NHD57/5

Rubus

Rubus L.; Rosaceae family

Original inscriptions: 鶯歌漢 (front lower right in ink, attached to page with pin);

Further inscriptions: H. Sh. (front lower left in ink)

Widely branching out, reddish brown branch, with sparse palmate leaves with dentate margins; mostly dark green, a few crispy brown; all have reticulate surface. Clusters of white, small stellate flowers, few buds, hairy sepals. Dissected view of the sepals, showing hairy structure both from back and from front, stamens visible on the depiction of the sepals from front; five small white petals. Lower right: small pale orange twig bearing fruits, three globulose, slightly pointed end with small, brown crown. One is open and shows an open calix, with pale brown-orange exterior, and pale red interior, with long hairs, and a globular drupe, with numerous druplets. A dissected fruit is depicted on the bottom, showing the pedicel and calix separated from the drupe, and one individual drupelet on the side.