238 THE ROSE FAMILY. 



bristly pedicels in a spreading raceme, proclaim the species. In most of 

 the older botanies this plant is described under the name Rubus villosus, 

 but it is now conceded that the scientific name here shown is the older 

 and true one. 



R. cuneifblitis, knee-high blackberry, or sand blackberry with its numerous 

 prickles, can also be known by its rather small, obovate leaflets, densely 

 whitish woolly underneath ; and which although finely serrate at their apices 

 become entire towards their bases. The berries borne by the plant are 

 large, while it is erect, shrubby in habit and almost exclusively found in 

 sandy soil. 



COMMON DEWBERRY. LOW RUNNING BLACKBERRY. 



Rub us villbsiis. 



TIME OF BLOOM 



June, July. 



Flowers : about one inch broad, solitary, or a few growing at the end of lateral, 

 leafy shoots. Calyx: with lobes, conspicuously woolly on the edges. Corolla: 

 with five spreading, obovate petals. Sta7Jiens : numerous. Fruit: large; black. 

 Leaves : three to seven foliate, with ]Hibescent, slightly prickly petioles and linear 

 stipules at their bases. Leaflets : ovate or oval, short stalked, or sessile ; coarsely 

 and sharply serrate ; sparingly pubescent underneath ; firm. Stem : trailing ; 

 naked, or with numerous small, reflexed spines. 



Although for over a century the common dewberry has been in error 

 passing under the scientific name of Rubus Canadensis, and as such is des- 

 cribed in all but the most recent of our literature, it has now had rightfully 

 restored to it the original name of Rubus villosus which long ago was be- 

 stowed by Alton, an English botanist. It is a trailing species of dry, or 

 sandy soil and often hugs the ground so closely that one is not aware of its 

 existence until the ankles become entangled in its meshes. 



R. hispidus, running swamp blackberry, also trails along the ground 

 mostly in low wet places, and has branches which are more or less sprinkled 

 with small bristles. The fruit is small and sour. Until late into the winter 

 the delicate three-foliate leaves are charming, displaying then their autumn 

 colours of crimson, scarlet and purple. 



R. trivialis, southern dewberry, low bush blackberry, has an intensely 

 prickly stem with interspersed bristles which give to it a purplish hue. Its 

 bloom is large, the sepals being conspicuously reflexed, and the leaflets thick 

 and persistent. The rather large fruit growing on leafy, prickly pedicels has 

 a juicy and agreeable taste, 



