96 AET. I. B. HAY ATA : 



it in having solitary flowers. Also very near R. inclsus Thunb. 

 from which the present R.uhiis differs iti having more acuminate 

 leaves and broader lobes of calyx. 



Rubus sorbifolius Maxim. ; Focke in Engl. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 

 391. 



Hab. Formosa, Heney, in Herb. Kew. 



DisTEiB. Japan : Kin- shin ; Himalaya, Central China. 



Rubus taitœnsis Hayata sp. nov. Eami tenuiter pubescentes, 

 teretes, fasco-purpnrascentes, breve spinulosi, spinis 4 mm. longis, 

 transverse recto -recur vis, ramulis molle pubescentibus. Folia, 

 simphcia, coriacea, ovata in ambitu, basi leviter cordata, apice 

 acuminata, 5 J cm. longa, 4 J cm. lata, 3-lobata, lobo central! 

 elongato-ovato, 3J cm. longo, 2 cm. lato, apice acuminato, basi 

 leviter contracto, margine leviter dentato-serrulato, dentibus 

 serrulatis, ad sinus inter lobos dentata, lobis basilaribus ovatis 

 apice acutis, basi latere inferiore rotundato-acutis, trinervia, nervo 

 centrali 5 J cm. longo, nervös laterales 2-plo in longitudine superante, 

 nervis lateralibus 2J cm. longis, a nervo centrali angulo 45° diver- 

 gentibus, supra tenuiter pubescentia demum glabrata, subtus 

 glauca, ad nervas et venas pubescentia venulis supra impressis 

 subtus elevatis, petiolis 1 cm. longis, pubescentibus, stipulis ad basin 

 petiolorum insertis, lanceolatis pubescentibus 7 mm. longis. Flores 

 terminales sohtarii, pedunculis 1 cm. longis villoso-pubescentibus. 

 Calyces campanulati, 2-2J cm. in diametro, utrinque villoso-pube- 

 scentes, aculeati aculeis minutis 1 mm. longis parce obtecti, 5-lobati, 

 lobis triangulari-acuminatis G -12 mm. longis, 4 mm. latis. Fructus 

 (syncarpium) conico-globosus, 1 cm. in diametro. Drupeolse 

 2 mm. longse, cum stylis persistentibus 2 mm. longis hirsutse. 



