ROSE FAMILY. loo 



F. moschdfa, Duclusne (or F. el.XtioiO, IlAiiiiois S., of Eu. sonie- 

 timts cult, is taller and quite dianious, UKirc jiubescent, with the 

 calyx strongly retlexed away from tlie fruit, which is dull, reddish, and 

 musky-sceutcd. 



F. Virgiiiiana, Duchesne. Wild S. Orighial of several varieties once 

 cult, bin iKiw lost ; has leaflets of firm texture, their smooth and often 

 shiniuLi- upper surface with .sunken veins, fiowers usually below the leave.s, 

 calyx beeouiing erect after fiowering and closing over the hairy receptacle 

 when unfructitied ; fruit with a narrow neck, mostly glolmhir, its surface 

 with dee]) jiils iu which the akenes are sunken, nodding on slender pedicels. 



Vnr. Illinoensis, Gray. Is coarser and larger, grows in richer soil, 

 from \V. X. v., W. and S. ; the hairs of the scape, etc., shaggy. 



F. CA/7oe/)s/s, Duchesne. Gakdex Stkawberry. From Chile, but also 

 native all along the Pacific coast, has a low habit and thick, dark colored 

 leaves wliich are bluish-white below, and is clothed witli long, shaggy hairs ; 

 scapes and runners strong ; fruit large and usually dark cokired, with a very 

 large "hull" or calyx. The var. .\kanassa, or Fixe Stkawheuky, is a 

 horticulturally modified form, comprising the common garden strawberries. 



§ 2. Petais yell 010 ; receptacle tasteless; runners hearing leaves and 1- 

 flowered peduncles; calyx with 5 external pieces very large, leaf-like, 

 and -l-lobed. 



F. IncTica, Andr. Indian S. Of Upper India, etc. ; cult., running wild 

 S. E. ; raiher handsome both iu flower and (red) fruit, which are produced 

 all summer and autumn. 



12. DALIBARDA. ( 7'/(0)»as Z>a//ftrt«?, an early botani.st of Paris.) U 

 D. rfepens, Linn., of wooded slopes N., is a low, stemle.ss, tufted, 



downy little plant, spreading more or less by subterranean runners, with 

 the aspect of a Violet, the scapes bearing 1 or 2 delicate white flowers, 

 in summer; leaves roundish and cordate, crenate. It sometimes pro- 

 duces cleistogamous flowers. 



13. RUBUS, BRAMBLE, etc. (The Roman name, connected with 

 ruber, red.) 2i A large and difficult group, comprising the Rasp- 

 berries and Blackberries. 



§ 1. Flowehing Raspbekkies, with simpU' leaves and Jirond.flattish fnd/, 

 the very siuatl and numerous reddish or amber-colured grains at length 

 separating from the persistent receptacle. 



R. odoratus, Linn. Purple F., Mti-berrv (erroneously). Dells, 

 etc., N. ; shrubby, 8°-5° high, clammy-bristly and odorous, not prickly ; 

 ample 8-5-lobed maple-like leaves, the lobes pointed and the middle 

 one longest ; peduncles many-flowered ; calyx-lobes with long slender tips, 

 .111(1 petals i)urple- rose-color ; the showy lldwers l'-2' across, produced all 

 jumiiier. ('iiltivated. 



R. Nutkinus, Moc^.ino. White F. From Upper Mich, to Pacific. 

 I, ike the oilier, but less bristly and clammy, with leaves more equally o- 

 lobed and coarsely toothed, and fewer flowers, with narrower white petals. 

 Cultivated. 



§ 2. Trie Raspberries (or the first doubtful), with .S-a leajlels. the fruit 



falling when ripe front the then dry, narrow receptacle ,\Jlow('rs icith small, 



white, erect petals, in early summer, on leafy shoots of the season which 



{in all but thejirst) spi-ing from prickly more or less' woody stems of the 



precedimi ijrar. n, ■,• , v i. 



-* • • ♦ Trailing; nearly herbaceous. 



R. trifldrus. Rich. Dwarf Raspberry. Almost wholly herbaceous, 

 slender, trailing, not prickly, with thin, smooth leaves of 3 rhombic-ovate 



