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prickles recurved ; leaflets oblong, opaque, pubes 

 cent above, ferruginous and glandular beneath. 

 HAB. Hedges, &c. Shrub slend., climb. ; leaf,. 5 — 

 7, sweet-scent. ; Jl. pale red. 



328. RUBUS. Bramble. Rosacea. 

 * Frutescent. 



1. R. Idams: leaves pinnate ; leaflets 3 — 5, rhombic 



ovate, acuminate, white and very downy beneath ; 

 petioles canaliculate ; stem nearly erect, prickly. 

 HAB. Borders of lakes. 



2. R. villosus : pubescent, hispid and prickly; stem 



angular ; leaflets in fives, .digitate, elliptical, acumi- 

 nate, serrate, pubescent on both sides ; calyx short- 

 acuminate ; racemes loose, naked ; pedicels solitary. 



HAB. Fields and hedges. June. Shrub 4 — 6 ft. 

 high ; fl. wk. ; jr. large, blk. 



(8. frondoms: pubescence simple; racemes leafy 

 few-flowered ; the upper flowers opening first : 

 petals orbicular-ovate, approximate. 



HAB. Road -sides. Fl. larger. 

 \ R. strigosus : unarmed; strongly hispid ; leaflets i> 

 threes, or pinnate in fives, oval, obtuse at the 

 base, marked with lines,, and whitish-downy be- 

 neath : the terminal one often subcordate ; pedun- 

 cles and calyx hispid. 



HAB, Rocky hills. May. Shrub vpright ; racemt 

 fezv-fl. ; fr. red, agreeable. 

 1. R. cuncifolius: branches, petioles, and peduncle.' 

 pubescent ; stem erect ; slightly angular ; leaflet? 

 ternate, cuneate-obovate, entire at the base, sub- 

 plicate, tomentose beneath ; racemes loose ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, 1 -flowered. 



HAB. Sandy fields and woods. June. Shrub 2 ft. 

 high ; fr. black, ovate, agreeable. 

 5. R. canadensis: smoothish ; leaves digitate, in fives 

 and threes ; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate, naked on 

 both sides, acutely serrate ; stem unarmed, with 

 lanceolate bracts ; pedicels elongated, 1 — 3-flow 

 ered ; calyx 5 — 7-clefl. 



HAB. Sandy woods and swamps. June. Stem sar- 



