THE DEWBERRY 373 



which Bometimes rise o foot "i- two above the earth and are 

 then prostrate; leaves medium to rather large, firm and thick, 

 of tin' a oval or ovate, rather long-pointed and Bbarply 



donbly-toothed leaflet- : racemes erect, with leaf-like bracts 

 and from 1- i<> 3 -flowered, tin- central flowers opening first : fruit 

 variable, but usually ir 1 • ■ I •> • •- • ■ or ovoid, with a few large ami 

 rather loose drupelets, Bhining Mark, bout, but becoming 

 at full maturity. This is the common dewberry of the northern 

 growing along tin- roadsides and on banks, the strong 

 often reaching a length of five to eight feet. The Bpecies 

 ha- a wide range, occurring as i as Florida, and west 



and Bouthwest t.> Kansas, Oklahoma ami Arizona. I" its 

 southern ranges, it has been confounded with R. trivialis. It 

 i- a very variable ^i »< -.- i . •- . ami it i< probable that future obser- 

 vations may Bhow that it should In- broken up into two or three 

 specific types. Tin- form which Aiton had Fig. 84), ami which 

 is here intended, is tin- <>m • with large and firm, glabrous leaflets 

 and strong growth. Another form has much smaller ami ashy 

 pubescent leaflets, weak growth, ami fewer-flowered pedui 

 but I am not able to Beparate these two forms. So fa' 

 have observed them, tiny seem to i»- i with soil ami 



environment. 



Th<- Fig. 84 i- made from Ait<m*s type of Rubus villosus in 

 tural History Museum .■ t South Kensington, London. A 

 ami B are exact copies; C is a leaf from a third and remaining 

 » I » t i i. r . Tin- large specimen is the tip of a verdurous trailing 

 hho"t. Sucb Bhoots have a villous pubescence, although the 

 • 'finally glabrous. The name Rubus villosus i-. there- 

 fore, an unfortunate one for ih umon dewberry (p. 367 . 



In cultivation, R. villosus lias given a number of varietii 

 dewberries, among them being the Windom, Qeer, May< 

 Austin, Lucreti ently the Maynard. 



r. HiiiiiiiM'ii s.* B. Canad Bailey, Amer. 



Oard. \ii. 82 I l»'.'i . Lucretia d< wbei ry (1 . - 



A robust form, distinguished by large wedge-obovate, ji 

 leaflets, very long flower -talk- and large flowi etimes 



