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RUBUS carpinifolius.
Hornbeam-leaved Bramble.
ICOSANDJRIA Polygynia.
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Berry superior,
of several single-seeded grains, placed upon
a protuberant spongy receptacle.
Spec. Char. Stem decumbent or arched, somewhat
angular and furrowed, hairy, with numerous, de-
flexed, curved, uniform prickles. Leaves digitate,
of 5 stalked, ovate, pointed, plicate leaflets ;
pale beneath. Panicle compact, hairy; its
branches ascending, corymbose. Calyx spreading.
Syn. Rubus carpinifolius. Weihe 8$ Nees Rubi
Germ. 36. t. 13. Borr. in Hook. Brit. FI. 245.
R. plicatus. Sm. Engl. FI. v. 2. 401 ? excl. syn.
X ROM Henfield, Sussex. Specimens gathered by Mr.
Wilson in Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales, are
in Dr. Hooker’s herbarium ; and the Shropshire plant described
in English Flora as R. plicatus, is probably the same.
Mr. Lindley has kindly communicated an authentic German
specimen.
Although nearer in specific characters to R, rhamnifolius,
R. macrophyllus, and R. leucostachys, this Bramble more resembles
in habit some of the varieties of R. Kcehleri, from all
of which it differs decidedly, however, by the total absence
of acicular prickles and stalked glands on the stem. The
stem is usually much stained with purple, and bears abun