540 I'l-ANT LIFK OF A I,.\ I'.A M A. 



RUBUS L. Sp. I'l.l: lltL'. 17.".:!.' 



Aliout JOd ii(<<>j.fc(l spuciis, mostly slinil>.s by, of tciiipiirate and \v:inii(T roKioiis in 

 Niirtlu'in Ili'inisplii'ic. i;iin>])(>, abont .">() 8i»«'cieH. Asia, Mexiio. North America, li5. 



Riibus aigutiis I, ink, Knum. Ilmt. i'.crn! 2:ti<i. 1S2L'. 



i.i;AKY-( i.rsTKit Ulackukuky. 



L'uhiiK frondosiiH IJi^jcI. Fl. Host. t-d. 2, 19!l. \X2\. 



1,'iihun lUloxuK \ iiv. Jroudosiia Torr. Fl. N. A Mid. II. S. 1 : 1S7. ISL'4. 



Ji'iihiis HiiherevliiM ||ooi<. Fl l5or. Ami. 1 : 17H. 18;W. 



F.ll. Sk. 2:r)(>7, under /»'. villumtn. (iray, Mau. ed. (J, 155, in j.art. Chap. Fl. cd. A. 

 liritt vV Ur. Ill Fl. 2:1.'(»L'. 



Aileiiln-ni.in to l.onisianian area. New Hniuswick, Lake Su])erior, throufjliont 

 New iTnjiianil, south to Fh>rida, west to Kansas, Indian Territory, Arkansas, and 

 Te.vas. 



Al..\l«.\MA : Over the .'<tate. Li^ht sandy soil, old (irlds, borders .-md ojicniujis of 

 woo<l8. Flowers wliite, latter part of March (Mobile), Aj)ril; fruit ripe .Inne, 

 sbinin;; black, .juicy, larj^ely consuineil. Abundant everywhere; () to H feet high. 



Kcononiic uses: Tlie coiMnion blackberry ot the market used fresh and for ]>re- 

 serves and for inakinjx cordial and wine. The root is the "blackberry root," 

 "Kubus,"" I'Tiited States I'harniacopoia, lu part. 



Tyi)e loc.ility: "In .\nierica septenti'ionali." 



Ilerli. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Riibus argutus floridus (Tratt.) Bailey, Ev. Nat. Fruits, 3«5, /. 91. 1898. 



;.'»/»i/.v//on(/;(« Tratt. Ros. Mouogr. 3:7.3. 182S. 



Hitlers from the typical form by the short and large-llowered clusters, the tloral 

 leaves weil;;e-obovate ami rounded at the top. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Range not well known. Wt^stern Florida, 

 Mississippi. 



Ai.AiiAMA : Metamori)hic Hills, Central Pine belt to the Coast ])lain. Light sandy 

 soil. Lee County, Auburn (F. S. Earle). Mobile and Tuscaloosa counties. Not 

 rare. 



Type locality (Bailey): " Trattinick says that Enslen collected this in North 

 America.' 



Herb. (ieol. Snr\ . 



Rubus trivialis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 296. 1803. Soi'Thekn Dkwbf.uky. 



KU.Sk. 1:569. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 156. Chap. Fl. 125. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 101. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. West Virginia; all over the South Atlantic 

 and (iulf States, west to Texas, Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



Al.A»AM.\ : Throughout. In light soil, open ])lace8, roadsides, old tields. I-'lowers 

 white, February (15th, Mobile), March ; fruit ripe April, black. 



Common low trailing shrub, foliage persistent. 



Kcononiic uses: i'he root is used indiscriminately with the above in medicine. 

 The large, .juicy, i)alatable fruit is the dewberry of the Alabama market. 



Type locality: " llab. in Carolina et Pensylvania ubicjue frequens." 



Ilcrli. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rubus invisus Bailey, Ev. Nat. Fruits, 374, /. 75, S6. 



Jt'uhiis Cdiiadevsis var. inrisus Bailey, Am. Gard. 12 : 83. 1891. 



Leatlets oval to ovate-oblong, large, rather thin, coarsely and simply toothed; 

 peduncles forking into 2 or 3 divisions, jiedicels long; llowers large, sepals foliaceous. 



Carolinian area. Maine, New York, west to Kan.sas and Missouri, south to north 

 Alabama. 



Ai.auama: Mountain region. Dry, rocky banks. Dekalb County, summit of 

 Lookout Mountain near Mentone, 2,0()0 feet altitude. Apparently scarce. 

 Economic tiscs: This furnishes the Bartel dewberry of cultivation. 



Rubus enslenii Tratt. Ros. Monogr. 3 : 73. 1823. 



li'ithiiK rUhsKs var. hitviifiisiia Torr. &, Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 455. 1840. 



J.'iihiix baileiinntis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 185. 1894. 



Britt. A Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 204. I'.ailey, Kv. Nat. Fruits, 375,/. S7. 



Weak, trailing, the slender stem with few weak priekles; llowers solitary or in 

 twos; fruit small, loose. (Bailey.) 



Carolinian area. Southwestern Michigan, eastern New York. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Warrior tableland. Metamorphic Hills. Dekalb 

 County on Lookout Mountain with the last. Lee County, Auburn (F. S. FJarle). 

 Not frequent. 



•L. H. Bailey, Sketch of the evolution of our native fruits, pp.274 to 385. 1898. 



