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liis ternatis, oralibiis, acu- [ leaves tern a(e, oval, acu- 

 niinafis, suhlobatis, du- minate, somewhat lobed, 

 plicato-serratisjsubtiisca- doubly serrate, iinder- 

 no-lomentosis ; petioILs | neath hoary and tonieii- 

 teretibus,- raceniistermi- j tose; petioles terete; 

 ^^^j^>"s. I racemes terminal. 



Sp pi. 2 p. 10S2. Walt. p. 119? Mich l.p. 2D7. Pursh. 1. p. 94r. 



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Stem terete, conspicuous for its fine glaucous hue, even in a dried 

 state. Leaves all ternate ; the lateral leaves often furnished with a 

 notch or lube- Prickles on the peduncles very numerous and hooked- 

 -Pcto/sfeuiall, white, commonly emargiuate. Fruit black, sometime* 

 red, sweet, but aoi hi-rhly flavoured. Seeds wrmkhd' (Smith, ia 

 Rees'CjcIop.) ^ * 



Grows in rocky soils, from Canada to Carolina- 

 Flowers Virginian or trild Raspberry. 



4- Trivialis. Miclh 



R.sarmentoso.procum- I Procumbent, trailing; 

 bens, liispidiis aculeatus- | hispid and prickl)'; leaves 

 que ; toliis teinatis qui- | ternatc and quinaie, ova!, 

 natisque, ovalibus, acutis, | acute, unequally dentate; 

 inaequaliterdentatis^pedi. | pedicels solitary, long, 

 ceilis solitariis, elongatis. 



Mich, l-p.296. Pursh, 1. p, 347. 

 R. hispidus" Walt p. 149. 



Stem prostrate, branching, long, slender, terete, very hUpid and 

 anned with recurved prickles. Leaves somewhat glabrousjpube^cent 

 *nd hairy along the veins, when old sometimes acuniinate. StipuUs 

 »t (he base of the petioles, subulate, hairy, serrulate. Flowers solita- 

 ^y^ terminal, on small axillary branches. Segments of the califx oval, 

 jv<tha short acuminatioo. Petals large, nearly round, white. Berrie$ 

 large, black, well flavored. 



This plant appears to me very distinct from the Tl. trivialis of the 

 Northern States, 1 have retained the name, as Michaux certainl/ 

 Jneant to describe our southern species- 

 Grows everywhere excepting in inundated lands, 

 t'lttwers March— April. Ripens it fruit in May, 



Low Bush-Blackberry Dewberry. 



•'». Flagellaris. 



R.sarmentoso-procum- I Procumbent, trailing 

 oens ; caule tereti petio- stem terete, and, willi the 



"sque aculeatis 5 foliis | petioleSj prickly j leayea 



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