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white flowers, large red prickles, and bright-red fruits, this is an ex- 

 ceedingly attractive rose. (Adapted from Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, 

 pi, 8218.) 



48408. Rubus alexeterius Focke. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 849. Forrest No. 15334." 



A spiny shrub, 4 to 7 feet in height, with arched branches, ternate 

 hairy leaves, white flowers, and large yellow edible fruits. It is a 

 native of the eastern flank of the Lichiang Mountains of western China, 

 where it frequents shady rocky situations in pine forests. (Adapted 

 from Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, vol. 5, p. 75.) 



48409. Rubus lineatus Reinw. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 857." 



A very attractive suberect plant with softly pubescent branches and 

 leathery leaves composed of three to five leaflets. It is native to the Him- 

 alayas of Sikkim, India, where it grows at altitudes of 6,000 to 9.000 

 feet. The white flowers grow in short axillary heads and terminal 

 silvery panicles, and the fruits are small and red. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 333.) 



48410. Rubus loropetalus Franch. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 858." 



A small, creeping, woody vine with graceful, erect, flowering stems 

 and trifoHolate, finely dentate leaves. Its native home is in the forests 

 of Yunnan, China, at an altitude of 3,200 meters (about 10,000 feet). 

 (Adapted from Franchet, Plantw Delqvaymw, p. 203.) 



48411. Rubus lutescens Franch. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 856. Forrest No. 15332." 



A small shrub, 9 to 12 inches in height, growing in open grassy places 

 on the eastern slopes of the Lichiang Mountains. Yunnan, China, at 

 altitudes of 10,000 to 11,000 feet. The flowers are a pale canary yellow. 

 (Adapted from Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, vol. 

 5, p. 73.) 



48412. Rubus miceanthus D. Don. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 (R. lasiocarpus micranthus Hook.) 



"A 848. Forrest No. 15329." 



A large rambling plant with colored bark covered with powdery bloom. 

 The prickles are small and compressed, and the leathery leaves. 3 to 10 

 inches long, are almost plaited by the strong straight veins which are 

 very prominent on the glaucous under surface. The deep-pink flowers 

 are small, and the petals rarely exceed the densely woolly calyx. The 

 fruit, less than half an inch in diameter, is hoary and nearly spherical, 

 with numerous dry or fleshy, red or orange drupes. (Adapted from 

 Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 339.) 



48413. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 847. Forrest No. 15328." 



48414. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 850. Forrest No. 15447." 



48415. Rubus sp. Rosacea?. Bramble. 

 "A 851. Forrest No. 15647." 



