ROSACEA. 105i KDBUS. 



fi. frondosus ; stem prickly, erect; leaves teinsite and quinate; pubescence 



simple; r«ccwcs leafy, about 10-flowered. Roadsides, thickets, <^-c. Petals 

 orbiculir-ovate, approximate, white, those of the terminal flowers opening 

 first. Fruit black, sweet. 



2. R. HIS'PIDUS. 



.S7e7ns slender, reclining or prostrate, hispid with bristles; Zfa?;es 3-foliate, 

 rarely quinate, smooth and green both sides, the leaflets coarsely serrate, some- 

 what obtuse and subcoreaceous ; pediinrles naked, many -flowered, corymbose } 

 fndt and Jlowcrg small. In damp woods Enfield, N. H., &c. Stems woody, 

 reclining above, thickly covered with deflexed bristles. Leaves commonly 

 ternate, on long stalks; leaflets lanceolate, with irregular serratures, the up- 

 per one i>etiolate. Flowers white. Fruit dusky purple. Bristly Blackberry. 



p. semperv'rens ; stem trailing, several feet in length, sending up many 

 branches, which are some 8 inches long, and with scattered prickles like the 

 stem. Leaves alternate, obovate, and, like the above, persistent, but becom- 

 ing somewhat discolored before spring. Berries small, black, acid. Jl. 



3. R. CaNADE'NSIS. L. R. trivialis. P, 



Stems procumbent ; leaves ternate or quinate, oval, acute, unequally serrate ; 

 perfice/y solitary, elongated; jicdiinrlesnnd petioles rough with recurved prick- 

 les. Common in dry, stony fields. Stem slender, weak, prostrate, running 

 several yards upon the ground. Flowers large, mostly solitary, on long, slen- 

 der stalks. Petals white, obovate. Fruit large, black, agreeable. May. 

 June, Trailing Blackberry. Dew-berry. 



4. R. cuneifo'lius. 



Stem erect, subangular ; branches, petioles and peduncles pubescent ; leafiets 

 cuneate-obovate, in 3s or 5s, entire at base, toothed above, subplicate, downy 

 beneath ; racemes loose. Dry fields and thickets. A low shrub, bearing 

 fruit of an agreeable flavor, ovate, black. Jn, Wedge-leaned Blackberry. 



* * Raspherries. 

 Fruit concave beneath, separating from the dry, conical, persistent receptacle. 



5. R. odora'tus. 



Leaves simple, palmate, with 3 — 5 lobes; stem unarmed, many-leaved, 

 many-flowered, covered with a viscid pubescence. A fine flowering shrub, 

 3 — 5 feet high, common in upland woods in JN. H., Vt , &c. It is cultivated 

 in gardens, both in this country and Europe, much admired for its numerous., 

 large, crimson flov/ers, and its ample foliage. Leaves very large, serrate, 

 roughish, mostly in 5 lobes, with hairy stalks. Flowers large, purple, not 

 much unlike a rose, save its stamens are white. J'ruit broad, thin, yellowish, 

 and agreeable to the taste. A variety has red fruit. This plant is sometimes- 

 called Mulberry. Jn. JL Flowering llasjiberrij. 



6. R. STRIGO'SUS. 



L^narmed, strongly hispid; Icnjlets 3 or .'>, oval, obtuse at base, marked with 

 lines and wliitish downy beneath, the odd one often subcordate. A common, 

 erect shrub, in hedges, neglected fields, «5s:.c. bearing a very delicate fruit. 

 Stem without prickles, but covered with bristles instead. Leaves ternate or 

 5-pinnate, only the terminal one stalked, Fruit a compound berry, red, of a 

 peculiar, rich flavor, ripe in July. Flowers white, in terminal clusters. 

 May. Wild Red Raspbcrrif. 



