Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

TAB. 6479.
RUBUS PH•NICOLASIUS.
Native of Japan.
Nat. Ord. ROSACES.•Tribe RUBEJS.
Genus RüBüS, Linn.,- (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. PL vol. iv. p. (516.)
Rt/BUS ph•nicolasius ; caulibus elongatis teretibus cum petiolis costa foliorum
pedunculisque tomentellis et setis glanduliferis rectis elongatis patentibus rubro-
purpureia dense obsitis, setis caulinis inferioribus demum eglandulosis cum
aculéis incaule fertili recurvis in sterili rectis tenuibus iinmixtis, foliis pinnatim
3-folioIatis, foliolis superne glabris subtus niveo-tomentosis crenato-scrratis
Iateralibus sessilibus late oblique ovatis acuminatis, terminali simplici ovato
acuminato v. majore latiore et 3-5-lobo, basi rotundato v. cordato, stipulés
linearibus persistentibus, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus, floribuslongiuscule
pedicellatis, calycis segmentis elongato-lanceolatis pétala minuta obovata longe
superantibus, fructu succulento rubro, carpellis numerosis.
R. phcenicolasius, Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Imp. St. Petersb. viii. 393.
? R. occidental, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 216.
A singularly handsome bramble, introduced from Japan
into Europe by Dr. Maximovicx, and communicated to us
from the Jardin des Plantes of Paris by M. Decaisne. For
the first year it was put in the open ground amongst the
hardy species of Rubiis, but being nearly killed during the
succeeding winter, I transferred it to the Temperate House,
where it thrives luxuriantly in an open border, climbing a
pole ten feet high, and would much higher if allowed,
flowering in Midsummer and bearing in autumn a profusion
of scarlet berries. It is, no doubt, allied, as its author
observes, to the common Raspberry, which is also a native
of Japan, but differs in its climbing habit, racemose flowers,
and petals, and in the fruit, which, though eatable, is
mawkish. The flowers are very inconspicuous, owing to
the small size of the petals ; and the calyx lobes, which close
over the ripening fruit, spread out again horizontally when
the latter is ripe.
MAKCH 1ST, 1880.