236 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



(E. F. Burleson, Graves), Sprague (Miss Smith), Guilford 

 (G. H. Bartlett), New Haven and Orange (D. C. Eaton). 

 Occasional or local northward and usually plentiful where it 

 occurs. May — ^June. 



The root is used medicinally. 



KERRIA DC. 



Kerria japonica (Thunb.) DC. 

 Japanese Rose. Globeflower. 



Rare. Ledyard, roadside as an escape from garden 

 (Graves). Late May — June. Introduced from eastern Asia. 



RUBUS L. Bramble. 



Rubus idaeus L. (of Mt. Ida.) 

 European Red Raspberry. 



Rare. Roadsides and fence-rows : Southington, escaped 

 from an old garden (W. H. Blanchard), Oxford (Harger), 

 Bridgeport, plentiful in one locality (Eames). Mid-May — 

 June ; fruit July. Adventive from the Old World. 



Formerly much cultivated and represented by the Antwerp, 

 Fontenay, etc. 

 Rubus idaeus L., var. aculeatissimus Regel & Tiling (very 



prickly). 

 Rubus idaeus L., var. strigosus Maxim. 

 Rubus strigosus Michx. 

 Red or Wild Red Raspberry. 



Fence-rows, pastures and thickets. Rare in the coast re- 

 gion of the southwestern part of the state ; occasional or 

 frequent elsewhere. Mid-May — June ; fruit late June — July. 



Valued for its fruit in cultivation. The Cuthbert and 

 other light red berries of gardens are of this type. 



X ? Rubus neglectus Peck (neglected). 

 Purple Wild Raspberry. 



Rare. Moist thicket: Oxford (Harger). Mid-May — 

 June. 



Thought to be a hybrid between Rubus idaeus var. 

 aculeatissimus and Rubus occidentalis. The Shaffer, Glad- 

 stone and Philadelphia are cultivated forms of this species. 



