2S(.> XLAl. ROSACE.E [jRiihus 



nate. P] Ifiige, calyx deiibely luspid. loLts 1 in, long with filiform |)oints. fr. often 

 over one in. cUam. 



18. R. macilentus, Camb. ; Branclis F. PL 199. 



A spreading slirul), nearly glabrous, prickles numerous on branches and 

 petioles, flat, stout, sharp, often yellow and shining, no glandular hairs and 

 bristles. Leaflets pale-green, not shining, ovate-lanceolate, 3, sometimes 1 

 only. Petals white, orbicular or obovate, longer than calyx-segments, fruit 

 red or yellow, edible. 



Himalaj^a, Ka&hmir to Bhutan ()~9,000 ft. Fl. Apr .-May. 



19. R. ellipticus, Smith. — Sjn.E. G-oicreepliul^'Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 230; 

 R.flavus, Ham. ; Brandis F. FL 197. Vern. Gnrudia^ Haz. ; Aklie^ Punjab ; 

 Hishdla^ Lai Anchii^ Hind. ; Sithwe^ Sumive, Upper Burma. 



A large shrub with long trailing angular branches, which as well as petioles 

 are clothed with a dense soft down and long soft brown bristles without 

 glands ; stout hooked prickles on branches, petioles and midrib. Leaflets 3, 

 sometimes only one, almost coriaceous, broadly-elliptic or obovate, obtuse or 

 shortly acuminate, densely clothed beneath with soft grey pubescence, stipules 

 subulate. Panicles axillary and terminal, petals white, larger than calyx- 

 segments, fr. yellow, edible. 



Outer Himalaya, Hazara to Bhutan 2-7,000 ft. Khasi hills, Manipur. Hills of 

 Lower Burma above 3,000 ft. Upper Biiniia down to 700 ft. Western 0-hats above 

 4,000 ft., from Mahableshwar southwards. Shevaroy hillb. FL March-May. — Hills of 

 Ceylon, common. 20. R. fascicttlatus, Diithie in Ami. Bot. G-ard. Calc. ix. t. 48, Damp 

 shady I'avines, Tons valley, Tehri-Garhwal, Ohakrata, Mus&oorif^, nearly allied to 19; 

 leaflets B, thin papery, glabrous except bristles on midrib and nerves beneath, fl. in 

 dense terminal and axillar^^ clusters. 



21. E. fruticosus, Linn., the European Blackberry, Afghanistan, Hazara (Kuranclii)^ 

 Kashmir. Salt range. Europe, Northern and Western Asia. Leaves on sterile 

 branches often 5-foliolate, stipules linear, no bristles. Fl. pink, in compact cylindrical 

 panicles. Fr. black edible. This is i? dUcohr^ Weihe et Nees. 22. R. lucens, Focke, 

 Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur. Climbing over tall trees, almost entirely glabrous, 

 branches angled and grooved, white with glaucous bloom. Leaflets shining, acuminate. 

 Fl, small, in narrow racemiform panicles, calyx divided nearly to the base, segments 

 oblong, densely hoary outside, erect in fr. 



23. R. bifiorus, Buch. ; Brandis F. FL 108; Collett Simla Mora %. 45. 

 Vern. Basmnchtr^ lUssar, Theog and Narkanda. 



Stems and branches covered with a thick white pruinose coating, branches^ 

 petioles and peduncles armed with sharp shining yrickles, subulate from a 

 broad base^ no glandular hairs or bristles. Leaflets often 2 pair; softly white- 

 tomentose beneath, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, acute, deeply incised-serrate, the 

 terminal often lobed, stipules lanceolate. Fl. w^hite, ^-| in. diam. on slender 

 pedicels more than twice the length of calyx, solitary or 2-6 together. Fr. 

 yellow, globose fin. diam, 

 N. W. Himalaya 4-10,000 ft, Sikkim. Bhutan. El. Apr.-May. 



E. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets usually 2 pair or more. 



24 R. lasiocarpus, Smith; Wight Ic. 232; Brand, 3?. FL 198. Vern. 

 Bhokaran, Haz. ; Kala AncJm, Simla ; Kala Hmsaho, Jauns. ; Gariphal^ Mar. 



A spreading shrub with long glabrous purple stems often overhanging and root- 

 ing at the extremities. Branches and petioles armed with stout conical 

 prickles, no bristles or glandular hairs, branches often prainose. Leaflets 

 white-tomentose beneath, 2-5 pair, ovate-lanceolate, with large serratures, the 

 terminal leaflet often lobed. El. in lax short, grey-tomentose panicles. Petals 

 pink, shorter than calyx-lobes. Unripe fr. white tomentose, when ripe black, 

 eaten. 



Kuram valley. Himalaya, 2-8,000, in Sikkim to 10,000 ft. Khasi hills. Mountains 



