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Ida Rubus. Vulgo — *%tttwerp Raspberry. Garden Raspberry. 

 Gallicc — Framboisicr. Germ. — Himbecrstaudc. Hisp. — Frumbutso. 

 Root creeping. Stem 3 to 5 feet high, somewhat fruticosc, terete, branching, 

 pale brown, mostly hispid when young, especially towards the base, smoothish and 

 prickly above, sometimes pubescent— the outer hispid bark bclcnc exfoliating the 

 second year. Lower loaves odd-pinnate by fives, upper ones ternate ; common 

 petioles l/o 3 or 4 inches long, aculeate; stipules setaceous; leaflets 2 to 3 or 4 inches 

 long, and 1 to 2 or 3 i?xches wide, broad-ovate, or sub-rhomboid, acuminate, un- 

 equally incised-serrate, the terminal one petiolate, the others sessile, all smooth- 

 ish and green abovc % clothed with a dense white cottony t omentum beneath. 

 Corymbs terminal, and axillary, loose ; pedicels aculeate, bracteatc at base. Ca- 

 lyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hoary-tomentvse. Petals white, obov(Mc- 

 cuneatc, entire, shorter tha?i the calyx. Carpels incurved at apex, rugose, 

 clothed with a short dense pubescence, becoming succulent and drupe-like, forming 

 a compound hemispherical berry, concave beneath, and covering a conical recepta- 

 cle, purple, amber-colored, or whitish, when mature. 



Hab. Gardens : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



Obs. There appears to be somepretty distinct varieties of this. It is often culti- 

 rated, here,for its finely flavored fruit ; but I doubt its being a native,— although 

 given as such by Pursh, and others. 



2. R. occidkstalis, L. Stem slender, leaning or recurved, smooth, 

 glaucous, armed with recurved prickles ; leaves mostly ternate; flowers 

 in sub-umbellate corymbs ; petals often emarginatc ; carpels smoothish. 

 Beck, Jiot.p. 102. 



Western Rubus. Vulgo*— Black Raspberry. Thimblc-bcrry. 



Stem 5 to 8 or 10 feet long, sparingly branched, suflruticose, terete, slender, 

 leaning and often arching over so that the flaccid summit comei to the ground and 

 takes root, mostly purplish and covered with a fine glaucous or bluish while pow- 

 der. Leaves generally ternate ; leaflets 2 to 4 or 5 inches long, and 1 to 2 or 3 Inches 

 wide, ovate, or lance-ovate, often with a long tapering acumiuation, and a little cor- 

 date at base, unequally incised-serrate (the lateral ones sometimes partially lobed), 

 green and smoothish above, clothed with a dense glaucous or bluish white tomenl- 

 um beneath: petioles pubescent, and somewhat aculeate ; stipules setaceous. Co- 

 rymbs mostly terminal on the young branches, often subumbellato, leafy at base ; 

 pedicels mostly tomentose, aculeate ; bracts subulate-linear. Calyx u>nuntose ; 

 segments lanceolate, acuminate. Petals white, obovate-cuueate, often cmarginaie, 

 or bifid at apex, shorter than the calyx. Fruit dark purple, or nearly black (rarely 

 whitish) when mature, smaller than the preceding, but of a similar form, sweet 

 and well-flavored. 



Hab. Fcnce-rows j borders of woods, &c. frequent. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



Obs. A variety of this, with the fruit nearly white, has been observed by Wm. 

 Jackson, and D. Towhsbnd, Esquires, in different parts of this County. 



* * Leaves digitate, — with 3 or 5 leaflets. 



3. R. cuneifolius, Pursh. Stem erect, sub-terete ; branches, petiole* 

 and peduncles pubescent ; leaves mostly ternate ; leaflets cuneate-ob- 

 ovate, sub-plicate and dentate-serrate above the middle, entire and 

 slightly rcvolute at base, tomentose beneath ; racemes loose, few-flow- 

 ered, sub-corymbose. Beck, Bot. p. 103. 



R. parvifolius. Muhl. Caial.p.50. Not of JVilld. Pers. I) C\ nor Lindl. 

 "VVedgx-leaym Bvbus* 





