Vor. II.] > ROSE FAMILY. 
11. Rubus Millspaaghii Britton. Mill- 
spaugh’s Blackberry. (Fig. 1900. ) 
1891, 
Ascending, wand-like, entirely unarmed, or with \S2-N 
a few weak prickles, glabrous or the younger \\ 
shoots scurfy-pubescent, stems 5°-12° long. \ 
Leaves long-petioled, pedately 5-foliolate,orsome 
3-foliolate; leaflets oval, thin, glabrous on both 
sides, long-acuminate or acute, rounded or nar- 
rowed at the base, often 6’ long and 2’ wide, 
sharply but not very deeply dentate; stalk of the 
_ terminal leaflet 14’-4/ long; inflorescence loosely 
racemose; bracts linear-lanceolate; pedicels slen- = 
der, ascending; sepals lanceolate, acuminate; fruit fi 
black, very pulpy, 8’’-12’ long. y 
Rubus Millspaughii Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 18: 366. \ : 
NN 
In thickets and rich woods, mountains of New 
England, the Adirondacks, and in the higher south- 
ern Alleghanies. June—Aug. 
12. Rubus cuneifolius Pursh. Sand 
Blackberry. Knee-high Black- 
berry. (Fig. rgor.) 
Rubus parvifolius Walt. Fl. Car. 149. 1788. Not 
Te APSO se rete 
Rubus cunetfolius Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 347. 1814. 
Shrubby, erect or nearly so, 1°-3° high, much 
branched, armed with stout straight or recurved 
prickles, the young shoots and lower surfaces of 
the leaves densely whitish-pubescent. Stipules 
linear; leaves petioled, 3-5-foliolate; leaflets 
thick, rugose above, 1/-2/ long, obovate or rarely 
oval, obtuse, dentate, especially above the mid- 
dle, the terminal one cuneate; peduncles mainly 
terminal, 2~-5-flowered; flowers white or pinkish, 
nearly 1’ broad; petals exceeding the sepals; fruit 
brownish-black, often 1’ long, delicious. 
In sandy soil, southern Connecticut to Florida, 
west to Missouri and Louisiana. May-July. Fruit 
ripe July-Aug. 
13. Rubus hispidus L. Hispid or Run- 
ning Swamp Blackberry. (Fig. 1902.) 
Rubus hispidus ¥,. Sp. Pl. 493. 1753- 
Rubus obovalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 298. 1803. 
Stems slender, slightly woody, creeping, more or 
less densely beset with weak bristles. Branches 
erect or ascending, 4’-12’ long, naked, or with a 
few scattered prickles; leaves petioled, 3-foliolate 
or rarely 5-foliolate; leaflets obovate, obtuse, thick, 
persistent, narrowed at the base, '4’-1'4’ long, 
sharply serrate above the middle; peduncles ter- 
minal or axillary, nearly or quite leaficss; flowers 
racemose, white, 6’’-8’’ broad; petals exceeding the 
sepals; fruit nearly black when ripe, sour, usually 
less than 4’ long, composed of few drupelets. 
In swamps or low grounds, rarely in dry soil, Nova 
Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Georgia 
and Kansas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in North Carolina. 
Leaves shining, persistent into the winter. Leaflets 
of sterile shoots sometimes 2'—3' long. June-July. 
