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BLACKBERRY 



florescences, with spreading conspicuous white or rosy 

 petals. Homogamous and rich in honey. Fruits black, 

 rarely brown, not pruinose, sweet or acid-sweet, adherent 

 to the receptacle. 



[It is impossible to find space here for the numerous 

 varieties and sub-species, founded chiefly on details of 



Fig. 128. Blackberry, Rubusfruticosus. 1, flowering shoot; 2, vertical 

 section of flower, slightly enlarged ; 3, fruit, reduced ; 4, floral diagram, 

 p. 315 (Wo). 



habit, into which this protean species has been sub- 

 divided, and I can merely mention the following groups 



