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broad, terminal, compound, pubescent corymbs. Follicles pubes- 
cent. 
Simla, Mahasu, common ; April-July. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000- 
12,000 ft. 
5. Spiraea canescens, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 325. A shrub, 
softly tomentose or pubescent, 3-6 ft. ; branches arching. Leaves 
simple, ovate, J-J in., nearly sessile, entire or toothed towards the 
tip. Flowers white, in small, compound corymbs clustered at the 
end of numerous, short, leafy, lateral branchlebs often all turned to 
one side. Follicles hairy. (Fig. 44.) 
Simla, Mushobra, common ; May, June. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000- 
12,000 ft. 
6. Spiraea vaccinifolia, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 325. A shrub, 
softly tomentose or pubescent, 1-3 ft. Leaves simple, ovate, 
1--1J in., stalked, usually sharply toothed or crenate towards the 
tip, sometimes almost entire ; lower surface covered with pale 
bloom. Flowers white, in broad, terminal, compound, tomentose 
corymbs. Follicles glabrous. 
Simla, Elysium hill, Naldera, Shali, always on limestone ; May, June. — 
W. Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft. 
4. RTJBTJS. The Latin name for the Bramble, derived from 
ruber, red, referring to the colour of the fruit in some species. — 
This genus is found in nearly all parts of the globe and includes the 
Brambles, Blackberry and Raspberry of Britain. 
Prickly shrubs ; stems and branches usually weak, trailing or 
climbing. Leaves simple or compound ; stipules narrow, incon- 
spicuous ; leaflets sharply, often irregularly toothed, lateral nearly 
sessile, terminal one stalked. Flowers white or pink, in corymbose 
panicles, sometimes solitary or in small clusters. Calyx without 
bracteoles, persistent ; tube spreading ; limb 5-lobed. Petals 5. 
Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, superior, crowded on a 
conical or shortly oblong receptacle ; style thread-like ; stigma 
terminal ; ovules 2. Fruit globose, formed by the combination of 
numerous, succulent, 1-seeded drupelets. 
R. nutans was introduced from Kumaon by Sir Edward Buck, about 1883, 
at the Retreat, Mushobra. It is now common in Simla gardens and appears to 
be running wild. Stems prostrate, slender, hairy. Leaves compound; leaflets 
3. Flowers white, drooping, 1| in. diam. Drupelets red. 
Flowers white. 
Leaves simple, lobed 1 . R.paniculatus. 
Leaves compound. 
Lower surface of leaflets glabrous, green . . . 3. R. macilentus. 
Lower surface of leaflets grey- or white-tomentose 
Stem and branches shaggy, with long, tawny 
bristles 4. R. ellipticus. 
Stem and branches glabrous, covered with white 
bloom . . . . . . . . 5. R. biflorus. 
