316 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
The stems are long and trailing, sometimes arching, glaucous and purplish 
in the sun, and green in the shade: they are brittle and full of pith. The 
flowers are large, and appear earlier than those of most o fthe British species. 
The berry is large, agreeably acid, of larger and fewer grains than in 2. fruti- 
cosus, and of a browner black : they are ripened before those of R. fruticdsus 
and its allies. 
According to Dr. Lindley, the following British kinds of Rubus may be 
associated with R. corylifolius Smith, either as related species, or as varieties : 
—R. macrophillus Weihe & Nees (Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2625.) ; R. carpinifolius 
Weihe & Nees; R. fusco-ater Weihe & Nees; R. Ko‘kleri Weihe §& Nees 
(Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2605.), R. pallidus Weihe § Nees; R. glanduldsus Smith’; 
R. ridis Weihe & Nees, R. echinatus of ed. 1. of Lindl. Synops., and our 
H. B, No, 28335.; R. diversifolius Lindl. Synops. ed. 1., 2. diversifdlius 
Weihe, Hort. Brit. No, 28330. 
x 9, R. specta’sitis Ph, The showy-flowered Bramble. 
Identification. Ph. Fl. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 348. t. 16.; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 559.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 533. 
Synonyme. R. ribifdlius Willd. Herb., according to Steven. 
Engravings. Ph. Fl, Amer. Sept., t. 16.; Bot. Reg., 1424.; Bot. Cab., t. 1602. ; and our fig. 539. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem not bearing prickles, glabrous. Leaf of three leaflets, 
that are ovate, acute, doubly and unequally serrated, downy beneath. 
Flowers of an agreeable purplish colour, produced singly w, 
on terminal peduncles, Sepals oblong, rather abruptly <# 
acuminate, shorter than the petals, (Dec. 
Prod.) An elegant shrubby bramble. 
Native of North America, on the banks 
of the Columbia River, and the north- 
west coast. Height 4ft.to5ft. In- 
troduced in 1827. Flowers rosy purple, | 
odoriferous; April and May. Fruit 
large, dark yellow; ripe in July. | 
539. &. spectabilis. 
Branches subflexuose, round, smooth ; 
with large odoriferous flowers, succeeded by large dark-yellow fruit, of an 
acid and somewhat astringent taste, which make excellent tarts. It merits 
a place in every collection, both as a flowering shrub, and for its fruit. 
x 10. R. rRuTico‘sus L. The shrubby Bramble, or common Blackberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.,707.; Weihe and Nees Rubi Germanici, p. 25.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 561. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 534, 
Synonymes. R. discolor and R. abraptus, in Lindl. Synops. of Brit. Flora, ed. 1. 
Lingravings. Eng. Bot., t. 715. ; and cur fig. 541. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect, and afterwards de- 
curved, 5-angled, rather tomentose, bearing 
recurved prickles. Leaflets 3—5, ovate-oblong, 
acute, glabrous, beneath greyly tomentose, each 
on a secondary petiole. Panicle decompound, 
narrow, straight. Sepals reflexed, almost with- 
out prickles. (Dec. Prod.) A large bramble. 
Native of Europe, in hedges, thickets, and 
woods ; in Britain abounding in the agricultural 
zone, and tolerably frequent in the upiand zone; 
with, according to Mr. Winch, a limit similar to 
that of Ulex europe‘a. Stem 6ft. to 12 ft. 
Flowers white, or rose-coloured; June to 
August. Fruit purplish black; ripe August to 
September or October. 
Varieties. 
R. f. 2 pomponius Ser. R. fruticdsus 6 4, 4 
Weihe & Nees. (fig. 540.) — Flowers 540, R. f. pompéniue. 
