ROSACE/E. 



terod recurved, leaves 5-3-na(o-palmate sericeo- 

 villous, leaflets elliptico-ovate attenuato-acum- 

 inate finely serrated, flowers panicled, sepals ex- 

 ternally niveo-scriceo-tomentose. 



Rubus foliis longioribus subtus molli Ianugine obductis 

 et incanis, flore et fructu minoribus, Shane II. 109. t. 

 213. f. 1. — R. aculeatus, Browne, 342. — R. Jamaicensis, 

 Swartz. obs. 205. 



H A B. Common in the mountains. 



FL. Throughout the year, but principally during the 

 Spring and Summer. 



A shrub, with long trailing branches. Leaflets 5, more 

 rarely 3, unequal, petiolulated, penni-nerved with recurved 

 hooked prickles along the under surface of the mid-rib, 

 villous and silky above, hairy and tomentose beneath : 

 common petiole elongated, 3-gonal, villous, with hooked 

 recurved prickles beneath. Stipules setaceous. Panicle 

 terminal ; branches subsimple : flowers white, pedicelled ; 

 bracteas at the divisions of the panicle and at the base of 

 the pedicels, lanceolate, acute. Sepals lanceolate. Petals 

 roundish, concave, slightly clawed. Stamens numerous. 

 Styles many: stigmata subcapitate. Fruit globular, rather 

 smaller than that of the common bramble (r. fruticosus) 

 of Europe. 



The fruit of this species is very palatable, and is em- 

 ployed for tarts and other sweetmeats. Infused in spirit, 

 with the bruised kernels of the West India Prune-tree ( ce- 

 rasus occidentals), and sweetened with sugar, a liqueur 

 is obtained, not inferior to, and not to be distinguished from 

 the Copenhagen Cherry Brandy which is imported into this 

 Island from St. Thomas. The fruit of an allied species 

 (r. Occident a lis), dried and powdered, is recommended for 

 Dysentery, {Bulletin des Sciences Medicates, XIX 129), 

 and the root was considered by the Oneida Indians as a 

 specific for the same complaint. 



2. Rubus Alpinus. Alpine Bramble. 



Stem anguloso-sulcated glabrous prickly, leaves 

 3-nato-palmate glabrous ovate attenuato-acu- 

 minate serrated, calycine divisions lanceolate 

 sparingly woolly. 



H A B. The higher mountains. 



FL. Middle of the year. 



