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2. It. parvifolius (small-leaved), Linn.: DC. Prod. ii. 564 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 480. “ Neram,” north Queensland, Tliozet. A scrambling shrub; 
branches softly pubescent or woolly, armed with small hooked prickles. 
Leaves pinnate, with a common petiole of 1 to 2in.; leaflets 3 or very rarely 5, 
nearly orbicular, about f to lin. long or in luxuriant shoots nearly twice as 
much, deeply and irregularly toothed, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs 
and deeply wrinkled above, white and tomentose or woolly underneath. Flowers 
few, in short terminal panicles or solitary in the upper axils. Bracts narrow, 
entire or rarely lobed. Sepals varying from 2 to 5 lines long, acuminate, softly 
hairy inside and out. Petals pink, usually erect and shorter than the calyx, 
rarely longer and spreading. Fruit globular, red, of a pleasant flavour, the 
carpels rather large and not numerous, glabrous or slightly hairy. — Bot. Reg. 
t. 496 ; R. ribesifolius, Sieb. PI. Exs.; R. macropodus, Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 557 ; 
Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 112 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 30, and PI. Viet. ii. t. 15 ; R. 
Zalilbrucknerianus, Endl. Atakt. t. 35. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. v. Mueller; Rockhampton, Dallachy ; in the interior, on the 
Maranoa, Mitchell ; plains of the Condamine, Leichhardt ; and Brisbane River. 
The species ranges from S. China to Loochoo, but I have seen no specimens from the tropical 
regions intervening between that and Australia. — Benth. 
3. It. rosaefolius (rose-leaved), Sin. Ic. PI. t. 60-; Bentli. FI. Austr. ii. 431. 
Native Raspberry. A shrub, with creeping stolons and ei'ect and weak but 
scarcely climbing stems, glandular-pubescent or rarely glabrous, armed with 
straight or more frequently recurved prickles. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 5, 
rarely 3 or 7, ovate-lanceolate,' acuminate, coarsely and usually doubly toothed, 
1, 2, or even 3in. long, green and glandular-pubescent on both sides or rarely 
glabrous. Flowers white, not numerous, in a short terminal panicle or in the 
upper axils. Bracts narrow, mostly entire. Sepals hoary-tomentose, 3, 4, or 
rarely 5 lines long, with a long subulate point. Petals spreading. Fruit ovoid 
or rarely globular, with exceedingly numerous small carpels, not very succulent, 
of a pleasant flavour. — Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 556 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1783 (with 
double flowers) ; Hook. Ic. PL t. 349 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 158 ; F. v. M. Fragm. 
iv. 32 ; R. erjlanteria, Tratt.; Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 556. 
Hab.: Coastal land throughout Queensland. 
The species is widely spread over the warmer regions of Africa and Asia. 
4. R. IVEuelleri (after Baron Mueller), Bail. Proc. Roy. Soc. Ql. i. A large 
scrambling shrub. Branches glabrous, armed with scattered recurved prickles. 
Leaves pinnate, 3 to 9in. long, of 3 to 9 ovate-acuminate or, when small, often 
obtuse pinnae, which are coarsely and doubly toothed. Flowers white, in terminal 
panicles of 4 to 10 flowers ; bracts narrow, laciniate. Sepals slightly hoary, 
points subulate. Petals spreading, not so large as in R. rosafolius. Fruit red, 
glossy, nearly globular, J to lin. diameter. Carpels small, numerous, succulent, 
and with an agreeable acid flavour. 
Hab.: Helidon. 
After I had published this species, Baron von Mueller wrote me that he had received 
specimens of this plant from Queensland, and had marked it in his herbarium as R. rosce- 
folius, var. eglandulosus ; but, as it was not published by him under that name, and I consider 
it of specific distinction, I keep it as above. 
5. R. Moorei (after C. Moore), F.v.M.in Trans. Phil. Inst. Viet. ii. 67, 
and Fragm. iv. 29 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 431. A tall scrambling shrub, the 
branches and petioles glabrous or loosely tomentose, with numerous small reflexed 
prickles. Leaves digitate, with 5 petiolulate leaflets, ovate-lanceolate, acutely 
acuminate, 3 to 4in. long, and bordered by regular prickly teeth in the glabrous 
or slightly pubescent specimens ; in the more tomentose ones shorter, broader in 
proportion, more coriaceous, with shorter teeth, glabrous above, softly velvety or 
