94 Rose (Rosacece) 



The shrub spreads by help of long branches which 

 curve over and down until their tips touch the ground, 

 and root, so forming new centres of tangled growth. 



High Blackberry. R. villbsus, Ait. 



Flowers, numerous, in clusters of about twenty blossoms. 

 Petals, spreading, reverse egg-shape, much longer 

 than the narrow, pointed sepals. 



Leaflets, three (or sometimes five), usually with prickly 

 stems, not whitish -downy beneath. Leaves and 

 branchlets hairy and glandular. Stems, furrowed 

 and ridged, and armed with stout curved prickles. 



Fruit, oblong, black, not separating when ripe from the 

 lengthened receptacle: *J\fcigust, September. 



Found, oftenest along roadsides 4^d in thickets. Common. 

 A scraggly, thorny bush, three to six feet high, with a 



very pleasant-flavored fruit. A tea from the steeped root 



is a home remedy for summer complaint. 



Rubus villosus, var. fronddsus, Torr. 



This variety has about ten flowers in a cluster, with 

 petals more rounded than the last, is smoother, and has 

 fewer drupelets in the more acid fruit. It is found with 

 the type at the North. 



Sand Blackberry. R. cuneifolius, Pursh. 



Flowers, white (sometimes with a rose tint). Petals, 

 large, three times as long as the sepals, in two- to 

 four-blossomed clusters. May, June. 



Leaflets, three (sometimes five), stemless, somewhat wedge- 

 shape and reverse egg-shape, whitish-downy beneath, 

 edge entire toward the base. Leaf-stems, downy, 

 often prickly, young branches downy beneath. Stems, 

 round, and armed with stout, re-curved prickles. 



