Rubus foliosus, Weihe & Nees

54. R. foliosus Weihe & Nees View in CoL in Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. FI. Germ. 1: 682 (1825).

Stems arching, then procumbent, angled, with plane faces, slightly hairy, glaucescent, with crowded, deep purple glands, acides and pricklets; pricklets unequal, the largest very long, falcate. Leaflets 3-5, thick and tough, deep green, slightly hairy and shining above, green, tomentose beneath; terminal leaflet ovate to elliptical, acuminate, subcordate or rounded at base. Inflorescence large, many-flowered, variable; sometimes pyramidal, sometimes narrow, leafy, the branches either simple, branched near the base, or several arising from one axil; axis tomentose, with numerous dark purple glands and few, slender prickles; bracts leaf-like. Sepals varyingin posture, appendiculate, green, tomentose, glandular; petals 5-7, fimbriate, white or pink; stamens white, slightly exceeding the pink-based styles; receptacle and carpels pubescent. C. & N. fV. Europe. Au Be Br?Cz Da Ga GeHbHeHoHu. Related species include:

R. barbatus (Sabr.) Fritsch , Exkursionsfl. Österr. ed. 3, 215 (1922). Au.

R. brachystemon Heimerl , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 32: 109 (1882). Au Cz.

R. corymbosus P. J. Mueller , Flora (Regensb.) 41: 151 (1858), non Weihe & Nees. Au Be Br Cz Ga Ge He.

R. flexuosus P. J. Mueller & Lefèvre , Pollichia \6-Yl: 240 (1859). Au Be Br Cz G a Ge He Ho Hu. According to Watson synonymous with 54.

R. insericatus P. J. Mueller ex Wirtgen , Flora (Regensb.) 42: 233 (1859). In = 28. Be Br Cz G a Ge He Ho.

R. microbelus Sudre, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 52: 341 (1905). Au Be Ge.

R. petri Fritsch, Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 60: 310 (1910). Au.

R. saltuum Focke in Gremii, Beitr. FI. Schweiz 30 (1870). Au He.

R. truncifolius P. J. Mueller & Lefèvre, Pollichia 16-17: 139 (1859). Au Be Br Ga Ge.