RUBUS. 





Japan, flowering in April. The Jlem is (hrubby, ereft, two 

 or three feet high. Branches round, wavy, fmooth, pur- 

 plifh, befet with prominent, rather afcending, fcattered 

 prickles. Leaves feveral together from each lateral bud, on 

 fhortifh, channelled, rather prickly folks, heart-fhaped, 

 rounded, fharpiy crenate, more or lefs three-lobed, ftrongly 

 veined and fomewhat plaited, fmooth on both fides ; paler 

 beneath ; their length about an inch. Flowers folitary from 

 each bud, ftalked. Calyx fmooth and angular at the out- 

 fide ; downy within ; its fegments lanceolate, acute. Pe- 

 tals twice as long as the calyx, obovate, white, wrinkled, 

 with long claws. Fruit yellow, very well flavoured. 



38. R. incifus. Cut-leaved Japan Bramble. Thur.b. 

 Jap. 217. Wiild. n. 19. — Leaves fimple, heart-fhaped, 

 obtufe, cut, fmooth. Footltalks with hooked prickles. 

 Stem prickly. Flowers folitary. Outfide of the calyx 

 naked. — Native of Japan. We have feen no fpecimen. 

 This fpecies feems, from Thunberg's defcription, very near 

 the lall, differing chiefly in the divifions of the leaves. 



\\\ here find in Willder.ow the R. japonicus, Linn. Mant. 

 245. Suppl. 263. This the Linnoean herbarium (hews to 

 be no other than Corchorus japomcus of Thunberg, a beau- 

 tiful flirub, now becoming common in our gardens, where 

 it is quite hardy. The double yellow flowers are much ad- 

 mired. Linnaeus, by his fpecimen, fuppofed the petals to 

 be white. He knew nothing of the fruit, and judging by 

 the habit, was not inexcufable in referring the plant to Ru- 

 hus. See Corchorus, n. 12. 



39. R. corchorifjlius. Corchorus-leaved Bramble. Linn. 

 Suppl. 263. Wiild. n. 21. (R. villofus ; Thunb, Jap. 

 218.) — Leaves iimple, oblong-heart-fhaped, pointed, fer- 

 rated, fomewhat hairy. Stem round, downy, prickly. 

 Flowers folitary. Outfide of the calyx hairy. Native of 

 Japan, between Miaco and Jedo, flowering in April. The 



Jlem is flirubby and upright, finely downy, with a few dif- 

 tant, flightly recurved, prickles. Footfalls hairy and 

 prickly. Leaves longer, and much more pointed, than in 

 mierophyllus or incifus, with liner more copious ferratures ; 

 their ribs and veins efpeciaDy hairy. Flowers on the young 

 branches, ftalked, folitary, much like the two lall fpecies, 

 but the calyx is both downy and hairy on the outfide. No- 

 thing is faid of the fruit. The leaves are defciibed by 

 Thunberg as elegantly plaited before they fully expand. 



40. R. elongatus. Long-cluftered Bramble. Sm. Plant. 

 Tc. t. 62. Wiild. n. 22. — Leaves fimple, heart-fhaped, 

 pointed, doubly crenate ; white and downy beneath. Pani- 

 cle elongated, racemofe. Segments of the calyx rounded, 

 obtufe. Gathered by Commeiicn in Java. The branches 

 are round, downy, with minute difperfed prickles. Leaves 

 very fmooth and even on the upper fide; their margin fur- 

 niflied with a row of broad (hallow notches, or ferratures, 

 with fmall, rather acute, intermediate ones. Panicle ter- 

 minal, long, lax, zigzag, finely downy or filky, in every 

 part, as well as the calyx. Bracleas oblong, jagged at the 

 end, deciduous. Flower-falls fhort and thick, aggregate, 

 cluflered, or fomewhat umbellate. Segments of the calyx 

 remarkably rounded. Petals orbicular, white. Fruit red. 



41. R.paniculatus. Spreading Panicled Bramble. — Leaves 

 fimple, heart-fhaped, pointed, flightly lobed, fharpiy and 

 finely crenate ; white and downy beneath. Panicle twice 

 compound, fpreading. Segments of the calyx ovate, taper- 

 pointed. Gathered by Dr. Buchanan, at Narain hetty, in 

 Nepaul, Nov. 18, 1802. The round, downy branches, 

 with fmall fcattered prickles, agree with the laft, as well as 

 with moluccanus, rugofus, &c. The woolly footfalls alfo 

 bear very fmall hooked prickles. The leaves are as broad as 

 *he hand, more finely and fharpiy crenate than thofe of R. 



elongatus, with fome irregular, (hallow, obfolete, acute lobes. 

 Panicle very large, lax and fpreading, twice, or even thrice 

 compound, downy, its ultimate flalks partly umbellate, but 

 all much more long and {lender than in the foregoing. The 

 calyx alfo differs eflentially in its tapering fegments, downy, 

 not filky on both fides. Petals fmall, obovate. Fruit 

 black. 



42. R. pyrifolius. Pear-leaved Bramble. Sm. Plant. Ic. 

 t. 61. Wiild. n. 23. — Leaves iimple, elliptical, pointed, 

 ferrated, fmooth. Panicle corymbofe, downy. Calyx 

 partly jagged. Petal: minute. — Found in Java, by Com- 

 merfon. The branches are (lender, round, flightly zigzag, 

 minutely hairy, armed with fmall recurved prickles. Leaves 

 on fhortilli hairy ftalhs, coriaceous, three inches long, and 

 one broad, coarfely ferrated ; the ribs and veins only hairy 

 on both fides. Panicle terminal, large, twice compound; 

 its branches corymbofe and downj . Bracleas linear, deeply 

 jagged, deciduous. Segments of the caly ovate, taper- 

 pointed, downy on both fides ; the points of two or three 

 of them deeply divided into three or four parts, while the 

 reft are entire. Petals very fmall, abrupt and jagged, 

 fcarcely a quarter the bngth of the calyx. Fruit of a few 

 large grains, with wrinkled feeds. 



43. R. acuminatus. Pointed-leaved Bramble. — Leaves 

 fimple, ovate, taper-pointed, ferrated, fmooth. Panicle 

 racemofe, not downy. Petals as long as the calyx. — 

 Found by Dr. Buchanan, in the woods at Sembu in Upper 

 Nepaul, flowering early in July, 1802. This fpecies is 

 related to the kit, but very diflincL The Jlem is climbing, 

 unarmed. The branches are minutely prickly, but not 

 hairy. Leaves four or five inches in length, fcarcely coria- 

 ceous, fmooth and fhiniiig on both fides, paler beneath, 

 limply or doubly ferrated, remarkable for their long taper 

 points. Footjlalls channelled, prickly, as well as the 

 midrib, hardly pubefcent. Stipulas awl-fhaped, toe thed, 

 fmooth, deciduous. Panicle terminal, elongated, zigzag, 

 compound, accompanied by fome leaves ; its ultimate 

 branches often three-flowered. Flowerflalks warty, but 

 not downy. Bracleas awl-fhaped, fimple or divided, 

 fmooth. Calyx warty and downy, with a fhort fimple 

 point to each fegment. Petals ovate, acute, the length of 

 the calyx, white. Fruit of a very bright red, larger than 

 the calyx. 



Sett. 2. Stem herbaceous. 



44. R. pedatus. Pedate Bramble. Sm. Plant. Ic. t. 6$. 

 Wiild. a. 24. Purfh 11. 17. — Leaves pedate, of five 

 bluntifh, nearly fmooth, cut and ferrated leaflets. Flower- 

 ftalk-; capillary, iimple, brafteated in the middle. Calyx 

 fmoothifh, partly cut, reflexed. — Gathered on the north- 

 wed ccaft of America, by Mr. Menzies, to whom we are 

 obliged for fpecimens. This is an elegant, delicate, her- 

 baceous plant, with creeping roots, throwing up, at in- 

 tervals, fhort dmplefems, with one or two leaves, on long, 

 (lender, channelled Jeofails, and one, rarely two, fower- 



Jlalks, nearly the fame length, but more (lender, bearing a 

 pair of little roundifh Iraclcas, about half way up. Stipulas 

 in pairs, roundifh, fringed, larger than the bracleas. Flowers 

 folitary, fmall. Calyx deeply divided ; its fegments oblong, 

 fome of them three-cleft. Petals the fame length, elliptical, 

 rather abrupt or jagged ; whether white or yellow we are 

 doubtful. If the latter, it would greatlv confirm Mr. 

 Purfh's fufpicion of this plant being a fpecies of Dalibarda, 

 provided that genus (hould be eflablifhed, a point on which 

 we fhall touch at the conclufion of this article. We know 

 nothing of thejruit of our R. pedatus. 



45. R. faxatilis. Stone Bramble. Linn. Sp. PI. 708. 

 Ait. n. 11. Purfh n. 13? Fl. Brit. 



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