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The flower consists of 1°. a calyx in one piece with a flat bottom. It's divided into 

 five large triangular sections, about two lignes at the base by four or five lignes high and 

 terminating in a very sharp point. When the fruit is set, they turn back downward on the 

 pedicel. 2°. five small white oval petals, about two-&-a-half lignes long & a Hgne-&-&- 

 half wide, attached to the inside edges of the calyx between its sections. They stay almost 

 attached to the stamens & never fall back outward. 3°. a very large number of white 

 stamens, terminating in tips of the same color, arranged in two rows around the bottom of 

 the calyx. The ones on the outside row are about two lignes long; those in the other row 

 are extremely short. All of them lie on or lean against the pistils. 4°. a somewhat conical 

 receptacle with a large number of oblong ovaries, each one bearing a slender style 

 surmounted by a very small stigma. All of the styles are gathered together in a kind of 

 bundle that rises above the stamens. 



These ovaries turn into a similar number of small succulent drupelets. They're 

 joined to one another & all are clustered together on the receptacle to form an almost 

 hemispherical structure about seven or eight lignes high called the Raspberry. The 

 number of seeds or drupelets that form it varies according to the number of ovaries that 

 either have set or aborted. Almost all of them still retain the dried up style of their pistil 

 until they mature. Most of the filaments of the stamens also last just as long. 



The skin, very thin & smooth, is a dull light red & more or less covered with 

 powder or bloom. 



The pleasant & delicate fragrance of the raspberry is familiar to everyone, but too 

 often it's impaired by the bad odor of the wood louse. 



