1582 



amber-wliuc Iruits. 



17. neglfictus, Peck. Purple -Cane Raspberries. 

 Pies. 2082, 2200. A large and variable race of hybrids 

 between /.'. slrh/.'Slls nw] /T. i,rridrlil,lll.l i.cciirs both 



aggregated at tin- .ml 

 below. The Piii|.l.. i '. 

 here. Prominent vmiii 

 (now nearly out of cull 

 ably Caroline. 



18. occidentMis, Linn. Common Blackcap. Figs. 

 2201, 2202. Strong, erect bush, the canes finally re- 

 curving and rooting at the tips, furnished with straight 

 spines, trlmicotis, not bristly; Ifts. broadly ovate, dull 

 green aliiivr ;iihI wliile beneath, finely and sharply ser- 

 rate, anil ii.ilrlicil, till- iietioles usually bearing short 

 prickles: il-. in sukiII. dense, prickly clusters with 

 sometimes a few si-;ittering pedicels, the petals shorter 

 than the long-pointed whitish woolly sepals : fr. rather 

 small, hemispherical, firm or even hard, black or occa- 



nber-white, dry and sweet. Plentiful in fields 

 ngs in the northe 

 Columbia and sou 

 toMo.-lncultiva 



Var. leucodermis, Card (li. Uucodirmis Dougl.). 

 Lfts. more coarsely dentate-serrate, sometimes nearly 

 incise-serrate, the pViokles strnnL' and more hooked: fr. 

 reddish black or bhi.k. K'i"kv .Mts. and W. 



Section G. Eubati- 



Thebotrniv Ml I 



cies-UKikii 

 Rubi wi I , : 



species u .:, i ■ ■ 



ries and Dewberries. 

 lackberries and Dew- 

 r. If the kind of spe- 

 ied to the European 

 lican, the number of 

 iiadrui.iled or trebled 



make |iri l 'l. -.rin i-ns (it no avail. This ditliculty 



is greiiil. i : ■! iiMiii the fact that the foliage 



often dill i IV. I ell the verdurous and flower- 



ing sh..,.i ..; iiM Ml. i.hiiit. There -seems to be little 

 utility III -. |.:ir,ii ihc I.Tins that cannot be distin- 

 guished ill ji l( M-t a fair proportion of the specimens 

 that conir t" ..III 's band, however well marked they 

 may be in ih.ir .xTrenies. It is to be expected, how- 

 ever, that I. .11- -u-iaiii. .1 stii.lies in the field, as well 



is doubtful If 111... .1 1. - III tills s...-ti..ii of 



Rubus, as the l.llii -p. .1. - 1^ .■..inliM.nly lllMlersl.a.d. 



The best one can do is to tlir.pw them into groups. 

 For a history of nomenclatorial difliculties in Ameri- 

 can Rubi, see "Evolution of Our Native Fruits." 



A. Blackberries : Plant usuallj/ erect or essentially so 



{strong canes often recurring). 

 Group 1. Exotic Blackberries, icith mostly perennial 



canes and flowers usually borne on the ends of the 



main shoots. 



19. truticbBUS, Linn. European Bramble. Strong- 

 growing, mostly pubescent or hairy on the young parts, 

 usually with strong recurved prickles, the canes often 



