160 



DEWBERRY 



Fig. 34. Broom, Sarothamnus Scoparius. 1 flowering shoot ; 

 2 flower, p. 159 (Wo). 



Rubus fruticosus, var. Ccesius, L. Dewberry. A 

 variety or sub-species of the Blackberry, remarkable for 

 its habit and the waxy bloom on the shoots, and the 

 bristle-like prickles, &c., as well as for the prevalence of 

 trifoliolate leaves ; some leaves may, however, be 5-folio- 

 late. Leaves about 7 17 cm.: leaflets 3 9 x 2'5 7 cm. 

 Terminal leaflet on long petiolule, ovate or rhomboid, or 



