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imperfect flowers, which have given rise to much idle controversy 

 about their sexual character, among the practical gardeners. 

 Although the true fruit of this plant consists of mere dry specks, or 

 bony particles (i. e. the minute akenes), scattered over the surface 

 of the enlarged receptacle, yet the receptacle itself furnishes a 

 pulpy substitute of the most delicious character. 



121. RITBUS, L. 



[Celtic, Rub, red; from the color of the fruit, of some species.] 

 Calyx 5-parted, without bractlets at the clefts. Petals 5. Stamens 

 numerous. Pistils crowded on a convex, or oblong, spongy recep- 

 tacle, becoming small drupes. Perennial suffruticose plants: leaves 

 mostly compound; flowers generally white, andthe/rw'2 edible. 

 2 1. FRUIT hemispJierical, falling away, when ripe, from the dry convex receptacle 

 (RASPBERRY. THIMBLE-BERRY). 

 f Leaves simple, palmateriobed. 



1. R. Odor&tu, L. Unarmed; hispid with glandular clammy 

 hairs ; leaves broad-cordate, mostly 5-lobed. 



ODOROUS RUBUS. Rose-flowering Raspberry. 



Stem 3 to 5 feet high, branching. Leaves 4 to 6 or 8 inches long, and nearly as 

 wide as long ; petioles 2 to 4 or 6 inches long. Corymbs compound, clothed with a 

 purplish clammy glandular pubescence ; flowers large, bright^purple, or sometimes 

 pale-red. Fruit broad, on a large receptacle, bright-red, or scarlet, when mature. 

 Hob. Rocky hills ; Brandywine : rare. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. This is a showy species, with flowers nearly as large as those 

 of the Rosa rubiginosa, or sweet-brier. It is sometimes introduced 

 into gardens, where it is rather troublesome in sending up suck- 

 ers from its creeping roots. It very rarely produces fruit, under 

 cultivation ; but I have seen it, on the mountains, bearing flowers 

 and ripe fruit, at the same time, 



f t Leaves pinnately 3-5-foliolate. 



2. R. STRIGO V SUS, MX. Stems slightly glaucous, beset with stiff 

 bristles, some of them becoming weak hooked prickles; leaflets 

 oblong-ovate ; fruit light red. 



STRIGOSE RUBUS. Red Raspberry. 



Stem 3 to 4 or 5 fact high, light brown. Lower leaves odd-pinnate by fives, the 

 upper ones ternate ; leaflets about 3 inches long, hoary beneath, the terminal one 

 often cordate at base. Corymbs 4- to C-flowered, axillary and terminal, often ag- 

 gregated and forming a leafy panicle at summit. 

 Hob. Gardens, yards, &o. FL May. Fr. July. 



Obs. This species is indigenous on our mountains. I have seen 

 it, abundant, on Pokono ; and in our gardens, here, I think it is 

 often mistaken for a variety of the following, to which, indeed, it 

 is nearly allied. 



3. R. IDAEUS, L. Stems not glaucous, hispid below, prickly above ; 

 leaflets rhombic-ovate ; fruit amber-colored, pale yellow, or purple. 

 IDA RUBUS. Antwerp Raspberry. Garden Raspberry. 



Stem 3 to 5 feet high, branching, the hispid bark, below, exfoliating the second 

 year. Lower leaves odd-pinnate by fives, the upper ones by threes ; common petiolet 

 1 to 3 or 4 inches long : leo Jkts 2 to 4 inches long, green above, clothed with a dense 



