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common rib ^ the upper ones only three, having 

 a fine white foft down on their under fide, and 

 unequally ferrated on their edges : the middle 

 leaf is largefl, heart-fhap'd, and ftands on a foot- 

 ftalk i the others are fefTile : the flowers grow in 

 a loofe clufter, two or three upon a peduncle. 

 The fruit when ripe is black and gloily. 

 The leaves are aftringent and drying j a cataplafm 

 made of them has been found ferviceable in the 

 cryfipelas. The juice of the berries, fermented, 

 will make a tolerably good wine. 



** Herhacei. 



R. foliis ternatis nudis, flagellis reptantibus herba- 

 ceis. S'p.-pl 708. {Oed.Dan. t. 134 opt.Gef\em. 



I273-/-4) 



Stone Bramble, Anglis. 



Roebuck-Berries. Scotis. 



Caora-bada miann, Ruiteaga. Gaulis. 



In Honey or rough mountainous places not unfre- 

 quent, as at Bunkeld and Blair, and about Loch- 

 Rannoch^ in Perlhjhire, Sic. T? . Vlf. 



The ftalk lies proftrate : the young flioots are very 

 long, trailing, hairy, and furnifhed with innocent 

 prickles : the leaves are fmooth, the berries red 

 when ripe, and confifl: of a few large diftind 

 acini, not cohering together : they arc very acid 

 alone, but eaten with fugar they make an agree- 

 able delert, and are efteem'd antifcorbutic. 



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