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Rubus setchuenensis Bur. & Franch.

Modern name

Rubus setchuenensis Bureau & Franch.

Synonyms

R. omeiensis Rolfe; R. clemens Focke

A large straggling shrub, with round stems, unarmed, but furnished with small, stellate hairs. Leaves of maple-like form, five-, or obscurely seven-lobed, with a heart-shaped base, 3 to 7 in. long and as much wide, irregularly toothed, stellately downy beneath, less so above; stalk 2 to 3 in. long; stipules 12 to 34 in. long, cut up into deep, narrow segments. Panicles many-flowered, terminal; flowers 12 in. across, with downy stalks; calyx downy, the lobes pointed, triangular; petals purple. Fruits black, well-flavoured, ripening late.

Native of W. China; discovered by Prince Henri d’Orléans near Tatsien-lu in 1890, later found on Mt Omei by Wilson, who introduced it for Messrs Veitch, with whom it flowered in August 1908. It grows up to 6,000 ft elevation, and is perfectly hardy. It makes growths 10 or 12 ft long in a season. The stipules are rather remarkable.


Genus

Rubus

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