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tercel recurved, leaves 5-3-nato-pnlmate scriceo- 
villous, leaflets elliptico-ovate attenuato-acum- 
inate finely serrated, flowers panicled, sepals ex- 
ternally niveo-sericeo-tomentose. 
Rubus foliis longioribus subtus molli lanugine obductis 
et incanis, flore et fructu minoribus, Sloane II. 100. t. /,• 
213. f. 1. — R. aculeatus, Browne, 312. — R. Jamaicensis, 
Swartz, obs. 20o. 
II i\ B. Common in ihc mountains. 
F L. Throughout the year, but principally during the 
Spring and Summer. 
A shrub, with long trailing branches. Leaflets 5, more 
rarely 3, unequal, petiolulatcd, penni-nerved with recurved 
hooked prickles along the under surface of ihe mid-rib, 
villous and silky, above, hairy and tomentose beneath: 
common petiole elongated, 3-gonal, villous, with hooked 
recurved prickles beneath. Stipu'cs set;cecus. Panicle 
terminal; branches subsimple: flowers white, pedicelled ; 
bractese 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- 
t< asus Occident alts), 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 '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. 
II A B. The higher mountains. 
F L. Middle of the year. 
