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like unto a double ruflfe, in the midst whereof standeth the fruit, Avhich 

 when it is ripe, sheweth to be soft and somewhat reddish, like unto a 

 strawberry, but with many small harmlesse prickles on them, which may 

 be eaten and chewed m the mouth without any manner of offence, and is 

 somewhat pleasant like a strawberry : it is no great bearer, but those it 

 doth beare, are set at the toppes of the stalks close together, pleasant to 

 behold, and fit for a gentlewoman to weare on her arme, &c. , as a raritie 

 in stead of a flower."' Farad, terr. p. 528." Ma^t. Veget. Terat. pp. 

 276, 277, note. Of it Ray says : " Pro lusu potius naturaj habeo quum 

 pro specie distincta." Synop. Stir. Brit. p. 90, 1690. 



F. elatior, Ehrh. What seems this occurs on a bank by a stream below 

 Woodlands, St. Budeaux (District in.), near the site of an old house; 

 also formerly near St. JVIellion, m a similarly more than suspicious 

 situation. 



RUBTTS, L. 



229. R. Idseus, L. The Raspberry. 



Native ; in woods, and bushy or rocky places. Rather rare. May, 

 June. 

 0. I. In a wooded spot by the Torpoint and Liskeard Road, between 

 Polbathick and the cross road to Hessenford. 

 II. Near Callmgton, by the road to Tavistock, and on a hedge-bank 

 near Dupath. Hedge near Calstock Rectory House. 

 D. III. Budshead, by the road to Tamerton Foliot. Near Inchers and 

 Bickham. In a sandy and bushy spot by the Tavy between 

 Lophill and Denham Bridge ; the variety with amber-coloured 

 fruit. Bank near Denham Bridge. Wood above the Tamar at 

 Newbridge. 

 IV. Banks of the Cad (Plym), opposite to the Dewerstone ; Keys, Fl. 

 ii. 137. Derriford. Fancy Vale. On a furzy hedge-bank below 

 Hemerdon Ball ; also by the lane behind Hemerdon House. 

 Valley of the Mew, between Hoo Meavy and Meavy village. 

 Rumple ; thicket near Hay farm-house by the Dartmoor tram- 

 way at Darklake, near the house, probably derived from gardens, 

 as also may have been the case at many of the other stations. 

 V. In the woods on the borders of Dartmoor ; Pokvh. Hist. Bevoiisli. 

 i. 89. On the border of an enclosure below Hanger Down, and 

 elsewhere near Blachford. Wood at Torr, near Yealmpton. 

 By the lane to Hitchcombe farm-house from Mount Pleasant. 

 VI. Hedge by the turnpike road near Ermington village. 

 This appears to be truly wild in some places, as at Hemerdon Ball, 

 Fancy Vale, &c., but it springs up so readily from the scattered seeds of 

 cultivated bushes that it is often impossible to say if it is indigenous or 

 otherwise at a certain place. 



