FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 783 



R. American us (Pew.) Britton. Dwarf Raspberry. 

 (R trifiorus Richards.) 

 This northern form is reported only from the northern tier of 

 counties, where it is found in swamps and wet places. Abundant 

 locally. 



Flowers in May and June; fruit ripens in July and August. 

 Lake (Hill); Steuben (Bradner). 



R. villosus Ait. High Bush Blackberry. 



The common form in the State; very abundant and very vari- 

 able. It is usually found in dry soils and frequently covers wide 

 areas to the almost entire exclusion of other plants. The quality 

 of the fruit varies with its situation, being as a rule larger, more 

 pulpy and sweeter when growing in shaded places. Tfre berries 

 are shipped from the southern counties of the State by carloads. 



Flowers in May and June; fruit ripens in July and August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Jefferson 

 (Barnes); Putnam (MacDougal); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Jay, Delaware, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Gibson and 

 Posey (Schneck); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Noble (Van G-order); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Dearborn (Collins); Knox (Spillman); De- 

 catur and Shelby (Ballard); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); 

 Steuben (Bradner). 



R. hispidus L. Running Swamp Blackberry. 



In marshes and low grounds; also in damp, flat woods, usually 

 in grassy places. Not abundant. The berry consists of but a few 

 grains. 



Flowers in May and June. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Noble (Van 

 Gorder); Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Steuben (Bradner). 



R. Bailey an us Britton. 



(R. villosus humifusus T. and G.) 

 A trailing form found in sandy soil in the southern counties. 

 Difficult to separate from R. Canadensis, with which it inter- 

 grades. 



Flowers in May and June; fruit ripens in July. 

 Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); 

 Gibson and Jefferson. 



