Rubus radula, Weihe ex Boenn.

50. R. radula Weihe ex Boenn. View in CoL , Prodr. FI. Monast. 152 (1824).

Stems arching, robust, angled, glabrous to pubescent, glandular; prickles unequal, the smaller ones numerous, acicular. Leaves digitate; leaflets 5, rather large, deep green and nearly glabrous above, white-tomentose beneath; terminal leaflet 2-3 times as long as its petiolule, ovate or ovate-rhombic, gradually acumin­ ate, rounded or slightly cordate at base, unevenly and finely serrate-dentate. Inflorescence pyramidal, often leafy to the apex, the axis hairy, with numerous unequal glands, acides and prickles; the largest prickles long, robust, subulate, often nearly patent; flowers rather small. Sepals deflexed after flowering, notappendi- culate, white-tomentose and hirsute, glandular and aculeolate; petals oblong-obovate, white or pinkish; stamens white, rarely pinkish, exceeding the green or pink-based styles; receptacle hairy; carpels glabrous. 2« = 28. W. & C. Europe, extending to S. Norway. Au Be Br Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hu Lu No PoRm Su.

Related species include:

R. gizellae Borbas , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 41: 147 (1891).?Cz Hu Ju.

R. uncinatus P. J. Mueller , Flora (Regensb.) 41: 154 (1858). Au Ga Ge Hu.