654. 
RUBUS. pauciflorus. 
~ Nepal Raspherry. 
_ ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNId. 
Nat. ord. Rosacex. Juss. gen. 334. Diy. 1V. 
RUBUS. - Supra vol. 6. fol. 461. igen 
att & 
4 7 ; 
SOD Div. Pinnati. 
R. Pauciflorus, caule terete petiolisque pilosis 
iolis 5-7 oblongis plicatis serratis subtus d 
tomentosis, petalis calyce brevioribus. 
R. pauciflorus, Wallich in:litteris. - pe en ae 
Frutex robustus 8-10 pedalis, surculos rectos, glaberrimos, brunneos, 
aculeis validis, rectis, compressis, sparsts ‘in ramulis aduncis, armatos 
Promens. Folia longissima, pinnata, superiora refracta, stipulis parvis seta- 
cets, petiolo! tomentoso, terete, supra sulcato, aculeis paucis, aduncis, spar- 
Sis, quandoque ternatis, sepius solitartis, equalibus armato ; foliolis 5-7, 
oblongis, sessilibus, serratis, supra glaberrimis plicatis, subtus pube den- 
sissimd dealbatis ; ultimo trilobo, sepe inequaliter biserrato, lobo medio ma- 
Jore. Panicule axillares et terminales, cymosi, foliis multoties breviores, 
supreme aphylle ; tomentose, rarissime aculeate. Bractee minime, subu- 
late. Calyx velutinus, basi retusus, 5-partitus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis 
tmtegerrimis. Petala obovata, lete-purpurea, sepalis breviora. Fructus 
nigro-purpureus, medii magnitudinis, depresso-sphaevricus, pruind tenut irro- 
ratus, acinis carnosis, sapore dulei subacido. ~~ ee an 
aculeatis, foliis pinnatis ; fo- 
; ase . P + . 
albatis, paniculis cymosis : 
For an opportunity of publishing this beautiful species 
of Rubus we are obliged to the Earl of Mountnortis, from 
whose garden, at Arley Hall, fine flowering specimens were 
politely communicated in July last. The fruit, which was 
also transmitted us by his Lordship’s desire, has a very 
pleasant flavour, and, as we are informed, is produced in 
abundance. : | 
This species is not very nearly related to any published 
Rubus, except to R. Mysorensis of Roth, from which it differs ‘ 
in having leayes not downy above, and panicles not prickly. 
Rubus pinnatus of Willdenow, and R. paniculatus of Rox- 
burgh, are easily distinguished ; the former by its: villous, 
and the latter by its unarmed branches. — 
Although the name we have adopted for this | 
not perhaps so expressive as some other which mi 
. 
species is 
ght have 
as being 
been contrived, we have not hesitated to employ it, 
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