192 ROSACES. 



* F. eldtior (Hautboy Strawberry), which is occa- 

 sionally found in situations where it is apparently, but 

 not really, wild, has its flower-stalks clothed throughout 

 with spreading hairs. It is also larger and more 

 hairy than the last. Some plants of this species bear 

 flowers with stamens only, and consequently produce 

 no fruit. This is also the case with some garden varie- 

 ties, a fact which should be attended to by growers of 

 Strawberries. 



10. EUBUS (Bramble). 



1. JR. Idceus (Raspberry). Stem nearly erect, round, 

 downy and prickly ; leaves pinnate, of 5 leaflets, which 

 are white, and very downy beneath ; flowers drooping ; 

 fruit downy. Eocky woods ; not very common. The 

 origin of all the varieties of garden raspberry, from which 

 it differs principally in the size of the fruit, which is 

 scarlet, and of an agreeable flavour. M. May, June. 

 Shrub. 



2. R. fruticosus (Common Bramble, or Blackberry). 

 Stem arched, angular, prickly, rooting ; leaves of 5 

 crowded leaflets ; flowers erect, in compound panicles ; 

 calyx of the fruit spreading, or bent back. Common 

 everywhere. This description includes a large number 

 of species and varieties to which names have been seve- 

 rally given, but it is not here thought necessary to describe 

 the characters at length, the genus being confessedly a 

 difficult one, and on other accounts uninviting to the 

 young botanist. Most of the species flower from July 

 to August, and ripen their fruit in September and Octo- 

 ber. Shrub. 



3. R. ccesius (Dewberry). Stem prostrate, nearly 

 round, prickly below, bristly above ; leaves of 3 or 5 

 leaflets ; panicle simple ; calyx clasping the fruit. 

 Thickets and borders of fields ; not uncommon. In this 

 species the fruit, which consists of a few large drupes, 



