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common rib ; the upper ones only three, having 

 a fine white foft down on their under fide, and 

 unequally fcrrated on their edges : the middle 

 leaf is largeft, heart-fhap'd, and ftands on a foot- 

 ilalk ; the others are feffile : the flowers s;row in 

 a loofe clufter, two or three upon a peduncle. 

 The fruit when ripe is black and glofly. 

 The leaves are aftringent and drying ; a cataplafm 

 made of them has been found ferviceable in the 

 eryfipelas. The juice of the berries, fermented, 

 will make a tolerably good wine. 



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Herhacei, 



faxatilis 4. R- ^'^^^^ ternatis nudis, flagellis reptantibus herba- 

 ceis. Sp. pi. 708. {Oed. Dan, /. 134 opt,Ger, cm, 



1273- /• 4) 

 Stone Bramble, Anglis. 

 Roebuck- Berries. Scotis. 



Caora-bada miann, Ruiteaga. Gaulis, 

 In floney or rough mountainous places not unfre- 

 quent, as at Dunkeld and Blair, and about Loch- 

 Rannoch^ in Perib/hire^ &c. b . Vlf. 

 The ftalk lies proflrate : the young fhoots are very 

 long, trailing, hairy, and furniHied with innocent 

 prickles : the leaves are fmooth, the berries red 

 when ripe, and confift of a few large diftinft 

 acini, not cohering together : they are very acid 

 alone, but eaten with fugar they make an agree- 

 able deierr, and are efteem'd antifcorbutic. 



Ruffians 



