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dishes for pleasure thereof, and therefore this shall suffice 

 for the description." 



152. RUBUS. 



1. R. fruticosuS) stems angular, furrowed, barren ones arched 

 and elongated ; prickles hooked ; leaves pedate, of 5 stalked 

 ovate-oblong leaflets, white and downy beneath ; panicle cylin- 

 drical, twice compound ; calyx reflexed, unarmed ; petals deli- 

 cate pink. Common Bramble. 



Hab. Hedges and deans. July, Aug. 



2. R. glandulosw, stems angular ; branches and footstalks 

 hairy, with glandular bristles interspersed ; prickles deflexed, 

 partly hooked ; leaflets 5 or 3, downy beneath ; panicle and calyx 

 very prickly and hairy, with copious glandular bristles,; petals 

 white. Grandular Bramble. 



Hab. Hedges not rare. July, Aug. 



3. R. idauS) stems round, erect, smooth, with downy branches, 

 their prickles straight and slender; leaves pinnate, of 5 or 3 

 ovate rather angular leaflets, very downy beneath ; clusters 

 prickly, somewhat compound ; flowers pendulous, white. Rasp- 

 berry. 



Hab. Woods and deans, frequent. June. 



4. R. corylifottus, stems round, spreading, barren ones some- 

 what angular ; prickles scattered, straight, deflexed ; leaflets 5 or 

 3, roundish-heart-shaped, finely hairy beneath ; panicle minutely 

 glandular, as well as the reflexed calyx ; petals white. Hazel- 

 leaved Bramble. 



Hab. Side of the Whiteadder, between its mouth and the 

 bridge. Sea-banks below Lamberton Shields. Also in 

 hedges, frequent. July, Aug. 



5. 7?. casius, stems prostrate, round, glaucous, prickly and 

 bristly ; prickles deflexed ; leaflets 3, hairy beneath, lateral ones 

 lobed externally ; calyx embracing the glaucous fruit ; flowers 

 white or blush-coloured. Dew-berry. 



Hab. Bushy places not common. Tweed banks beyond 

 Ord-Mill, Thomp. July. 



