

RUBUS IDJ1US-RASPBERRY, 



CLASS, ICOSANDRIA J ORDER, POLYGYNIA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, ROSACES. 



GEN. CHAR. Calyx five cleft. Petals five. Berry composed of 

 one-seeded acini. SPEC. CHAR. Leaves quinate, pinnate and 

 ternate, tomentose underneath. Petioles channelled. Stem prickly. 



The Raspberry says Lindley, is a shrubby plant, having its stem 

 covered with hard, hooked prickles. The leaves are divided in a 

 curious manner, five being at one time and three at another upon a 

 stem, all covered on the under surface with a downy pubescence. 

 The calyx has five divisions ; there are five petals, inside of which 

 are numerous stamens arising out of the side of the calyx.' The 

 pistil is composed of a number of carpels, arising from a central 

 receptacle. It has a dry core, off which the little thimble like fruit 

 may be pulled. Little dry threads are seen rising from the centre of 

 a multitude of little projections, with which the whole surface 'is 

 covered. These are styles, and the projections out of which they 

 grow, are carpels in a ripe state. Instead of remaining dry, as they 

 become ripe these carpels swell, and acquire a soft pulpy coat," 

 which in time becomes red '; they are crowded so closely that by 

 degrees they press upon each other, and at last all grow together 

 into' the thimble shaped part which is eaten. In order to gain this 

 succulent state they are forced to rob the receptacle of all its juice, 

 and in the end separate from it, so that when the fruit is gathered 



