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The stems are biennial, and flower the second year, like tliose o f th e common
raspberry, afterwards dying off. The fruit consists o f a small number of
dark red, or blood-coloiired, aggregate grains, agreeably acid, with some flavour
o f the raspberry ; whence it has been recommended by some as perha[>s
not unworthy o f cultivation.
2. R . a p f i ' n i s Weihe S f Nees. The related Bramble.
Identification. Weihe and Nees’s Rubi Germanici, p. 22. t. 3. and 36. : Dec. P ro d . 2. v . 560 •
Lindl. Synops. Br. F l.. 2d ed. p. 92, 93. ^ > P o w . ,
Synonymes. Lindley mentions th e following : —R . collìnus Dec. ; R . nitidus Smith *n E n g . Flor
L indle y B r . Fl. ed. 1. ; R . plicàtus Bo r re r in E n g . Bot. Sunni, t. 2714.
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En g ra vin g s. W'eihe
Spec. Char., 4c. Stem arched,
angled, prickly with strong recurved
W'eihe and Ne es’s R . G., t. 3. and 36. ” " ‘
prickles, glabi-ous. Leaflets
3—3 in a leaf, ovate with
a heart-shaped base, cuspidate,
sharply serrated, flat a t the base,
a little waved towards the tip,
having downy tomentum beneath.
Flowers in a compound panicle,
the component ones cymose. Sepals
ovate-acuminate, externally
naked, reflexed. Carpels large,
blue-black. (Dee. Prod.) A low
bramble. Germany, also o f barren
hills o f Montpelier,and of B ritain,
in boggy places. Flowers w h ite ;
July and August.
Variety.
R. a. 2 bracieosiis Ser.
i -AV/ig.±>Ul.iiujjpl.; Kng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2714. ; and ourjîg-. 528.
5 28. Âù b u s fllTlnis.
R. a, y and d, Weihe and Nees’s Rubi Germ.
t. 3. b. — B racteas very broad, undivided.
t t 3. R . m i c r a ' n t i i u s D . D o u . Th e small-flowered Bramble.
Idm tijk a tm n . Don P ro d . Fl. Nep.il„ p. 235. ■ Dec
P ro d ., 2. p. 657. ; Do n 's MUl.. 2. p ,530
Kindh-y in Bol. Reg ., llo r t.
En g ra vin g s. Bot. Keg., t. 854., as R . pauciflòrus
L in d i. ; and o iirjfe . 529. representing a sprig to th e
usu.al scale, and fig s. 630. and 631. r e p re sL tin g tho
flowers and fru it of th e n a tu ra l size.
Spec. Char., 4c. Upright. Stem round,
branched, and bearing awl-shaped in-
flexed prickles, or straight prickles, and
the branches recurved ones. Young
branchlets ra the r glaucous a t the extremity.
Leaf pinnate, o f 5— 7 leaflets,
th a t are ovate or oblong, mucronate,
doubly serrated, plaited; green and glossy
above ; whitishly tomentose, or else glaucous,
beneath. P etiole and rachis bear- 521). /lùbus micránthus.
ing prickles here and there. Petiole pilose. Stipules
lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous. Flowers
small, reddish purple, disposed in a
corymbose panicle. Pe ta ls clawed,
shorter than the sepals. (Dec. Prod.)
A gigantic bramble. Nepal. Stems
8 ft. to 20 ft. Introd. 1822. Flowers
bright reddish purple ; May to August.
F ru it black ; ripe in August. Naked v,
young wood o f a dark mahogany 630. Attbus micràntìiui. colour. , 3, „
I t IS easily distinguished from all the other brambles in British gardens, by its
nearly erect, strong, smooth, dark mahogany-coloured shoots, and by its very
long pinnate leaves. The flowers are small, and the petals are o f a bright
reddish purple, and shorter than the sepals. The fruit is o f a blackish purple,
of the fniddle size ; depressedly spherical, and covered with a fine bloom.
The grains are fleshy, with a sweet subacid taste. This species throws up
suckers .sparingly ; b u t its magnificent shoots arch over after they get to
G or 8 feet in height, and grow bi'anching and flowering on every side, till they
reach the ground, when their extreme points strike root, and form new plants.
Horticultural Society’s Garden.
fi i . R . OCCIDENTA'LIS L . Tile Western, or American, Bramble.
Identification. L in . Sp., 706. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 5.58. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 531.
Simnninnes. R . virginiànus H o rt. ; R . idæ'us frúctu nig ro Dill.
Engravings. Sloane Jam ., t. 213. f. 1. ; D ill. H o rt. E lt., t. 247. f. 3:9. ; and o u r 532.
Spec. Char., 4e. The whole plant is pre tty glabrous.
Stems round and whitish. Prickles recurved. Leaves
of the barren branches pinnate ; o f the fertile branches
trifoliolate. Leaflets ovate, incisely serrated, whitely
tomentose beneatli. Stipules very narrow, and bristlelike.
Flowers in umbels. Peduncle prickled. Sepals
lanceolate-linear, tomentose, longer than the petals,
which are obovately wedge-shaped, two-lobed, and
spreading. F ru it black, acid, o f the form o f th a t of
R. idæ'us. Carpels numerous, ra th e r glabrous ; becoming,
by drying, rugged with little hollows. (Dec.
Prod.) A sub-erect shrub. Canada and the West
Indies. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1C96.
Flowers white ; May and June. F ru it black ; ripe in
August. Horticultural Society’s Garden.
fi 5. R. i d æ ' u s L . The Mount Ida Bramble, or common Raspberry.
Identification. L in . Sp., 706. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 558.
Synonymes. R . fram boe s ià nm Lam. F i. F r., 3. p. 13.6. ; Framboisier, Fr. ; gemeine B rombeere, Ger.
“ The Raspis is called iu Greeke B a t o s I d a ia ; in L a tin , R u b u s IcUea, o f th e mountaine Ida, on
which it groweth ; in English, Raspis, Framboise, and H in d e-b erry .” (Johns. Gcr., p. 1274.1
Eng. Bot., t. 2442. ; and o u r jïg . 533.
532. « .o c c id e n tà lis .
Spec. Char., 4c. Villose. Stem round, bearing slender recurved prickles.
Leaves p in n a te ; those of the fertile stems o f 3 leaflets, those o f th e sterile
stems of 5, ratlier palmately disposed. Leaflets ovate, incisely serrated,
whitely tomentose beneath. Stipules very narrow and bristle-like. Flowers
in a corymbose panicle. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, whitely tomentose, ending
in a point. P e ta ls obovate-wedge-sliaped, entire, conniving, shorter than
the calyx. Carpels numerous, tomentose. (Dec. Prod.) An upright shrub,
with a creeping ro o t and biennial stems. Europe, and, probably, Asia,
Africa, and America. Found in every p a rt o f Great Britain, and in Ireland,
in the agricultural and subalpine regions, in woods, and in moist wastes.
Height 4 ft. to 8 ft. Flowers w h ite ; May, June, and July. F ru it re d ;
ripe in July, August, and September.
Varieties.
fi R. i. 2 nilcrophylhis Wallr. Sched. p. 25G. — Leaves all of 3 leaflets.
Stem suffruticose ; dwarfer and more bushy than the species. (Dec.
Prod.)
Garden Varieties. Th e re are varieties with red fruit, yellow fruit, and
white f r u it; and one which bears twice in the year.
The fruit of th e species, in a wild state, is crimson, amd consists of numerous
juicy grains, beset with the permanent styles, and highly fragrant ; with a
very deliciously swect, and yet slightly acid flavour, when eaten. Ini|)roved
varieties o f it "have long been in cultivation in gardens, for the fruit, which is
-delightfully fragrant, and grateful to the palate in itself, and is used in nu-
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