( 334 .) 
llU'BUS * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. IcosA'NDRiAf, Polygy'nia. 
Natural Order. Rosa'ce^e +, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 334. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bol. p. 171. — Lindl. Syn. p. 88.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. 
p. 81. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 528. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 512.; 
Arbor, et Frutic. Brit. v. ii. p. 670. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Bot. v. ii. p. 523. — Mack. FI. Hiber. p. 85. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) 
p. 404. — Rosales ; sect. Rosinje ; subsect. RosiaNjE ; type, Ro- 
sace.e ; subtype, Fragartdas ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 
683, 699, & 700. — Senticosje, Linn . 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 5 deep, 
simple, somewhat egg-shaped, concave, pointed, permanent seg- 
ments, either spreading, or converging. Corolla (see fig. 2.) of 5, 
inversely egg-shaped, spreading or nearly upright, often crisped, 
or folded petals, about the length of the calyx or shorter, attached 
by their claws to its rim, alternate with its segments, deciduous. 
Filaments (see fig. 3.) numerous, hair-like, upright, shorter than the 
petals, and situated on the rim of the calyx within the corolla (see 
fig. 2). Anthers roundish, flattened, of 2 lobes. Germens (see figs. 
3 & 5.) numerous, globular, crowded closely together in a round 
head. Style one to each germen, lateral, short, ascending, perma- 
nent, elongated after flowering. Stigmas blunt, (see fig. 6.) per- 
manent. Fruit (fig. 7.) superior, consisting of numerous, single- 
seeded, juicy drupes ( drupeolce J, placed upon an elevated, dry, 
spongy receptacle. Seed inverted. 
The 5-cleft calyx, flatlish at the bottom ; and the superior fruit , 
of several single-seeded juicy drupes, placed upon an elevated 
spongy receptacle; will distinguish this from other genera, in the 
same class and order. 
Thirteen species British. (Hook. Brit. FI.) 
RU'BUS FRUTICO'SUS. Shrubby Bramble. Common Black- 
berry. Bumblekites. Scaldberries. 
Spec. Char. Stem upright, afterwards decurved, angular, fur- 
rowed, mostly rather hairy. Prickles recurved. Leaves digitate, 
of 3 or 5, staiked, somewhat inversely egg-shaped, pointed, shining, 
coriaceous leaflets, white underneath. Panicles long, narrow, 
downy. 
Engl. Bot. t. 715. — Weihc and Noes Rub. Germ. t. 20, fide Hooker. — Linn. 
Sp. PI. p. 707. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 220. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. ii. p. 
1084. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 543; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 399. — With. (7th ed. ) p. 627. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 586. — Lindl. Syn. (2nded.) p. 95. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 
246. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 67. — Lightf. FI. Soot. v. i. p. 264. — Sibth. FI. 
Oxon. p. J60. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 112. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p.243. — Davies’ 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Vertical section of Calyx, Receptacle, 
8sc., showing the situation of the Stamens. — Fig. 4. A single Stamen. — Fig. 5. 
Calyx and Pistils, — Fig. 6. A single Pistil. — Fig. 7. A F'ruit. — Fig. 8. A portion 
of the Stem. — Figs. 4 & 5, magnified. 
• Name of uncertain origin ; perhaps from the Latin ruber, or the Celtic, rub ; 
red. Hook.br. 
t See folio 100, note f. 
t See folio 313, a. 
