RUBUS CHAMÆMORUS. MOUNTAIN
OR CLOUDBERRY.
BRAMBLE
RUBUS Chamcemorus, dioicus, foliis simplicibus lobatis, caule inerrai unifloro.
RUBUS Chamæmorus. Linn. Sp. PL p. 708. Huds. Angl. p . 221. Lightf. Scot. p. Q66. t. 13
J . 2. (Ed. FI. Dan. t. 1. With. Bot. A rr. cd. 4. ml. 3. p. 462. Hofm. Germ ed 2
B l 1 • •P - l ;P - 231. Willd. Sp. PL ml. 2. p. 1090. Smith FL Brit. p . 545. Engl. Bot
t. 716. Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p . 144. Pers. Syn. PL ml. 2. p . 52. Alton Hort. K m . ed, 2
ml. 3. p. 270. Hook. FL Scot. P . I. p . 161.
CHAMÆMORUS. Cloudberries, Knot or Knoutberries. Rail Syn. p. 260.
Dan. et Norw. Multebær. Dut. Aalbeshladige braamboos. Fr. La ronce sans épines. Germ. Die
kriechende Himbeere. Russ. Maroschka. Swed. Hiortron. Tartar. Marak.
Class a nd Ouder. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA.
- [N atural Ord e r . ROSACEiE, Juss., Decand., Hook.]
Ge n . Ch a r. Calyx quinquefidus. Bacca supera, composita acinis plurimis monospermis.
composed o f many Ge n . Cha r. Calyx five-cleft. Fruit superio single-seeded, juicy drupes.
Radix longe repens, filiformis, ramosa, hie illic fibrosa.
Caules erecti, graciles, teretes, subspithamæi, sub terrain
ramosi, hie illic squamosi, squamis ovatis,
concavis, membranaceis, fuscis.
Folia duo vel tria, alterna, longe petiolata, cordata,
quinqueloba, plicata, venosa, inæqualiter serrata,
glabra, subtus pallidiora.
Flos solitarius, terminalis, pedunculatus, albidus.
Calyx quinquepartitus, segmentis ovatis concavis viri-
dibus.
Flos steril is.
Corolla ; petalis quinque concavis erectiusculis mar-
gine crenatis.
Stamina numerosa, anuulo elevato ad basin segmen-
torum calycis inserta.
Fieamenta alba ; Antheræ flavæ,
PiSTiLLA rninutissima, abortjva.
Flos f e r t il is .
Corolla ; petalis quinque planis, patentibus, margine
Root very much creeping, filiform, branched, and here
and there fibrous.
Stems erect, slender, rounded, about a span high,
branched beneath the earth, here and there scaly’
with the scales ovate, concave, membranaceous,
brown.
Leaves two or three, alternate, on long footstalks, cordate,
five-lobed, plaited, veined, unequally serrated,
glabrous, paler beneath.
Flower solitary, terminal, pedunculated, white.
Calyx five-partite, the segments ovate, concave, green.
St e r il e Flower.
Corolla; with five concave nearly erect petals, having
the margin crenate.
Stamens numerous, inserted upon an elevated ring at
the base of the segments of the calyx.
F ilaments white; Anthers yellow.
P istils very minute, abortive.
Fe r t il e Flower.
Corolla with five plane, patent petals, entire at the
Stamens none, but instead of them numerous purple
glands upon short footstalks.
Pist il s : Germens ovate, with two pendent ovules.
Styles long, often purplish; Stigma capitate..
P e r ic a r p : Fruit large, fulvo
us-orange colour, composed
small drupes ; Nut ovate,
of about ten acini on
smooths
Se ed ovate, pendulous, having numerous depressed dots;
Albumen none.
Embryo ot the same shape as the seed.
Cotyledons hemispbasrical, large.
Radicle superior, turned towards the scar of the seed.
Stamin a nulla, sed eorum loco glandular numerosas
purpureas breviter pedunculate.
Pist il la : Germina ovata, ovulis duob'us pendentibus ;
Styli longi, non raro purpurei; Stigma capita-
turn.
Perica rp! um : Fructus magnus, fulvo-aurantiacus, ex
acinis subdecem compositus; Nux ovata, l«vis.
Semen ovatum, pendens, punctis depressis numerosis;
Albumen nullum.
Embryo semini conformis.
Cotyledones hemisphajrici, magni.
Radicula' supera, ad hilum seminis versa.
% . I . Section of the male flower deprived of the petals, to show the insertion of the stamens. Fig. 2. Abortive
pnilsst ils. Fig. 6. Single pistil. Fig. l7C. TT,hlee sfalmmree rc udte Poprievne dt oo sfh oitws tpheet aolsv- ules. 5F. igG.l a8n. dBs ewrrhyi.c hF is<nrr. rqon. nSdi ntghlee
^ n n s or smafl drupe, cut open to show the situation of the nut. Flg. 10. The outlaid open to show the seld.
xig. 1 1 . Seed cut through transversely. Fig. 12. Embryo.— all more or less magnified.
' i f 1-.15 H B J.[n°'vn plant in thenorthern alpine parts of Great Britain, where it is seen generally in turfy soils
at an elevation of from five hundred to two thousand or even three thousand feet above the level of the s e l flowand1hi
»lilvllm™, n lptenl,?s H S H I benios ! September. These berries are of a slightly acid flavour,
and highly agreeable to the palate. Lightfoot mentions having seen them brought to table as dessert in the Hiah
S o „ T 1?,e ‘" " T i ' d° 1,01 **!” ,0 be s° much P'ized “ Itaj are in Lapland, the natives of which c “
reckon them a most delicious treat when eaten with the milk of the Reindeer. They even burv them in s]
ntry
1,IOUgl 'vmter’,fnd by Glia means keep a supply of them until the following spring. The
andtresen'e1! , , Z ? S B “f c ‘ ? lo1"‘H,emes *° be valuable on account of their antiscorbutic qualities,
nd piesene large quantities of them in the autumn, which they make into tarts and other confectionery*
observation wtdrh,s co,nnl°nly smaller in an its parts than the female one. Dr. Solander has however made an
■ B gM I ' " “l1 110 aacceedmg botanist, as far as I know of, has been able either to-confirm or to deny, That the
Fmm the’ u“ f l.bonealb the S^und into one single plant, which hereby becomes truly monoecious.
P, ,.n tbe generally elevated places of growth of the Rubus Chamamorus, it has received its English name of
Ctaudberry; ,n Iceland and Lapland, however, it affects the low shores and islands, and is the most common
L unfavoumbk 3 S“ch s'l“ '°ns rlPeninf its fruit bet,er th“ °'i ‘he higher grounds, where the springs
5 Soufl?of Europe! °* • “ « » » P ^ t , and Sot met with in France Sr
ers! Z u ^ l u l^ a r e r a i S n ^ ^resenf“ '' gl“"dS ° f “bol* C st“mens around the of tile fertile flow-
Yorkshire601”10118 ^ fi§Uied Were §athered b~v t | f most valued friend the Rev. Jas. Dalton on Ingleborough,