398 EDIBLE WILD PLANTS 



21. Riibus villosus Ait. Common or High Blackberry. 



Well known accompaniment of cultivation, description un- 

 necessary. 



Found nearer settlements, but not so abundant as the rasp- 

 berr}^ Generally distributed. Ripens in early part of Sep- 

 tember. 



22. Rithiis Canadensis L. Low Blackberry, Creeping Black- 



berry. Dewberry (?) 



Thin trailing prickly vines. Leaf stalks with 3 leaflets, 

 prickly, oval, pointed, sharply notched, thin and smaller than 

 those of the high blackberry. Berries black, not in bunches, 

 much smaller than those of the high blackberry, much like it in 

 structure, taste, and juiciness ; pleasant and easil}^ digested. 



Found chiefly in rocky, low, but not swampy ground, on 

 flat barrens or in open woods, especially after the underbrush 

 has been burned. Common in Nova Scotia, but not very abun- 

 dant. 



23. Ruhiis trijioriis Rich. Dwarf Raspbei-ry, locally "Dew- 



berry," and " Mulberry." 



Vine 3 in. to 6 in. high, reclining or upright, with 2 or 3 

 branchlets of 3 leaves each. Leaves oblong, pointed, doubly 

 notched, thin, smooth, 1 in. to IJin. long. Berries h in. thick, 

 red, with few and almost separate lobes, each containing a seed. 

 Juicy, vinous, and pleasant. 



Wet mossy woods or moderately wet bogs partly tree 

 covered. Nowhere in great abundance though quite common. 



24- Ritbus Chamcemorits h. Cloud-berry, locally "Bake Apple." 



Single stem 2 in. to 9 iri. high, with 2 or 3 leaves on liin. 

 leaf stalks half way to top of stems. Leaves almost round, 

 roughly 5-lobed, Ih in. to 2 in. across, rough and slightly hairy. 

 Berries 1 to 3, usually 1 on each plant on separate fruit stalks, 



