236 THE ROSE FAMILY. 



than its rather scattered and evasive bloom. Its leaves have a bitter 

 taste, something like tea. 



P. trifoliatus, Indian physic, or Bowman's-root while very similar to its 

 relative, is more generally smooth and has entire, less conspicuous sti- 

 pules. Its leaves also are more regularly serrate along the margins, and the 

 flowers, which are larger, do not grow quite so sparingly in the panicles. 



PURPLE=FLOWERINQ RASPBERRY. 



Riibiis odoratiis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Rose. Pur/<lis/i phik. Fragimit. Tennessee and Georoia June, July. 



nort/i'iva?d. 



Flowers : large, occasionally two inches broad and growing in terminal corymbs. 

 Calyx : with five lanceolate, long-pointed lobes covered with a sticky pnbescence. 

 Corolla: with five spreading, rosaceous, petals. Stamens and pistils : numerous. 

 Frnit: red, falling from the receptacle. Leaves: large, simple, with pubescent 

 petioles and small lanceolate stipules, palmately three to five lobed, cordate at the 

 base, the middle lobe considerably longer than the others ; netted-veined, serrate, 

 and pubescent along the veins on the under side. A shrubby, branching plant, 

 the stems covered with a glandular pubescence. 



As late in the season as September there lingers in bloom through the 

 mountains of the Appalachian system, and, in fact, in many other places, 

 this noble raspberry. But especially as we travelled through this district we 

 saw it again and again from mountain roads, or paths where it throve luxu- 

 riously in cool, rocky places. In bloom and fruit often at the same time, it 

 appeared strikingly handsome as its great leaves boldly stood out from 

 jungles of surrounding greens, all kept bright and vivid by frequent rains 

 and favourable soil. With the lightest touch the fruit fell freely into the 

 hand ; a delicious morsel especially when the road is long and dusty. 



BLACK RASPBERRY. THIMBLE BERRY. BLACK CAP. 



Riibus occideiilalis. 



Flowers : rather small, growing in terminal, compact corymbs, and with pedi- 

 dels covered with many small pnckles. Calyx: persistent; with five lanceolate, 

 pointed lobes. Petals: five; rounded. Print: purplish black; glaucous; 

 hemispheric. Leaves: compound, with long, slightly j^rickly stalks and early 

 falling stipules ; three to seven foliate, the leaflets ovate, acuminate; somewhat 

 doubly serrate ; yellow-green above, lighter below and covered thickly with a 

 white pubescence. Stems : very long ; prickly; reddish brown and glaucous. 



In common with the fruit of the beautiful purple-flowering raspberry and 

 the species which follows, these little black caps have the trait of falling 

 readily from their receptacles when they are ripe. Probably we all know 



