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6. Rubus negléctus Peck. Purple Wild 
Raspberry. (Fig. 1895.) 
Rubus neglectus Peck, Rep. Reg. Univ. N. Y. 22: 53. 
chit “traces x occtdentalis Aust. Bull. Torr. Club, 
$310) T870. 
Intermediate between the preceding species and 
the next. Stems usually elongated, recurved and 
rooting at the tip, glaucous, sparingly bristly and 
prickly; leaflets ovate, sharply and irregularly in- 
cised-serrate, very white-pubescent beneath, 1/—3/ 
long, inflorescence corymbose, rather compact, 
terminal and often axillary; pedicels erect or as- 
cending even in fruit; flowers 4’’-5’’ broad; petals 
white, erect; fruit nearly hemispherical, dark-red 
or purple (yellowish in a cultivated form). 
In dry or rocky soil, New England to Pennsylvania. 
The original of the Carolina, Gladstone and other Rasp- 
berries. June-July. Fruit ripe July-Aug. 
7. Rubus occidentalis L. Black Rasp- 
berry. Thimble-berry. (Fig. 1896.) 
Rubus occidentalis 1,. Sp. Pl. 493. 1753. 
Rubus Idaeus var. Americanus Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 
2:196. 1825. 
Very glaucous, stems cane-like, recurved, often 
rooting at the tip, sometimes 10°-12° long, spar- 
ingly armed with small hooked prickles, rarely 
slightly glandular-bristly above. Stipules seta- 
ceous, deciduous; leaves pinnately 3-foliolate 
(rarely 5-foliolate); leaflets ovate, acuminate, 
coarsely incised-serrate, very white-pubescent be- 
neath; flowers as in the preceding species; inflores- 
cence corymbose, compact, usually only terminal; 
pedicels short, ascending or erect in fruit; fruit 
purple-black, depressed-hemispheric. 
Quebec and Ontario, south to Georgia and Missouri. 
Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. The original of the 
Gregg, Hilborn and other Raspberries. May-June. 
Fruit ripe July. Called also Scotch-cap and Black-cap. 
8. Rubus Americanus (Pers.) Britton. Dwarf Raspberry. (Fig. 1897.) 
Rubus saxatilis var. Canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 
I: 298. 1803. Not &. Canadensis L,. 1753. f 
R. saxatilis var. Americanus Pers. Syn. 2:52. 1807. 
Rubus triflorus Richards. Franklin Journ. Ed. 2, App. 
Ig. 1823. 
R. Americanus Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 185. 1894. 
Stem trailing or ascending, unarmed, annual, her- 
baceous, or slightly woody and sometimes branched 
below, 6’-18’ long, somewhat pubescent. Stipules 
oval, entire or few-toothed, 3/’-5’’ long; leaves peti- 
oled, pedately or pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely 5-folio- 
late; leaflets rhombic-ovate, glabrous or nearly so, 
acute, the lateral ones mostly rounded, the terminal 
one cuneate at the base, all sharply and often doubly 
serrate; peduncles slender, 1-3-flowered, glandular- 
pubescent; flowers 4/’-6’’ broad; petals 5-7, white, 
spatulate-oblong, erect, rather longer than the acu- 
minate reflexed sepals; fruit red-purple, about 6/’ 
long. 
In swamps, Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to 
New Jersey and lowa. Intermediate between Black- 
berries and Raspberries. May-July. Fruit ripe July- 
Aug. 
