Description of Native Shrubs 



43. Wild Red Raspberry. (Rubus strigosus.) 



LEAF : pinnate ; leaflets, 3-5, long-ovate, apex pointed, irreg- 

 ularly serrate (lateral ones -without stems), whitened beneath. 

 FLOWER: p., white (petals 5, stamens numerous); June, July; 

 fruit red, hemispherical ; stalks with bloom, and bristly rather 

 than prickly. (PI. III.) 



44. Black Raspberry. Thimbleberry. (Rubus occidentalis.) 



LEAF : pinnate ; leaflets, 3 (seldom 5), ovate, coarsely serrate, 

 apex pointed, whitened beneath, lateral ones short-stemmed ; 

 stalks and leaf-stems with bloom and prickly. FLOWER : as in 

 43 ; fruit purple-black, hemispherical. (PI. III.) 



45. High Blackberry. Common Blackberry. (Rubus 



villosus.) 



LEAF : pinnate ; leaflets, 3 (or lateral ones in pairs), ovate, ser- 

 rate, apex pointed, green beneath. FLOWER : as in 43, but in 

 lengthened leafless clusters ; May, June ; stalks grooved, prickly 

 and without bloom ; i-6 high. (PL III.) 



46. Low Blackberry. Dewberry. (Rubus canadensis.) 



LEAF : about as in 45, FLOWER : as in 45 ; stalk but little 

 prickly, not grooved, with no bloom, considerably trailing. (PI. 

 III.) 



47. Sand Blackberry. (Rubus cuneifolius.) 



LEAF : pinnate ; leaflets, 3-5, wedge-obovate, serrate toward 

 apex, thickish, whitened below. FLOWER : p., white or rose- 

 tinted (petals large, three times length of sepals), 2-4-clustered ; 

 May-July. Southern New York and south ; i-3 high ; prickly. 



48. Low Bush-blackberry. (Rubus trivialis.) 



LEAF : pinnate ; leaflets, 3 (or lateral ones paired), long-ovate 

 to lance-shaped, serrate, evergreen, leathery. FLOWER : as in 

 47 ; March-May ; stalks prickly, and almost trailing. Virginia. 



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