I94 ROSACEAE
RUBUS—continued
digitate, 5-fol., Iflts. pmnately lobed or dissected, downy below. Fls. i,
pinkish white, m large terminal panicles. Fruit J, black, sweet Origin
unknown (Fig 20 E.)
R. loganobaccus Loganberry. May-June. D. Stems long, rambling, and
prickly Ls pinnate, 5-fol ; Iflts ov., 4, downy or white-felted below.
Fls. large, white or pinkish Fruit i, conical, purple. Hybrid.
R. phoemcolasus. Wmeberry. July. D Stems and l.-stalks densely covered
with reddish bnstles Ls 3-fol , Iflts. white-felted below, terminal one
much the largest. Fls pink, sepals much larger than petals. Fruit f,
conical, bright red China and Japan
R.procerus. July-August D. Very vigorous. Stems stout, grooved, with
scattered reflexed prickles. Ls. 5-fol.; Iflts broadly ov., white-felted
below Fls. i, white, in white-felted panicles, stamens very large.
Fruit black. Europe.
(The so-called Himalaya Berry is probably this.)
R spectabths April D. Ls. 3-fol , Iflts. ov , 4, hairless or nearly so. Fls i,
purplish red, fragrant, solitary or a few together on old wood. Fruit
large, egg-shaped, orange-yellow. West North America
R. ulmtfohus (R rusttcanus) July D Stems arching, grooved, plum-
coloured, rooting freely at tips. Ls 3-5-fol ; white-felted below Fls.
rosy red, in conspicuous cylindrical racemes or panicles. Fruit small,
black. Europe (including Britain)
Variety flore pleno. Fls. double.
Variety inenms. Stems without prickles
Variety variegatus. Veins of 1. yellow.
(Ill) OVARY SUPERIOR; fruit fleshy, i-seeded
(PLUM AND CHERRY SECTION)
DICHOTOMANTHES TRiSTANiAECARPA. 2O. June. E. Young branchlets covered
with white wool. Ls. alternate, ov., 4, entire, pointed, tapering base, dark green
above, silky-hairy below, stalk very short. Fls. J, white, in terminal branched
clusters, C5, Ai5~2O, sepals enlarge and become fleshy, entirely enclosing fruit
China, (Fig. nyN.)
NUTTALLIA (OSMARONIA) CERASiFORMis, Oso Berry. 8. March. D. Numerous
stems springing erect from ground. Ls. alternate, oblong, lane., 3 J, entire, thin,
downy and greyish below. Fls. J, white, in short stiff drooping racemes, often
unisexual with the sexes on different trees. Fruit f, plum-like, purple. California.
(Fig. 119 B.)
PBINSEPIA. Stem with axillary spines and chambered pith. Ls. alternate
or in chisters. Fls. in small axillary clusters or racemes, KS, £5, Aio, Gi. Fruit
a berry.
P. nnensis. 6. May. D. Ls. lane,, 3, entire or faintly toothed, margins
fringed with fine hairs. Fls. £, yellow. Berry f, red, juicy. Manchuria^
P. w&ftara* 6. April. D* Ls. linear, lane., 2, minutely toothed or entire,
hairless. Fls. f, white. Berry £, round, red or purple, juicy. China,
{Fig. 52*,.)