458 Rubus villosus. 
berry, is ordered by the London Pharmacopeeia, for officinal use. And 
I think the blackberry of our own country, is deserving of the same 
attention. J had designed to give in this number a figure of the Ru- 
bus procumbens, or dewberry, which is closely allied to the plant 
now under consideration, in a medicinal point of view. I unfortu- 
nately, however, let the period of its florescence pass by, and it will 
consequently be excluded from these two volumes, though I shall not 
omit to figure it, should the work be continued. What has been 
said of the root, and of the fruit of the blackberry, however, may very 
justly be considered as applicable to the root and fruit of the dewber- 
ry. Indeed, the two plants are not unfrequently used indiscriminately, 
TABLE XXXIX. 
Fig. 1. Represents a flowering branch of the Rubus villosus, a spe- 
cimen having been selected, containing a few flowers. 
They are often very numerous and form a kind of pa- 
nicle, | 
2. Represents the fruit, which is a compound berry, with the 
acini frequently projecting irregularly beyond the line of 
the circumference. It must here be remarked, that black- 
berries are often found, particularly late in the season, 
smaller, and less oblong, or more globular than this— 
which, however, is the genuine form of the fruit. 
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