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strong prickly mid-ribs. The authors of Rubi Germanici ” indi* 
cate two varieties,, one with rose-coloured flowers and acid fruit; 
the other with white flowers and sweet fruit. Sm. E.) 
(R. of 'finis. Nearly related to the last, as Dr. Weihe observes* but dis¬ 
tinguished from it by its hairy, or hoary, sometimes densely downy, 
panicle: by a much more hoary calyx; and leafits larger, more 
pliant, scarcely ever hoary. Sm. E.) 
(2) Herbaceous. 
R. saxa'tilis. (Leaves ternate: stems ascending, slightly prickly, 
herbaceous, with prostrate runners: panicle with few flowers : 
calyx of the fruit converging ; without prickles or glands. E.) 
Hook. FI. Lond. 154— E. Bot. 2233. E.)— Clus. i. 118. 1— Ger. Em. 1273. 
4— Ger. 1090. 3~Park. 1014. 4—J. B. ii. 61. 
(Mode of growth resembling that of the Strawberry. Sm. Leaves only 
two or three. E.) Leafits generally one on a leaf-stalk, and the rest 
sessile, sometimes all on leaf-stalks, sometimes all sessile ; cut-serrated, 
pale green, slightly hairy underneath. Fruit composed of a few, (one, 
two, or three, E.) large granulations, when ripe, of a beautiful clear pink, 
and a pleasant sub-acid flavour. Blossom purple, or white. Woodw. 
(Whole herb of a slender, delicate habit. Stems solitary, erect, unbranch¬ 
ed, a span high. Panicle terminal, of a few small, greenish-white 
flowers, with a pointed calyx and narrow upright petals. E. Bot. E.) 
Stone Bramble. (Roebuck Berries, in the Highlands of Scotland. 
Irish: Soon-a-man meene. Gaelic: Caora-bada miann ; Ruiteaga. E.) 
Among stones on the sides of mountains in Yorkshire, Cumberland, 
and Westmoreland. Llyn y Cwn, near Snowdon. Pennant. Woods 
about Settle and Ingleton, and not far from the summit of Helsfelnab, 
near Kendal. Curtis. Helk’s Wood, by Ingleton, Yorkshire. Hills op¬ 
posite Matlock Bath. In Dob Bottom, a deep, woody, rocky dell, oppo¬ 
site the Holme, near Burnley, Lancashire. Mr. Woodward. (Woods 
at Roslin. Mr. Borrer, in E. Bot. In the wood beyond the Strid, at 
Bolton. Hailstone, in Whitaker’s Craven. East side of Seamer Moor, 
near Scarborough. Mr. Travis. Moness, and Corra Linn, Scotland. In 
Castle Eden Dean, Durham. Mr. Winch. (Between Bakewell and 
Wirksworth. Mr. W. Christy. In great perfection, covering acres of 
ground, and bearing fine fruit, in the forest of Darnaway, Morayshire. 
FI. Lond. Pentland hills. Dr. Greville. Ards, &c. Donegal. Mr. Murphy. 
E.) & P. June.* 
R. arc'ticus. Leaves ternate, bluntly serrated: stem without prickles, 
bearing one or two solitary flowers : (petals nearly circular. E.) 
(E. Bot. 1585. E.)— FI. Lapp. 5. 2— FI. Dan. 488. 
About a span high. Flower purplish. Berry dark purple, nearly the size 
of a mulberry. Linn. (Stem upright, angular. Leaves (three to five, E.) 
unequally serrated, almost always smooth. Calyx hairy. Fruit sweet 
and fragrant. FI. Brit. 
* (The badge of the Highland clan M‘Nab. The berries are acid, though with sugar 
might afford an agreeable dessert. In Russia they are fermented with honey, and yield 
a potent spirit. Hooker. E.) 
