Rubus chlorothyrsos, Focke

25. R. chlorothyrsos Focke View in CoL , Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen 2: 462 (1871).

Stems low-arching or procumbent, angled at least above, densely hairy, sometimes with a few glands and acides; prickles numerous, rather small, slender, subequal, hairy, deflexed or falcate. Leaflets 5, hairy or grey-tomentose beneath and with pectinately arranged hairs on the veins; terminal leaflet 4-5 times as long as its petiolule, usually elliptical, acuminate, rounded at base. Inflorescence long, leafy to the apex, the axis hairy, sparsely glandular and with numerous falcate or deflexed prickles; bracts leaf-like; flowers 1-2 cm in diameter. Sepals appressed to young fruit, grey- or white-tomentose and with longer hairs, appendiculate, sometimes with a few acides and stalked glands; petals obovate, small, white; stamens white, slightly shorter than or equalling the greenish styles; receptacle hairy; carpels glabrous or pubescent. 2n = 28. N. W. & N.C. Europe, extending to Hungary. Au Be Br Cz Da Ge Hb Ho Hu Po.

Related species include: R. axillaris Lej. in Lej. & Court., Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 166 (1831)

(R. leyi Focke, R. scanicus F. Aresch. ). 2« = 28. B eB rD aG eSu. R. carpinetorum Freyn, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 31: 373

(1882). Ju. R. cimbricus Focke , Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen 9: 334 (1886). Cz

Da Ge. R. danicus Focke , op. cit. 322 (1886). Br Da Ge. R. fictus Sudre, Bat. Eur. 70 (1907). Cz Ga Hu. R. loretianus Sudre, Rubi Eur. 37 (1908). Ga Rm. R. orthosepalus Halâcsy, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 35: 664

(1886). Au.