5S6 S58. Rubus. 60. DRYADEiE. VLex.cal. 



Root creeping ; Timners ; stem angulate ; leaves unequally 

 serrated; flowers peduncled, dark rose-coloured jy-z^/i^ pur- 

 ple. — Fruit is made in Sweden into a rich sweetmeat, or 

 fine-flavoured wine. 



3. Ruhis saxatilis. Stone bramble. 



Stem unarmed, simple; runners creeping; leaves ternate, 

 nearly bald ; panicle few-flowered. 



ChamBemorws quag Chamaerubus saxatilis. Rail Syn. 261,2. 

 Riibus saxatilis, Ger. em. 1278, 4; Lin. S. P. 708. 

 Rubus alpinus saxalilis. Park. 1014* 



Alpine shady places ; perennial ; June. 



Root fibrous ; runners or barren stems hairy ; leaves pale- 

 green, thin, doubly serrated; lower leaves sometimes in 

 fives ; side leaflets sessile ; flowers 3 or 4 ; petals white, 

 lanceolate ; yn«7 red; akenia 3 or 4, very fleshy. — Fruit 

 rather astringent, yet pleasant. 



b. Rubus. Stem shrubby, armed j runners bending down^ 

 rooting at the end; leaves digitate. 



. 4. Rubus fruticosus. - . Shrubhj bramble. 



Stem angular, prickly ; prickles hvooked ; leaves generally 



in fives ; leaflets woolly beneath, petiole^ ; calyx-lobes turned 



back. 



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Rubus major fructu nigro, Rati Syn. 467, 1. 

 Rubus vulgaris major, Park. 1013. 

 Rubus, Ger. em. 1269, 1. 

 Rubus fruticosus, Lin. S. P. 707. 

 Common bramble. Blackberry. 



Woods and hedges ; shrubby ; July and August.; 



Stem woody, tough, divaricating; angles prickly; prickles 

 dilated at bottom, compressed, conical ; leaves in threes or 

 fives ; leaflets blunt with a point, dark green, rougl.i ; pa- 

 nicle racemose, many-flowered ; petals white. — Fruit n^'ther 

 acid, but eats well with wine. S 



5. Rubus corylifolius. Hazel-leaved bramble.' 



Stem roundish, diffused, prickly; prickles placed pro- 

 miscuously, straight; leaves usually in fives; leaflets ovate, 

 rather hairy; side-leaflets sessile. 



Rubus corylifolius, Smith Fl. Brit. 542. 

 Rubus fruticosus major, With. Bvt. Arr. 469. 



Hedges ; shrubby ; July. 



