RUBUS. 



The Jem and old branches are purple. Purjh. This is very 

 unlike all the reft, having fo many leaflets, all fmooth on 

 both fides ; paler beneath, where they are marked by ftrong, 

 prominent, parallel veins. Footflalks channelled, purplifh, 

 nearly or quite fmooth. Stipulas fetaceous. Flowers in 

 fimple, denfe, terminal, downy clufiers, with ovate, pointed, 

 fmooth bratfeas. Calyx of the fruit reflexed, (lightly downy. 

 Berries of a few large grains, with wrinkled feeds. Lin- 

 naeus by miftake cites the very fame figure of Miller, 

 which a few lines below, he properly refers to R. oduratus. 

 This error Willdenow implicitly copies, without doubt or 

 remark< 



31. R. fpeHabilis. Elegant American Bramble. Purfh 

 n. I 1. 1. 16. — Leaves ternate, ovate, acute, doubly ferrated ; 

 downy beneath. Stem fmooth and unarmed. Stalks fingle- 

 flowered, folitary. Petals ovate. — Gathered by Mr. Men- 

 zies on the north-well coall of America, and by governor 

 Lewis on the banks of the Columbia; flowering in April 

 and May. Purjh. An elegant_/2>ru£, four or five feet high. 

 Stem fmooth, deititute of prickles ; the branches flender, 

 round, very fmooth. Leaves large, on downy, channelled, 

 occafionally fomewhat prickly Jlalis, ternate ; the lateral 

 leaflets feflile, oblique at the bafe, and lobed at the outer 

 fide. Stipulas awl-lhaped. Flowers as large as in the fol- 

 lowing fpecies, of a full and rich crimfon. Segments of the 

 calyx downy, oblong, with fhort points. Petals full twice 

 as long as the calyx. 



32. R. odoratus. Flowering Rafpberry. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 7C7. Willd. n. 16. Ait. n. 9. Purfli n. 12. Curt. 

 Mug. t. 323. Mill. Ic. t. 223. Cornut. Canad. 149. 

 t. 150. — Leaves fimple, with three or five acute lobes. Stem 

 erect., hifpid, unarmed. Corymbs terminal, fpreading, 

 hifpid and glutinous. Petals nearly orbicular. Calyx with 

 linear leafy points. — This, according to Mr. Purfh, is found 

 in the woods of Canada, and on the Allegany mountains, 

 from New York to Carolina, bloffoming in Ju and July. 

 In the gardens of Europe it has been cultivated for abo . e 1 

 century, being, though a greenhoufe plant in Sweden, per- 

 fectly hardy with us, and generally admired in fhrubberies 

 for the beauty of its copious, large, crimfon flowers, with 

 Angularly white Jlamens ; as well as for the cedar-like fra- 

 grance of its glutinous, rough, brown flowerflalks and 

 calyx. The Jlems are a j ard high, or more, biennial like 

 R. idtus. Leaves ample, ferrated, roughifh, of a fine 

 green. The fruit is fcarcely ever formed in England. 

 Miller defcribes it as reddilh, infipid, of numerous fmall 

 grains. Mr. Purfli fays " the berries are yellow, of a very 

 fine flavour and large fize, but fcarcely ever produc d in 

 the gardens." 



33. R. alcetfolius. Hollyhock-leaved Bramble. Poiret 

 in Lamarck Did. v. 6. 247. — Leaves fimple; fern :w hat pal- 

 mate, fharply ferrated, rugofe ; downy beneath. Chillers 

 axillary and terminal, prickly. Brac'teas in many capillary 

 fegments. Calyx very hairy, inflated. Branch' ular. 

 Gathered by Commerfon in Java. The Jlems are about as 

 tall as R. idttus, divided into very hairy, alinoll quadr; 



lar, branches, furnifhed with reddifh prickles. Leave/ 

 lobed, almoft palmate, fharply toothed, very broad ; rough 

 a<.'d wrinkled, but not hairy, on their upper furface ; downy 

 beneath, with yellowifh rei veins. Footflalks, as 



well as the principal ribs of rath leaf, prickly. Clufiers 

 fh.'it, prickly, very hairy. Brndceis hairy, divided into 

 OUS capillary fegment:-. Calyx inflated, almoft glo- 

 bular, divided half way down into live oval fegmi ..' ; white 

 within ; clothed externally with denfe, tawny, woolly 

 pairs. Petals roundifh, white, loon falling. We know 

 nothing of this fpecies but from Poiret's defcription, which 



is very clear and well marked. We have altered his fpecific 

 character by that defcription, for the purpofe of contrafting 

 its eflential particulars with the following. 



34. R. rugofus. Rugged-leaved Bramble. — Leaves Am- 

 ple, heart-fhaped, roundly lobed, crenate, rugofe ; downy 

 beneath. Clufiers axillary and terminal. Bra&eas ovate, 

 cut. Calyx very hairy, branches round, prickly. — Ga- 

 thered by Dr. Buchanan, July 18, 1 802, at Sembu, in 

 Upper Nepaul, where it is called, in the Parbuttie language, 

 Jogi Ayjhalu, and by the Nawars Cumbataflii. The Jlem is 

 climbing, with round, downy branches, armed with fmall, 

 icattered, hooked prickles. Leaves as broad as the palm of 

 the hand, heart-fhaped, acute, with about five or feveu 

 rounded, fharply crenate, rather (hallow lobes ; the upper 

 fide green, teflellated with numerous wrinkles, rather hairy ; 

 the under white and downy, reticulated with innumerable 

 veins. Footflalks round, downy and prickly, as well as the 

 principal ribs. Stipulas oblong, ovate, toothed, downy. 

 Clufiers fhort and denfe, chiefly axillary, not fo long as the 

 footflalks, of few flowers ; the terminal one larger. Brac- 

 teas broader than the flipulas, hairy, flightly cut or toothed. 

 Flowers large. Calyx denfely covered with long filky hairs ; 

 its fegments ovate, acute, recurved, downy within. Petals 

 white, ereft, almolt as long as the calyx, ovate, obtufe, 

 finely toothed, furnifhed with claws. Fruit red. The 

 round branches, lefs divided leaves, and more entire bracJeas, 

 feem to render this eflentially diftinct from Poiret's alceafo- 

 lius, to which it is evidently next akin. 



35. R. ti/iaceuj. Lime-leaved Bramble. — Leaves heart- 

 fhaped, rounded, acute, fharply crenate, very obfcurely 

 lobed ; white and downy beneath. Clufiers axillary. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx lanceolate, downy. Stem and footftalks 

 round, downy, flightly prickly. Gathered by Dr. Bu- 

 chanan at the fame place as the laft, June 2, 1802. The 

 leaves fomewhat refemble thofe of the American Ti/ia alba. 

 They are fometimes nearly orbicular, but generally have 

 indications of a (light lobe at each fide ; the upper furface 

 is green, naked, and tolerably even ; the under clothed with 

 very foft fine white down. All the (lalks, like the calyx, 

 are more cottony than filky. The latter is deeply divided, 

 fpreading, or in fome degree recurved. Petals fmall, fpatu- 

 late. Seeds wrinkled. The clufiers are more lax, and the 



flowers very much fmaller than in R. rugofus. Small dif- 

 perfed prickles may be felt, rather than feen, here and there 

 on the downy branches and footflalks. The brafleas are 

 fmall, woolly, deeply jagged. 



36. R. moluccanus. Molucca Bramble. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 707. Willd. 17. (R. moluccus latifolius 5 Ruinph. Am- 

 boin. v. 5. 88. t. 47. f. 2.) — Leaves fimple, heart-fhaped, 

 fomewhat lobed, crenate ; white and downy beneath. Cluf- 

 ters axillary and terminal, aggregate. Bradteas deeply pal- 

 mate. Calyx filky. Stem and footflalks round, downy, 

 prickly. — Native of Amboyna and the Molucca iflands. 

 Very nearly allied to the three preceding fpecies, but the 

 leaves are more elongated and acute than in any of them, witli 

 a pair of rounded, more or lefs diflinft, lateral lobes towards 

 the bafe. The deeply palmate, or digitate filky bradeas 

 feem* nearly to agree with thole of the aheiefolius. The 



flowers are plentiful. Calyx filky, with deep, lanceolate, 

 tapes-pointed fegmentP. Petals obovate, crenate. Fruit 

 rod, eatable, but rather itdipid. 



37. R. microphyllus. Small-leaved Japan Bramble. I inn. 

 Suppl. 263. (R. palmatu; ; Thunb. Jap. 217. Ki Itzigo; 

 Kasmpf. Amcen. Exot. 787.) — Leaves fimple, heart-fhaped, 

 obtule, three-lotted, fmooth. Stem and footflalks pr< 

 Flowers fohtary. Out fide of the calyx naked. Gathered 

 byThunberg, in lull pla< > b tween Miaco and Quai 



