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DEWBERRY 



Family: ROSACEAE. 



Reproductive system: ICOSANDRY, POLYGYNY. 



The stems of the EUROPEAN DEWBERRY, Rubus caesius. Linn, are recumbent 

 reddish woody shoots protected with thorns. The leaves consist of three oval leaflets 

 finely but unevenly toothed. The flowers are white; they're supplanted by bluish berries 

 consisting of a few seeds and covered with a bloom like that on plums. 



FLOWERS: in spring. 



RANGE: France and Europe, in hedges and on roadsides. 



NOMENCLATURE. German, der bocksbeerenstrauch, traubenheere. English, the 

 dewberry. Dutch, blaauwe brummelen. Spanish, zarza azul. Italian, rovo minore. Russian, 

 komoinka. Hungarian, szederj. 



The SOUTHERN DEWBERRY, Rubus trivialis, Mich, has stems and petioles that are 

 reddish and covered with thorns. The leaves have five uniformly dentate oval leaflets. 

 The flowers are white, solitary in the leaf axils, and have long pedicels. 



FLOWERS: in the spring. 



RANGE: North America. 



USES. Dewberries make useful shrubs for hedges and for roadsides, but their 

 problem is that they overgrow and spread out too much. Children love fruit 



