Dalibarda. ROSACE.E. 213 



1. Dalibarda repens, Linn. Creeping Dalibarda. 



Leaves obtusely crenate-dcnlatc ; stipules laciniate ; sepals not bristly. — Linn. sp. I. 

 p. 491 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 350 ; Ton: fl. 1. p. 491 ; Bigel. jl. Bost. p. 202 ; DC. prodr. 2. 

 p. 564 ; Ilook.Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 184 ; Beck, hot. p. 104 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. N. Am. 1. p. 449. 

 D. violasoides, Michx. jl. 1. p. 299. t. 27. Rubus Dalibarda, Linn. sp. ed. 2; Smith, ic. 

 ined. t. 20 ; Willd. sp. 2. p. 1090. 



Stem with short rooting joints. Leaves 1-2 inches in diameter, strigosely hairy and 

 fringed, with a deep and often closed sinus at the base : petioles 1-2 inches long ; the hairs 

 reflexed. Calyx more or less hairy, almost hispid at the base : sepals oblong. Petals obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, about twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 40 or 50 : filaments slender, 

 deciduous. Achenia white, oblong, rather obtuse, hairy when young, slightly pubescent when 

 mature, a little wrinkled transversely. Receptacle not elevated. 



Moist shady places ; common in the northern and western counties ; not found south of 

 Catskill. June - August. 



14. RUBUS. Tourn. ; Endl. gen. 6360. RASPBERRY, and BLACKBERRY. 



[ Supposed to be derived from the Celtic word rub, which signifies red ; the color of the fruit in many of the species.] 



Calyx concave or flattish at the base, 5-parted ; the segments mostly imbricate in aestivation. 

 Petals 5. Achenia numerous (rarely few), pulpy and drupaceous, aggregated on a conical 

 or cylindrical spongy receptacle, either persistent or deciduous. — Perennial, mostly suf- 

 fruticose or shrubby plants, .with erect or procumbent mostly prickly and biennial stems. 

 Leaves pinnately or pedately compound, often simple. Flowers white or reddish ; terminal 

 ones opening first. Fruit eatable. 



§ 1. (Raspberry.) Carpels forming a somewhat hemispherical fruit, concave underneath, and falling 

 away from the dry receptacle ichen ripe; sometimes few in number, and falling away separately. 



1. RuBUS ODORATUS, Liuu. Flotcering Raspberry. 



Stem suffruticose, without prickles ; peduncles, petioles and calyx hispid with viscid 

 glandular hairs ; leaves simple, large, 3 - 5-lobed , the lobes acuminate, unequally and finely 

 toothed with mucronate serratures ; stipules lanceolate, nearly free ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 compound ; flowers very large ; sepals appendiculate with a very long cusp, shorter than the 

 roundish (purple) petals ; fruit very broad and flat. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 194 ; Michx. jl. 1. 

 p. 297 ; Bot. mag. t. 323 ; Pursh, fl. \. p. 348 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 570 ; Bart. jl. N. Am. 2. 

 t. 42; Torr. jl. I. p. 490 ; Bigel. jl. Bost. p. 201 ; DC. prodr. 2. p. 56G ; Audub. birds of 

 America, t. 133 ; Hook. jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 183 ; Beck, hot. p. 104 ; Darlingt. jl. Vest, 

 p. 309 ; Torr. ^ Gr. jl. N. Am. 1 . p. 450. 



