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C^Ar^RuJjians ferment them with honey, and extra6l a 

 potent fpirit from them. 



RUBUS foliis fimplicibus lobatis, caule inermi uni- 

 floro. Sp. pi. 708. (Oed.Dan. t. i.Flor. Lappon. 



Cloud-berries, Knot-berries, or Knout-berries. ^;z^//j. 

 Lus-nan eighreag. Gaulis. 



Upon the highland mountains in wet moorifli places 

 not uncommon, as upon Ben-Lcmovd^ about two 

 thirds of the way to the top, upon the moun- 

 tains about Lcch-Rannoch^ in Perthpire, and 

 numberlefs other places 'h . VI. 

 This plant is dicecious above ground, but, accord- 

 ing to a curious obfervation made by Dr. Sola7t- 

 der., the roots of the male and female unite to- 

 gether under th^ earth, fo as to render the plant 

 truly moncecious. 

 The ftalk is ereft, about fix or eight inches high, 

 unbranch'd, and bearing generally but two leaves, 

 though ibmc times three, growing alternate upon 

 footftalks : each leaf is divided a little way down 

 into five obiufe lobes, unequally ferrated on the 

 edges, and plaited at the nerves, having a pair 

 of oval StipuU at the bafe of the footftalk : a 

 fmgle white flower terminates the ftalk, confifting 

 of five, and frequently only four bluntly oval 

 petals. I'he berry is the fize of a mulberry, 

 when ripe of an orange color, confifting of ten 

 or twelve larpe acini, of a wateridi or fubacld 

 tafte. 



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