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Running Swamp Blackberry. Bubus Insipidus. 



Found in swamp lands, grassy woods, and copse bordei's during 

 June and July. 



The trailing, rather slender, stalk runs on the ground in varying 

 lengths ; its prickles are few and weak. The color is green and brown. 



The leaf is small, usually with 3 leaflets that are broad-oval or 

 wedge-shaped; the margins are toothed, ribs marked, and the surface 

 is smooth and shining, while the fibre is tough. The color is dark 

 green. 



The 5 small flower-petals are white ; the stamens and pistils 

 many, but inconspicuous ; the calyx 5-parted, and pale green. The 

 small clusters of two or three blossoms spring from the new shoots. 



The fruit is scanty, and small. The pretty, dark, glossy, gi'een 

 leaves turn a rich dull bronzy-red in the fall, and remain so throughout 

 snow-time, — they form a pleasing incident in the bouquet, gathered by 

 the lover-of-the-woods-in-winter. 



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