ROSE FAMILY 



LOW RUNNING BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY 



Rubus procumbens. Rubus canadensis. 



" A strong-growing prickly plant, mostly with glabrous stems, 

 which sometimes rise a foot or two above the earth and are then 

 prostrate ; leaves medium to rather large, firm and thick, of three 

 to seven oval or ovate, rather long-pointed and sharply doubly- 

 toothed leaflets ; racemes erect, with leaf-like bracts and from 

 one to three-flowered, the central flowers opening first ; fruit va- 

 riable, but usually globose or ovoid, with a few large and rather 

 loose drupelets, shining black, sour, but becoming sweet at full 

 maturity. This is the common dewberry of the northern states 

 growing along the roadsides and on banks, the strong stems often 

 reaching a length of five to eight feet. The species has a wide 

 range, occurring as far south as Florida and west and southwest 

 to Kansas, Oklahoma and Arizona. It is a very variable species, 

 and it is probable that future observations may show that it 

 should be broken up into two or three specific types. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



This plant has had many names. It is the Rubus 

 villosus of Aiton, the Rubus canadensis of authors, not 

 Linnseus, and now it seems to have the name Rubus 

 procumbens. 



RUNNING SWAMP BLACKBERRY 



Rubtis hispidus. 



" Stems scarcely woody but lasting over winter, perfectly 

 prostrate and beset with small, reflexed, weak bristles, sending up 

 many short and leafy flowering shoots ; leaflets mostly three, 

 obovate, blunt and shining, firm and thick in texture, and tend- 

 ing to be evergreen ; flowers small and few on leafless peduncles ; 

 fruit of few grains, red or purple and sour." 



L. H. BAILEY, 



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