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crowded in axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx-lobes tomentose 
inside and out, ovate, acute, shorter than the petals. Drupelets 
yellow. 
Simla, Mushobra ; March, April, sometimes flowering again during the cold 
season. — Throughout the Himalaya, 2000-7000 ft. — Burmah, S. China. 
The fruit has the flavour of Raspberry and is very good to eat. 
5. Rubus biflorus, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 338. A large, 
spreading, nearly erect shrub ; stems and branches glabrous, 
covered with white bloom or powder as if whitewashed ; prickles 
numerous, small, recurved. Leaves compound ; leaflets 3 or 5, 
ovate-lanceolate, lateral leaflets 1-1 J in., terminal one rather 
Fig. 45. Rubus biflorus. 
larger, often lobed ; upper surface green, pubescent, lower white- 
tomentose. Flowers white, |-f in. diam., long-stalked, solitary 
or in small clusters. Calyx-lobes tomentose inside, acute, usually 
shorter than, rarely as long as the petals. Drupelets yellow or 
orange. (Fig. 45.) 
Simla ; April, May. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-9000 ft. 
6. Rubus lasiocarpus. Smith ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 339. A large, 
spreading shrub ; stems and branches glabrous, purple, pendulous 
and often rooting at the tips ; prickles small, usually few. 
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