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1. Rubus frondosus Bigel. Leafy-flowered Blackberry. Erect, 

 about 3 feet high, villous when young; leaves 3-parted, lighter 

 beneath; prickles slender and straight; inflorescence dense, usually 

 with unifoliate leaves; flower about 1 in. broad. Coshocton, 

 Gallia, Hancock, Lake, Columbiana. 



2. Rubus alleghaniensis Port. High Blackberry. Plants 

 shrubby, branched, glandular-pubescent, 3-10 ft. high, leaves 

 3-5-parted, inflorescence temiinal, racemose-paniculate; flowers 

 1-1 fi in. broad. General. 



3. Rubus procumbens Muhl. Common Dewberry. Trail- 

 ing shrubs with few or no prickles; branches erect, 3-9 in. tall; 

 leaves 3-7-foliatc; leaflets oval, rounded or narrowed at the base, 

 rather finely and sharply dentate, sometimes serrate. General. 



4. Rubus hispidus L. Hispid Dewberry. Stems slender, 

 densely set with weak bristles; branches slender, 3-9 in. long; 

 leaves 3-foliate; leaflets ovate or obovate, sharply serrate; flowers 

 cor3^mbose, small, about }i hi. broad; fruit red, small, about 

 }4 in. long. Ashtabula, Lucas, Cuyahoga, Portage, Geauga, 

 Logan, Summit, Lake. 



5. Rubus occidentalis L. Black Raspberry. Stems recurved, 

 very glaucous, sometimes 12 ft. long, armed with stout recurved 

 prickles, which are usually in pairs; leaves 3-5-parted; leaflets 

 ovate, acumenate, serrate, inflorescence corymbose; fruit black, 

 hemispheric. General. 



6. Rubus neglectus Peck. Purple Raspberry. Stems 1-3 

 ft. long, glaucous, sparingly bristly and prickly; leaflets ovate, 

 sharply serrate, very white beneath; inflorescence corymbose, 

 terminal; flowers, white; fruit dark-red or purple. Williams, 

 Stark, Defiance, Ashtabula. 



7. Rubus strigosus Mx. Wild Red Raspberry. Branched 

 biennial shi*ub, 3-6 ft. high with many weak glandular bristles, 

 leaves 3-5-foliate, white, velvety-pubescent beneath leaflets, 

 ovate to ovate oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base; inflores- 

 cence racemose; flowers |-| in. broad; fruit red. Sunimit, 

 Erie, Clarke. 



8. Rubus triflorus Richards. Dwarf Raspberry. Stems 

 trailing or ascending; leaves 3-5-foliate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, rather coarsely serrate; flowers 1-3 on a peduncle, pink or 

 white; fruit red-purple, rather large, acid. Sandusky, Stark, 

 Lorain, Brown, Wyandot, Crawford, Vinton, Wood, Champaign, 

 Lake, Lucas, Fairfield. 



9. Rubus phoenicolasius Max. Wineberry. Stems densely 

 co\'ered with reddish-brown prickles and gland-tipped hairs; 

 leaves 3-5-parted, white pubescent beneath; leaflets broadly 

 ovate; fruit red, enclosed in the bur-like calyx. Lake County. 



