utose beneath. 



cuneiidlias, Pursh {S. acnlitis- 



s.Keasoner). Sand Blackberry. 



. 239, Vol. I. Plant stiff and thorny, 



lally not over 3-4 ft. tall, the 



prickles many, hooked, and 



ver^ strong, the young 



gro^vths! white- 



Ifts on bearing canes ni( 



small and thick, wedge-oh 



to wedge-oboi 



RUBUS 1585 



drupelets, red to red-black, sour. Swamps or low sandy 

 soils. Nova Scotia to Ga. ami Kan>.-lif no value for 

 the fruit, but sometimes .itl'iiril l,y .Irali-rs as a sub.iect 

 g the ground in nn.i^t placns. The leaves 

 Uy persist through the winter, and in sunny places 

 they assume a fine bronzy hue. 



Group 2. Soft-caned Dewberries, with the stems thin 

 and little woody or even almost herbaceous and the 

 peduncles 1-2-fld. 



31. Enslenii, Tratt. (R. riUdsus, var. humifiisus, 

 Torr. & Gray. B. Baileydnus, Britt.). Plant weak, 

 with slender canes Iving on the ground, the prickles 

 small and relatively "fiw or even none, the flowering 

 canes sometiiin-v aini^vt li.rl.a.-iM.ii^ althoutrh having 

 survived the wini'v; II i ~. vntull and thin, ..val-piiinted 

 to nearly ovate, irr.-^jiilarlv and sharph- M-irati-. nearly 

 glabrous (or hail y .m ih.- maiuins ami the veins): fls. 

 of good, size, wliii... -.ilii.ny i -Mmetiines in 2's) on short, 

 leafy peduncles: fr. -mall ami iiearlv globular, loose, 



black, .ift.n :: 1. .■<;ajdy places. New York 



/ and Jlirh. t" .Mis~. Kvol. Native Fruits, Figs. 



77 and 87.-Has been confounded with R.vil- 

 loins, but, as Bubuses go, it seems to be well 

 distinguished. Probably not in cultivation. 



The 



h,ill 



rammon Northern 

 Ih strong, prickly, 

 i:liiiij canes and 2- 



3'>. villdBUS, Ait. {B. Canadensis, 

 Authors, not Linn.). Figs. 2211,2212. 

 Canes strong, often several feet long 

 and usually armed with strong re- 

 curved prickles, not stand- 

 ing alone when full grown 

 --/ but often rising 2 feet from 

 / the ground, the shoots 

 mostly glabrous or becom- 

 ing so: Ivs. of medium size 

 or becoming very large on 

 strong plants, firm and 

 thick, th 



„ 1 DlN h lis 



Connecticut t:> the <iult 

 and the 



m many places -I 

 tion this 



sented by the viciously 

 thorny Topsy or Tree Black 

 berry, although the charii 

 teristic white t omentum 

 largely disapp 

 domestication. Were it not 

 for this toiuentum, the spe- 

 cies would be difficult to 

 distinguish from B. ftori- 

 dus. 



Section 6 Siiamp Bhirkbei 

 canes and lelh^li fmifs 

 29 setosus r I / 



Peek) M 



slender ._ ii 



prukles u 1 



esceuce Itts oblilKeoUte to i 

 nate ver\ strong toothed fr s 

 reddish black Swamps yueli 

 be m the trade but inseiteii h( 

 with B hispidus an I th i s] 

 AA Beubeiius 11 It 



2205. Rubus nierobaccus CXVa). 



fr sraiU with tew drupelets, 

 yuelier to P) -Not known to 

 eii h( le because it is confused 



t t I I J t) decumbent 



tl male busily stems, 

 ■I I -.wtll ,,J fiuit 

 30 hlspidus, Linn (if ob n, }hs, Michx B semph 

 men?, Bigel ) Fig 2210 Stems very slender, scarcely 

 woody but usually persisting over winter, creeping, 

 bearing many weak reflexed small brhstles: Ifts. usually 

 3, thick, shining above, wedge-obovate or oval-obovate, 

 usually obtuse, doubly serrate : fis. small, white, on few- 

 flowered herbaceous nearly or quite, leafless peduncles 

 arising from the creeping canes: fr. small and of few 



acuminate and 

 sharply double- 

 toothed: fls. white, 

 few to several on 

 the ends of short, 

 leafy shoots of the 

 season: fr. usually 

 globose or short -ob- 

 long, shining black, 

 the drupelets usu- 

 ally large. Fields ^a^'i 

 and roadsides. On- "" 

 tario (and New- 

 foundland?) toFla. 

 and Arizona.— The 

 common Dewberry 

 of the North, oc- 22O6. Rubus niErobaccus. a wild Hieh- 



for^'s^n nl", fi'^f^ ""^^ Blackberry (X K). No. 22. 

 forms m old nelds, 



and often a troublesome pest. There are varieties cult, 

 for the fruit. This is the plant named Bubus villosus 

 by Alton in 1789, although it has been .supposed that he 

 had the High-bush Blackberry {B. nigrobaccus). When 



