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ROSE FAMILY 



not bristly; leaves mostly 3-foliate, ovate, rounded at the base, pointed 

 at the apex, coarsely and doubly serrate, white pubescent beneath, 3-8 cm. 

 long, 2-5 cm. wide; inflorescence corymbose, several-flowered, usually only 

 terminal, flower 8-10 mm. broad; sepals longer than petals, 5-7 mm. 

 long; pedicels short, ascending or erect in fruit; fruit hemispheric, black- 

 purple : occidentalis, western. 



Common in copses, fence-corners, along roadsides, etc., throughout the 

 southern and eastern part of the state. Distributed from New Bruns- 

 wick to Quebec south to Ga. and westward to Oregon and British Co- 

 lumbia. 



Several cultivated forms have been derived from it, such as the Gregg, 

 Hilborn, etc. Flowers in June, fruit ripe in July. 



Rubus villosus A i t o n 1789 Dewberry 

 R. procumbens Muhlenberg- 1813 

 R. canadensis of Authors 



'A prostrate or trailing shrub, sometimes 2 meters (6 ft.) long, stems 

 subterete, rather woody, sometimes armed with retrorse prickles, fruiting 

 branches upright, 10-30 cm. high; leaves petioled, with 3-7 leaflets, 



