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Leaves. — The large leaves are pubescent on 

 both surfaces. They are from three- to five-lobed 

 and finely toothed. 



Floivers. — Large, purple, roselike blossoms 

 grow in loose clusters. 



It is for the attractiveness of the flowers 

 rather than value of fruit that the Purple- 

 Flowering Raspberry is known. The large 

 peculiarly colored blossoms, so like the single 

 rose in shape, appear advantageously against 

 the large, soft, green leaves. '^ Grape leaves," 

 Small Boy calls them, and they are quite similar. 

 The shrub has no thorns, but recent growths ; 

 stems, leaves, and calyx are densely clothed 

 with glandular hairs. The plant occurs in 

 rocky woods as far south as Georgia and Ten- 

 nessee and west to Michigan. 



CLOUDBERRY. BAKED-APPLE BERRY 

 MOUNTAIN RASPBERRY 



Rubus chamaemorus Rose Family 



Fruit, — The fruit consists of a few small 

 drupes borne on a flat, broad receptacle, from 

 which they separate when ripe. The flavor of 

 the ripened fruit is pleasant, being sweet and 



