Plate 16. 
EUBUS GEOIDES. 
Family, RoSACEiE :— Flowers regular. Petals separate. Stamens in- 
definite, situated round or upon the ovary. Receptacle generally 
hollowed. Leaves alternate, stipulate. 
Genus, Rubus {Bramble) :— Shrubs or herbs, often straggling, usually 
prickly. Leaves divided into leaflets, rarely simply lobed, stipulate. 
Flowers in clusters, rarely solitary, white or pink. Sepals 5, 
Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Carpels many, arranged on a 
convex receptacle. The fruit is composed of the swollen, fleshy, 
1-seeded carpels grouped on the dry receptacle. 
Rubus geoides, Sm. Plant of a low, straggling habit, 
up to 6 in. high. Stem creeping, slender, but somewhat woody. 
Leaves on slender stalks, 1-3 or 4 in. long, somewhat heart- 
shaped, but rounded at the apex, -|-1| in. long, edges irregularly 
toothed. Flowers solitary, white. Fruit almost as large as 
a raspberry, juicy, with a delicious flavour between that of 
a raspberry and strawberry. 
On banks, moist or dry ground, near sea ; not uncommon, 
abundant by rivers at Berkeley Sound. 
Flowers November— January. Fruit ripens January and 
February. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate :— 1, portion of plant in flower ; 2, section of 
flower ; 3, stamen ; 4, carpel ; 5, portion of plant in fruit ; 6, section 
of fruit ; 7, 1 drupel ; 8, seed. All except 1 and 6 enlarged. 
