RUBUS. 



flender point ; partly downy on the out fide, and denfely lb 

 within. Petals not obferved. Fruit of very numerous 

 fmall grains. Seeds curioufly reticulated or corrugated. 

 Rumpluus's figure is about half the fize of nature. 



3. R. p'mnatus. Wing-leaved Cape Bramble. Willd. 

 n. 2. Ait. n. 10. — " Leaves pinnate, of five or three ru- 

 gofe leaflets ; fmooth on both fides. Stem, footftalks, and 

 flower-ltalks prickly. Clulter terminal." — Native country 

 unknown. Willd. Cape of Good Hope, and ifland of 

 St. Helena ; from whence it was introduced by fir Jofeph 

 Banks in 17S9. Alton. A (hrubby green-houfe plant, 

 flowering in June and July. Branches villous, green, with 

 hooked prickles. Lea/lets ovato-lanceolate, green, fharply 

 and doubly ferrated ; their mid-ribs, like the footftalk, 

 prickly beneath. Clufter limple. Flowerjlalks villous, very 

 prickly. Calyx villous, longer than the petals. IVilld. We 

 prefume the above authors botli mean the fame plant, though 

 Willdenow is not cited by Aiton, and we have no fpecimens 

 from either. We fhould fufpedt that the above-mentioned 

 fpecimen of roftefolius, communicated by fir Jofeph Banks, 

 might be Mr. Aiton's p'mnatus, were not the latter, as well 

 as Willdenow's, laid to have Imooth leaves. 



4. R. auftralis. New Zealand Bramble. Ford. Prodr. 



40. Willd. n. 3 "Shrubby. Flowers dioecious. Leaves 



pinnate, of five, or three, leaflets. Stem and footftalks 

 prickly. Clufters fimple, axillary." — Native of New Zea- 

 land. Forjler. 



5. R. rigidus. Rigid Cape Bramble. — Leaves pin- 

 nate, of five, or three, partial-ftalked leaflets ; fmooth 

 above ; very downy beneath. Stem downy, minutely 

 prickly. Clutter terminal, twice compound. — Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. We know it only by an unnamed 

 fpecimen, from thence, in the Linnzan herbarium. The 



Jlem, footjlalks, Jlowrrjlalls, calyx, and under fide of the 

 leaves, are all very denfely clothed with fine, Ihort, velvet- 

 like down. Leajlets ufually five, ovate, doubly and un- 

 equally ferrated near an inch and a half long, each on a 

 fhort, thick, partial Italic ; the upper fide grtcn, fmooth, 

 llriated with funk ribs and veins, which project on the 

 downy under fide. Stipulat lanceolate, downy. Flowers 

 numerous, rather fmall. Calyx with (hort thick points. 

 The petals feem to be awl-fhaped, and very fmall. We are 

 unacquainted with the fruit. 



6. R. lafiocarpus. Woolly-berried Bramble. — Leaves 

 pinnate, of feven, or five, leaflets ; fmooth above ; white 

 and very downy beneath. Stem nearly fmooth, with curved 

 prickle:;. Clutter terminal, fimple. Fruit downy. — Native 

 of Myfore and the neighbouring hills. Sent by the Rev. 

 Dr. Rottler, under the name of Rubus indicus. It appears 

 to be no where defcribed. At firlt fight the plant refemblcs 

 our Rafpberry, but the leajlets are generally (even, the odd 

 one large, often tliree-lobed ; their upper furface ftrongly 

 llriated with veins, which are occalionally hairy; the under 

 very white and woolly, with vcllowifh, hairy ribs and veins. 

 Stipulat awl-fhaped, hairy. Prickles of the item numerous, 

 ftrou;, .i little curved. Cluftcr of few flowers, downy and 

 prickly. Fruit clothed with denfe, white, woolly down. 

 Seeds reticulated. Poflihly R. apetalus of Poiret, Lamarck 

 Didt. v. 6. 242, may be allied to this. 



7. R. idaus. Rafpberry. J. inn. Sp. PL 706. Willd. 

 n. 4. Ait. n. 1. Purfh 11. 1. Fl. Brit. 11. 1. Engl. 

 Bat. t. 2443. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 138. Fl. Dan. 

 t. 788. Ger. Em. 1272. Math. Valgr. v. 2. 357. — 

 Leaves pinnate, of five, or three, ovate, rather angular 

 leaflets, very downy beneath. Footftalks channelled. Stun 

 with briltly prickles. Clufters terminal, lax, fomewhat 

 compound. Native of mountainous or (tony wood* and 



thickets throughout Europe. Mr. Purfh fays it occurs alfo 

 in hedge-rows, from Canada to Pennfylvania ; and Dr. 

 Buchanan gathered what we cannot confider as a diflinft 

 fpecies, in the woods of Nepaul. It flowers every where 

 in April, May, or June, ripening fruit about fix weeks 

 after. The Jlcms are ereift, fhrubby, though only biennial, 

 with creeping perennial roots. They are pale brown, ufually 

 rough with fmall bnftles rather than thorns; fometimes 

 they are quite fmooth. Lower leaves pinnate, with two 

 pair of leaflets and an odd one ; upper ternate only ; leaflets 

 broad-ovate, partly rhomboid, unequally and fharply fer- 

 rated and cut, more or lefs pointed ; greyifh-green, and 

 nearly fmooth, above ; white with denfe cottony down be- 

 neath, like the calyx and Jlowerflalks. Footjlalks rather 

 downy, with a itrong furrow along their upper fide, 

 prickly, like the Jlow.r-fta/ks. Stipulat fetaceous. Clufters 

 terminal, for the molt part fimple, lax, rather drooping. 

 Flowers pendulous. Calyx with taper points, variable in 

 length. Petals erect, obovate, white, fmall. Fruit crim- 

 fon, of numerous pulpy grains, befet with the permanent 

 ftyles. Its rich fweetnels, and highly perfumed flavour, 

 render this fruit generally agreeable, both recent and pre- 

 ferved. Rafpberry jam is an acceptable prefent, even in 

 India. There are feveral cultivated varieties, differing 'in 

 fize and luxuriance, as well as the colour of the berries, 

 which are fometimes of an amber hue. Mr. Purfh fays 

 there are a number of wild varieties in America ; a circum- 

 ftance which we have not much remarked in Europe. There 

 is ufually a fecond crop of the fruit in gardens. The flavour 

 of the wild kind is thought fuperior to the cultivated ; at 

 lead in Wales. 



8. R. fubereSus. Red-fruited Bramble. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 2572. Ait. Epit. Hort. Kew. 373. ( R. neflenfis ; 

 Hall in Tr. of R. Soc. Edinb. v. 3. 20.) — Leaves pinnate, 

 of feven, five, or three ovate leaflets ; hairy beneath. Foot- 

 ftalks channelled. Stems afcending. Prickles minute, nearly 

 ftraight. Flowers axillary and terminal, fomewhat panicled. 

 — This fpecies, firft obferved in Scotland near Loch Nef$, 

 has fince been found in other parts of that kingdom by Mr. 

 George Anderfon, F.L.S. as well as in Wales and York- 

 fhire. It is often intermixed with corylifolius, hereafter 

 defcribed, which it refemblcs in habit, efpecially in the 

 pubefcence, fize, and hue of the foliage, though more 

 naturally allied to R. idaus. Thejiems are biennial, not 

 quite upright, brittle, reddilh, nearly round, with fpreading 

 branches. Prickles fcattcred, fmall. Leaves light green 

 on both fides ; Imooth above. Panicles racernofe, rather lax, 

 terminal and axillary. Petals larger and more fpreading 

 than in the lall. Calyx finally reflexed. Fruit deep red, 

 agreeable in flavour, later than the Rafpberry, and perhaps 

 for that reafon, as Mr. Anderfon fuggefts, not unworthy of 

 cultivation. 



9. R. bjlorus. Two-flowered Bramble. Buch. MSS. — 

 Leaves pinnate, of five or three acute jagged leaflet! ; hair) 

 above; while and downy beneath: the odd one three-lobed. 

 Stem and footftalks prickly. Fluwcr-llalks downy, termi- 

 nal, in pairs, fingle-flwuered. — Native of wet liluation6, 

 about banks of rivers in Upper Nepaul. Gathered by Dr. 

 Buchanan at Chitlong, April 13, 1802. The jl.ms are 

 partly procumbent, branched, angular, a htlle zigzag, 

 armed with fcattcred, llraight prickles. {.raves oil long, 

 hairy, prickly ilalks ; their leaflets deeply ferrated and 

 jagged, ufually live, the terminal rly Icllile, more 



or lets diflinctly three. lu'tied, or even pinnatiiid, though 

 fometimes confluent with the two next, lo as to make With 

 them one deeply tl.i iflel | they are all very hairy, 



though green above ; (how-whiti , with grcenifh hairy veins, 

 4 P 2 beneath 



