDAUS, 
Extracts and Abstracts. 
ON RUBUS IDAUS, Z.; ITS AFFINITIES AND 
ORIGIN. 
By F. W. C. Argscnove. 
Among the fruticose Rubi now growing in Europe, R. Jdeus, L., 
seems to be the most isolated species. All the oth 
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Babington (Brit. Rubi, p. 42), this species has a creeping rhizome, 
which is with probability supposed to produce the buds. As I have 
of which are not wanting on the subterranean parts of the shoots. I 
therefore suppose the root to produce the buds, and the same con- 
clusion is also made by Kuntze (Reform. deutscher Brombeeren, 
other European species. owever, I cannot omit to mention that 
Dr. Focke (Nachtrige zur Brombeerflora der 
p. 795) represents 2. fruticosus, L. (R. plicat 
pagating itself in the same manner as R. Ideus, L., though I never 
which characters are either not 
a‘ all, or at least very seldom, found in the other European species. 
