264 iCdSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



In ftoney mountainous places, as under Salijlury- 

 Craigs^ and in the ifland of Lamlajh^ on the fouth- 

 eaft; fide of Arran^ Sec. h . VI, 

 ^' The ftalks are nearly eredt, and arm'd with fm all 



flrait prickles ; the leaves are ferrated and hoary 

 underneath : the peduncles rough and hairy. 

 In the iQe of Skye the juice or a fyrup of the fruit is 

 frequently ufed as an agreeable acid for making 

 of punch, inftead of oranges or lemons. A 

 diftiU'd water from the fruit is cooling, and very 

 beneficial in fevers. 



r,f/ius 2. R. folils ternatis fubnudis ; lateralibus bilobis, caule 

 aculeato tereti. Sp. pi. yo6. (J, Baugh, ILp. p,<^) 

 The Dewberry- bufli. Jnglis, 

 Under hedges^ and in wafle places in the lowlands, 

 but not very common, h . VII. 



The ftalks generally lie proiVrate on the ground : 

 the leaves are ferrated, and downy underneath, 

 but not hoary : the fruit is blue when ripe, com- 

 pofed but of few Acinic and tailing like a mul- 

 berry. 



frucficofus RUBUS foiiis quinato-digitatis ternatifque, caulc 

 p?. petioiifque aculeatis. Sp. pL 707. {Ger. em. 1272. 



/. I. BlakwelL t. 45) 

 The common Bramble. Anglis, 

 In woods and hedges, h , VII. 

 The ilalks are remarkably long, weak, a little an- 

 gular, and furnidied with ftrong crooked prickles : 

 the lower leaves grow five together, upon one 



common 



