Rubus macrophyllus, Weihe & Nees

30. R. macrophyllus Weihe & Nees View in CoL , Rubi Germ. 35 (1824).

Stems more or less distinctly angled and furrowed above, slightly glaucescent, hairy, sometimes with occasional glands; prickles short, subulate. Leaflets 5, large, usually green and rather pubescent beneath, but occasionally slightly greyish-tomentose, the veins not hairy; terminal leaflet very large, ovate-cordate, long-acuminate, twice as long as its petiolule, unevenly and finely dentate. Inflorescence rather short, subracemose, leafy at the base, the branches deeply divided; axis hairy, with a few stalked glands and weak prickles. Sepals deflexed after flowering, green-tomentose and unarmed; petals usually pale pink; stamens white, exceeding the green styles; receptacle very hairy; carpels glabrous. 2« = 28. N.W. & C. Europe, extending to Bulgaria. Au Be Br Bu Cz D a Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hu Ju Po Rm. Related species include:

R. longebracteatus E. I. Nyârâdy in Sävul., FI. Rep. Pop. Romane 4: 903 (1956). Rm.

R. montanus Libert ex Lej. , FI. Spa 2: 311 (1813). Be Cz Ge Ho Hu.

R. neopyramidalis E. I. Nyärädy in Sävul., FI. Rep. Pop. Romane 4: 902 (1956). Rm.

R. orbifolius Boulay & Letendre ex Lefèvre, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 24: 224 (1877) in syn. Ga Hu.

R. piletostacbys Gren. & Godron, Fl. Fr. 1: 548 (1849). Au Ga Ju.

R. quadicus (Sabr.) G. Beck, Fl. Nieder-Österr. 2(1): 726 (1892). Au.

R. schlechtendalii Weihe ex Link , Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 62 (1822). 2zz = 28. Au Br Cz Ga Ge Hb.

R. slatinensis E. I. Nyârâdy in Sävul., FI. Rep. Pop. Romàne 4: 904 (1956). Rm.