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winter, and exhibit a dark or purplish appearance the ensuing 

 spring. Flowers few, in a sort of raceme, with alternate, slen- 

 der stalks. Calyx leaves ovate, acute, glabrous. Petals white, 

 oblong, distinct. Berries small, black, sour. — July. 

 RuBL's ODORATUS. L. Flowtring Raspberry. 



Leaves simple, palmate ; stem unarmed, many 

 leaved, many flowered. L. 



A superb, flowering shrub, commonly cultivated. I have not 

 seen it growing wild in the immediate vicinity of Boston, though 

 it is plentiful at the distance of thirty or forty miles to the west- 

 ward. Leaves simple, large, mostly five lobed, serrate ; petioles 

 and peduncles hairy. Flowers large, purple, forming a sort of 

 corymb. Fruit dry. — Flowers in June aud after. 



RuBus SAXATiLis. Mx. StoHc Raspberry. 



Herbaceous, pubescent ; leaves ternate, ieafets 

 rhomboidal, acute, cnt-toothed, naked, the odd one 

 petioled ; flowers about three, with elongated pedicels. 



The stems of this species are annual, whereas those of most 

 of the preceding are biennial, not flowering till the second year. 

 About a foot high, with white flowers. — On dry hills, Danvers. 

 — White mountains. — June. 



RuBus Cham.emorus. L. Cloud Berry. 



Herbaceous; stem erect, uharined, one flovv'^ered ; 

 leaves simple, somewhat reniform, roundish lobed. 



A small and pretty alpine species, found in both continents. 

 Leaves heart shaped at base, veined, plaited. Flower on a long 

 downy stalk, white, handsome. Berry amber colored, pleasantly 

 acid. — While mountains. Mr. Tuckerrnan. 



222. DALIBARDA. 

 Dalibarda repens. fursh. TVJiiie Dalibarda. 



Villous; shoots creeping; leaves simple, cordate, 

 crenate ; peduncles one-flowered. 



Syn. Dalibarda viol^oides. Mx. 

 RuBus Dalibarda. Willd. 



