RUBUS. 



n. 5. Engl- Bot. t. 2233. Fl. Dan. t. 134. Ger. Em. 

 J273. — Leaves ternate, acute, (lightly downy, doubly and 

 unequally notched. Runners creeping, herbaceous. Panicle 



of few flowers. Stipulas ovate Native of ilony, rather 



mountainous, dry woods and thickets, in the north of Europe, 

 chiefly confined with us to Scotland, Wales, and the molt 

 northern and hilly part of England, flowering in June. 

 The whole herb is of a (lender delicate habit, light green, 

 (lightly downy, not at all white or hoary. It fpreads ex- 

 tenfively by means of long trailing (hoots, either naked or 

 leafy, which do not bloflom till their extremities have 

 taken root. The flowering_/?<rw,r are folitary, erect, limple, 

 a fpan high, (lightly angular, leafy, hairy, betides a few 

 occafional, very tender, horizontal prickles, often prefent 

 alfo on \\\e footflalks. The leaflets are in fome meafure rhom- 

 boid, (harply and coarfely crenate ; the fide ones now and 

 then lobed at the lower margin, and very rarely two at 

 each fide. Clufler terminal, downy, of from three to five 

 fmall inconfpicuous flowers. Segments of the calyx lan- 

 ceolate, downy, acute. Petals erect, lanceolate, bluntifli, 

 cream-coloured or greenifll. Berries of a very few large, 

 crimfon, globular grains, pleafantly acid. Seeds comprelled, 

 wrinkled. 



Mr. Purfh, following Michaux, confiders as a variety of 

 this a plant found in Canada, and on the mountains from 

 New York to Virginia, which has fmall black berries. The 

 flowers arc about three, on long partial (talks. Its runners 

 accord with our faxatilis, but we fhould prefume that an 

 accurate comparilon of thefe two plants might prove them 

 to be diltindt fpecies. 



46. R. obovalis. Mofs American Black-berry. Michaux 

 Boreali-Amer. v. 1. 298. Purlh n. 14. — Leaves ternate, 

 oval, rounded, ferrated, naked. Stem hifpid. Clulters 

 fomcwhat corymbofe, of few flowers. Stipulas fetaceous. 

 — Found in fwamps, among bog-mofs, on the mountains 

 from New York to Carolina, flowering from May to July. 

 The_/?«» is defcribed as rather (hrubby, hifpid with rigid 

 hairs. Flower-flails elongated. Bracleas ovate. Berries 

 with only a few large grains, black and iweet. The name, 

 and definition of the leaves, foliolis obovalibus, are incorrect. 

 An oval is of the fame breadth at each end. We prefume 

 Michaux meant obovale. 



47. R. arSicus. Dwarf Crimfon Bramble. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 708. Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 170. t. 5. f. 2. Wllld. n. 26. 

 Ait. n. 13. Purlfi n. 15. Fl. Brit. 11. 6. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1585. Curt. Mag. t. 132. Fl. Dan. t. 488. — Leaves 

 ternate, fmooth, bluntly ferrated. Stem moftly fingle- 

 flowered, without prickles. Petals roundifli, notched. — 

 Native of Lapland, alfo of Labradore, and about Hud- 

 fon's Bay; as well as of the ifle of Mull, and the moun- 

 tains of Ben-y-glo, in Scotland, flowering in May and 

 June. The root is perennial and creeping, but without 

 llcyons. Stems unarmed, ereft, leafy, from four to eight 

 inches high, almoft invariably limple and (ingle-flowered, 

 though fometiines from luxuriance an axillary bloflom oc- 

 curs at the fecond leaf, as drawn in Engl. Bot. Leaflets 

 always three, ovate or rhomboid, bluntifli, with broad 

 roundifli ferratures. Stipulas ovate, entire. Flower ter- 

 minal, (talked, of a beautiful crimfon. Calyx downy, 

 often with fix or (even fegments, with which the petals 

 agree in number. The latter are moftly emarginate, lomc- 

 times much jagged. Berry of a few large grains, amber- 

 coloured, witli a purplilh tinge, about a, big as a ralpberry, 

 but far fuperior in flavour, partaking of that fruit ami the 

 itrawberry, with a lufcious fweetnefi. Linnaeus juitly ex- 

 tols this fruit, and acknowledges his obligation to it, when 

 fatigued with the labours of his Lapland tour. Syrup, 



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jelly, and wine arc made of it in Sweden, which are efteemed 

 highly. Thefe berries are often ripened in our gardens, 

 provided the plant be allowed to grow with luxuriance. 

 The feeds are fcarcely perceptibly wrinkled. 



48. R. piflillatus. Clofe-flyled Bramble. Sm. Exot. 

 Bot. v. 2. 53. t. 86. Ait. n. 12. Purfh n. 16. (R. 

 acaulis; Michaux Boreali-Amer. v. 1. 298.) — Leaves ter- 

 nate, fmooth, (harply ferrated. Stem fingle-flowered, without 

 prickles. Petals oblong, entire. Styles clultered together. 

 — Native of Labradore ; and, according to Mr. Purfh, of 

 the bogs of Canada, as well as the north-welt coaft of 

 America, flowering in June and July. It was firft culti- 

 vated in England by Mr Dickfon, in the garden of the late 

 Rt. Hon. Charles Greville at Paddington, about the year 

 1802. This moil refembles the arclicus in habit, but is of 

 more humble ltaturc, though by no means deflitute of a item. 

 The leaves are more acutely ferrated, and rife above the 



flower, which is crimfon, large, and handfome, on a terminal, 

 downy, limplejlali. Calyx witli fix, or more, lanceolate, 

 narrow fegments, rather downy. Petals as numerous, and 

 twice as long, elliptic-oblong, with taper claws. Stamens 

 club-thaped and obtufe, which is likewife the cafe in the 

 arclicus, but in the prefent there is more of a capillary flalk 

 to the anther. Germen deprefTed. Styles few, crowded to- 

 gether, looking like a fimple one. We know nothing of 

 the fruit. 



49. R. geoides. Avens-leaved Bramble. Sm. Plant. Ic. 

 t. 19. Willd. d. 29. — Leaves limple or ternate, obtufe, 

 ferrated, fmooth ; the odd leaflet very large. Stems de- 

 prefled, fingle-flowered. Petals roundifh. — Gathered by 

 Commerlon at the itraits of Magellan. This is ,1 humble 

 deprefTed herb, with very fliort flems. Footflalks long, 

 channelled, (lightly r hairy, each bearing two awl-fhaped 



Jlipulas, a good way above the bafe. Leaves moilly com- 

 pofed of one large, heart-fhaped, rounded, abrupt, un- 

 equally ferrated, fmooth, terminal leaflet, and a pair of, 

 much fmaller, ftalked ones, which lait are fometimes want- 

 ing. Flower terminal, folitary, on a thick downy ltalk. 

 Segments of the calyx oblong. Petals nearly orbicular. 

 Fruit unknown. Commerfon obferved the flamens and 

 piflils to be always prefent together in each flower, in which 

 this plant differs from R. Da/ibarda and Chamxmorus, here- 

 after defcribed. 



50. R. trifldus. Three-cleft Japan Bramble. Thunb. 

 Jap. 217. Willd. B. 27. — Leaves fimple, three-cleft, cut 

 and ferrated, fmooth. Stem without prickles, nearly 

 limple, eredt. Flowers ftalked, folitary. Calyx, white 

 and downy. — Found by Thunberg, near Ouana in Japan, 

 flowering in April. The_/?cw is laid to be rather zigzag, 

 round, moftly fimple, purple, and fmooth. Leaves (talked, 

 heart-fhaped, roundifh, nearly as broad as the palm of the 

 hand; their lobe-; cut, and unequally ferrated. Flowers 

 from the fame bud with the leaves, folitary, on a limple, 

 rarely divided, flalk, which is like the footflalks, about a 

 finger's length, and villous. Fruit red, eatable, agreeably 

 flavoured. By the above description, taken from Thun- 

 berg, it fhould feem that there are more flowers than one 

 on each Item ; but we have feen no fpecimcn. 



51. R.fle/tatus. Starry-flowered Bramble. Sm. Plant. 



Ic. t. 64. Willd. 11. 28. Purlll 11. 18. — Leaves limple. three - 



lobed, rugofe. Stem fingle-flowered. Segments oi the calyx 



awl-lhaped. Petals lanceolate. — Gathered by Mr. Men 

 near Foggy Harbour, on the north-welt coall of America. 

 The routs are perennial ami creeping. Stems annual, lolitary, 



civet, Gmple, leafy, downy, without prickles, about two 

 inchea high. Leaves two or three, alternate, on long 

 downy (talks, heart-fhaped, broader than they aie I 



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